The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-04-03
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OF DEVELOPMENT


became like huge ball, and as the
warmth departed it formed into a
mighty ocean, whose waves danced and
dashed wildly, trackless and unbound
ed, sovereign and unruled. In the
progrt SIS of time great lines OF noun
tain ranges and continents appeared
No longer did the seething and boiling
ocean of liquid FIRE and flame live alone.
Time passed on. Saturn had turned
his hour-glass many times, and many
ages had leaped into eternity. but as
yet the earth sang its songs silently.
At length lowly, humble plant meekly
raised its head high upon barren rock
the first of vegetation, motherless.
and without another of its Kind. 1t
lived and grew and had its being, but
like the unselfish Phoenix, it died that
its ashes might give birth to others.
It's children multiplied, and fed upon
the elements around them. Again
countless years passed on, and animal
life appeared. Then, not six thousand,
bnt fifty times six thousand and more
years, came and went, when the morn
ing and the evening were the sixth day.
A piece of clay was taken from the
earth, and being formed. who though
puuy in size and weak in physical
strength, had within him godlike es-
sence that told of his superiority, to
whom the animals bow and whom
they would call master. 1t was the
greatest OF Natures children, the Adam
of a new development. In the progress
of events and the nature of things 1t
was not good thing for this being to
live alone, so by the omnipotent fiat OF
the Great First Cause, the Creator OF
the universe, the long and tedious pro-
cess of creation was suspended, and
from a rib created He then and there
another being like unto the angels OF
heaven-woman; and as to man was
given dominion over the beasts of the
field, the birds of the air, and the fishes
ofthe sea, so to woman was given do
minion over man. AS to how well
woman has maintained her position let
tradition as well as all written history.
sacred and profane, answer. To these
last two creative beings the Great Sow
ereign of the Universe gave command:
Multiply and replenish the earth,
which has been most assiduously OBJ
served ever since, and is the only COM
mand which has not been disregarded.
The lover of Nature. who looks back
at the beginning as it was and the
development of creative things, can
read beneath this mighty history of
events the workings of simple law
the law of progress, the object of which
is the attainment of perfection. From
a wish sprang into existence the first Of
that chain of created things, Of which
each new link is greater. nearer perfec-
ton than it's predecessor. Man is but a
link in this great chain, another step In
the progress Of development. He, too,
will pass away when his destiny shall
have been accomplished. Prom his
ruins will spring up class of animated
existence overshadowing him as he
ovsrshows the lower creation. No dis
tinctly marked separation between the
two classes need be looked for; no alb.
rupt cessation and com mencement of
these links. The youth grows statelier
and the gentle maiden's cheeks rounder
and ruddier as new summer smiles ON
them. Yet day by day you cannot see
the increase in his height, nor mark the
new tints on the rosebud of her lowell
ness. Man was created ignorant that
he might learu, progress.
When we contemplate man, and the
progress he has made since the dawn
of his creation. see him. seize the swift
thunderbolt of heaven and launch il
where he pieaseth; riding upon the
waves, Drawing the oceans tiercesi
battles, while the mighty waters writhe
and foam and surge like some huge
Titan chained by the power of Jove