The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-02-12

IL the b0dy's death seems TO teach the
lesson that modesty IL becoming 20 the
scientific speculator. what shall we say as
10 the prospects Of that material frame
which il beyond ourselves-the general
orderly frame of the universe as we see IL
around US? People would suppose, from
the way in which you hear men talk now,
that there was not the slightest chance OF
any great organic change ever coming
across the outward world i'm which we
live. No doubt God works by liked laws.
No doubt the world goes on morning and
evening, and summer and winter; but
what reason have YOU 70 suppose that II
viii so go on To inhndyg Have no great
catastrophes beiallen the world before
now: Does not physical science itself
speak OF these catastrophes What Is
there 10 prevent other cafastrophes. pro-
ducel by the operation OF laws of which at
present We are very ignorant. coming
athwart the globe on which we live. and a
complete change taking place in the rela-
tons in which things even in the outward
world stand at present. so that In the
scriptural sense of the word there may be
an end 10 the world. as there is cert .inly
10 be an end of our earthly life? To be
sure. things have gone on for long time
In the same way, but Is that any proof that
You arise morning after morning in good
health and strength. and seem to say to
yourself for time that this will last for
ever; but one morning something happens,
YOU cannot explain what; the best physi-
clan In the world cannot tell you what /;
but something has happened that lays you
on bed of sickness, and in two days sends
you OFF 10 your grave n corpse. Will the
experience of the reality Of the way In
which every thing has gone on since you
were young, till you have attained matu-
rity, save from that great mischance.
Again, men for centuries had rang
ed over the mountains In Cam
pagna they thought that all would go on
there. herds aud fiocks feeding and vine
yards growing "a they had done for cen
turtles and suddenly there was a strange
sound heard. and volcano burst forth,
and the greatest philosopher of the age
came to look az il. and lost his life while
he was looking. But neither he nor any
OF the men who had specialized with him
ever expected that these great cities were
to be swept TO destruction. and their beau
tiful pastures 10 become for time an arid
wilderness. | do not say such instances
explain or .ell VS. distinctly that such Ca
tastrophes will befall the whole globe but
al all events, think they ought TO make
us modeet, seeing that the wisest know so
very small a portion Of the laws that regu-
late Gods creation. Surely we may not
Dramatically assume that such catas-
trophies are beyond the range OF possible
or probable events. IL Is true. ! say.
things have gone on for long time. and
men say; "Where is the promise Of His
coming, for all things continue as they
We're from the beginning Of the world -
But still with Him, with whom one day is
as thousand years and thousand years
Is one day. there may be changes matur-
ing which no philosopher Of the present
or Of any previous age has ever dreamed
Of. which will brlng this great catastrophe
TO the globe, which will answer, on the
whole outward creation. 10 something as
great as is our passage from life TO death.
and what is beyond II. | do not think
there Is any thing fanciful in such an ex-
pectation. believe that man. OF that
modest mind which is the characteristic OF
true science. will hesitate before he pro-
nounces with any assurance that such
change NAV not come over the world "a
has been distinctly predicted in the Scrip
turcs-Dr. Tat, AreAbishop Of Canter
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