Wilmington journal., 1876-07-21
Fof tde journal.
By Mrs. n III. wa24elL
'1O,k through Mature up to nsbdfs's God"

/ Fof ade journal,
By Mrs. y. II. Wattf4elL
"lo,k through Mature up to nAtdfs's God"
The poet of Twickenham has left a
beautiful memOriam of Roscommon in
these lines:
s'In all of Charles's DAYS, Roscom-
NOR only wore unspotted bays"
This pious child of melody died
while repeating a part OF his own ver-
sion Of the Dies Irg:
"My God, my Father and my Friend,
l. Do not forsake me in mv end ...
In this age of skeptiealt speculation
much has been written 70 controvert a
special Providence. while q general
Providence is readily admitted. Yet
we look to the almighty author of cre~
alton for consolation in sorrow, for
assistance and fortitude in misfortune
and for Fgratitude-that light-winged
whisperer-for benefits He vouchsafes
US, and we feel that prayer is an instinct
of DUR natures and tind il coeval with
| the. earliest history of man: in bar
barrie as in polished nations, in COM
| munities where the Sun Of Righteous
ness had never enlightened the land;
among the Idunean shepherds, in the
wandering.s stars OF the Cnaldeans, in
| the Persian Arimanus and Oromssdes,
the Egyptian Typho@ and Osiris, the
Indian, Peruvian and Mexican, Drama
and Zupay, while the. black Jolof
prays to the ocean and the Bengalian
to the Ganges. ..s... ....a..y.........
| 4 type of alteration in some visible
form is found primeval with man; it is
| the iuetinct'Lef Immortality. Cato,
with all Iof dis pol lFtheismi, exclaims,
"That theretis a Power above US,
AL nature cries aloNd
TGrougl all her works.
And this to the simplest as we'll as
| to the most philcsophic mind is the,
invisible nlagnatfe- animus that draws
us to HiEd ,., ...,..-
| Can the laborer look upon the
pladed grass, the golden wheat, the
ruddy and ripening fruits of his ORCH,
ard and not feel that there is grt at
and good, and especial Providence,
providing for the comforts and the
wants of mankind?
The thoughtfui student sees in the
nepke,athis: dastitlatoria or, pitcher
plant of the East, the benefcent beauty
of Omnipotent design. This plant
bears many tankafds or pitchers, hold
ing from pint to quart of pure water,
which is secreted by the plant; each
pitcher is covered by a lid with ma
tural hinge which closes tightly In dry
weather to prevent evaporation. It is
of great value to the natives, as it Is
Indigenous in muddy and unwhole--
some sections of the country where
pure water is a luxury.
The Pdlo de FacG, popularity called
the eow-tree 'of South America, when
pierced, pours out a nutritive and de-
licious milk. =. This tree is the produc-
ton of a parched soil and where there
is no rain for six calendar months.
Shade, SO essential in the Torfid
Zone; is a spontaneous production
In the Sechelles Island the double
fruited cocoar tree bears leaves from
\ twelve to fifteen feet long add from
seven to eight broad. A single leaf,
says M. de- st. Pierre, 4is' sufficient
protection for an entire family. ~ The
Talipot of Ceylon and Fig gtree of the
Banians vegetste i'll the burning sand;
they throw a multitude of shoots from
the extremity of their branches which
drop down to the ground and take
root. forming by their interstices gal
leries of dense shade. Here the
swarthy and turbaned Hindoo is often
seen at his devotions.
So far as Star-eyed Science has made
her researches there is ever found in
the vast creations of Omnlpotence
contending elements, with evil and
the remedy, and this principle in the
economy of nature Is ever present.
Centripetal and centrifugal attraction,
lgravitation and the resistance of the
i air, with an interminable physiological
develOpfnent,s such as diseases and their
remedies, poisons and antidotes, hum
ger and food, thirst and water, winters
cold and summers heat, each provided
for and forming but few examples OF
the unsearchable wisdom, power and
goodness of God, not only to reasoning
man, but in gradation from man to
the simplest form of organic life, each
provided for and each one having his
destiny to perform. not by fatalism,
for we have only to look at hive of
bees, or an ant hill with its monarch-
ical form of government. to see that
they are with unt1ring order and in
dustry fulfilling their destiey. ~" -
Gould we dwell upon the daiAy mer-
Father as We daily dwell upon our
prised to find how many benefits were
forgotten and how well remembered
was every trifing cross.
The advice of Socrates ito his pupil
Alcibiades. who was gong to his de-
votions, was the true spirit of prayer:
"You should indeed be serious, since
man may bring down evils upon
himself by his own prayers, as those
things he prayed for might turn to his
destruction" He then gave him the
following prayer: 80 Jupiter, give us
those things which are good for us,
whether they are such things as we
pray for or such things as we do not
pray for. and remove from rs those
things which are hurtful, though they
are such things "a we pray for.
In the pure theocracy OF the ancient
Jews we find full reliance upon God.
with thorough faith in the efficacy
of prayer. When the captive Daniel
kneeled down and turned his face
towards the temple of his desolated
country he was sustained alone, by
faith in prayer.
The powerful king of the Medes and
Persians, "whose law altereth not, in
vain decreed the fercely heated fur
mace and den of hungry lions. From
the damp rocks, the scattered bones
and blood stained pavement of that
abode of howling monsters, Daniel.
upon his knees wrought the superhu-
man change of gentleness, kindness
and affection.
Our Holy Saviour has bestowed
upon us the ever blessed and priceless
knowledge of acceptable prayer to
God: - ... .. ... tr ......A
"Oh. Thou by whom we come to God II
The Life, the Truth the Way,
The path of prayer thyself hast trod; 49,
Lord, teach us how to pray"