The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-03-17
Home Interests.
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the evidences of the exfseensc Of God, not,-
1T is presumed. that their fifth needed con-
flrrnatfoll, but as children love 70 count
DER and DER the tokens of q Fathers no.
bilitv, kfneFness an1 love, so do these who
trust in God delight TO dwell upon the ways
and means through which the All-FatlteF
speaks to them in plaiircst terms. That
anv one should entertain doubt upon this
subject seems incomprefersible, when thor
universe is replete with the works Of am
Omnicient hand, and full of manifesta-
tions of the power and wisdom of an ON
nipresent intelligence, by whose wSiS aud
fiat life came into being and the universe
OF matter Is controlled AMI Taimlonized-
THAT the mind OF man in its present "a
pacity e.rnriot comprehend the means of
Gods prc-existenee, and tffc why aud
wherefore OF the plan Of creaGicsly weighs
nothing against the multiplicity Of evil
dcnce meeting us upon every hand OF the
workings of a perfect system Of law, be-
yond the power of human intelligence To-
| form OF gllide, which must have originated
| in an all-wfse, reasoning intelligence. But
among all she varfes9 combinations ef ma
| terial forces and nsultftm1TnoUs ferms Of
| life whfeh symboiize creative power, from
the tiniest pearly drop of dew Co tiae most
distant constellation OF worlds man y the
noblest work Of God. and the nsints Of many
unperverted by sin, Is tho most g1crious
representative of Divinity. Mans animal
structure alone exhibits himas fearfnlly and
| wonderfully matle-and trace the history
| OF his origin as far back as we may, w@
| find God there, as at the DeghlniIg. the
| only solution. But it IS Nf tine soul and
mind of man we see most clearly and uI,-
mstakably fFe impress and image Of thG
| Maker. DO we not find there attribdbes,
God-giwcn. en5:rating from AN sll-pervad-
ing spirit of power ami llolincss2 Do yoR
not find there Iongi4ags after the infinite
desires which stretch out through bomd-
less realms of space after the fountain OF
perpetual knowledge, wliick carr aloue be
satisfied BY dranghts from fFe spring of
eternal truth? Infinite capabilities OF wis
dom and love, which no earthly attain
ments or requirements can fill or satisfy? +?
assurance that, were 10 not for blie clay to
| which we are bound, we could soar tlarough
regions of unending immortality and u,l-
veil the mysteries of eternal life?
Is this grand, most perfect and incom
prehensible living thing, full Of all glorious
susceptibilities and beautiful imNginings,
to struggle brief period with msatisfied
longings and aspirations, only to perish
ignobly in the dust?
Could lnan have sIerfeed Tfs extSfeIlce
alone from perishable matter? Must there
, not have been spiristEaI existence, n crea-
tive intelligence prccedfnG- trosa4 which he-
emanated, and of which ne Is q pafs? OF
this we are assured, by every argument of
logic and reason, even without the fesLi-
mony of one whose soul i'm high commnn-
ion with tile Eternal Mind said, and the
Lord God a 'breathel into his nostrils thc
breath of life and man became living
soul.''
AS sublime as are the moral capabilities
of the mind of man, his intellcefaal pow
Icrs are eqrIlIy grand anI Ie&hahsifess. To
this attest tie crowded Libraries of the
world, latlen with garnered knowledge,
scientific truth, ,stefief literatare. kister-
ic fact What element in man stuGfes pSnna
and devises with incest exactncss the com
plicated mechanical forces whicI, move our
, vast manufactures? Was it aninaal torcu
alone which devised and wfosrghe cct the
magnificent architecture of the cathedral nj
Milan, and kindred fair and glorious strue-
tures which beautify the face OF earth
}, What cobwebs in the brain ofa Morse batls
him grasp the Hghbni1pgs Of heaven and bid
;, the world III cabled words Of mieR asssl
, love?
Yet as noble rs is the soul of man, al
grand rs are his intellectual powerss aa
great as are his achievements In the use
and application Of material placed at MS
;, disposal, he has never created or callec
e into being a particle of matter He has
: : never been the author of so mueh IS TIM
II fair translueent wing of a butterfly or shc
n petal Of rose.
As magnficens as appears TO As thii
d earth, poised IN ether, through conntIesl
years revolving afoand iss center q HGh
u ard warmth, II Is bat spcca<, ma atom q
e. the realm Of CREATION Let tas look, as as
Is as onr physical vision caH extend fne
Il
worlds, constellation upon constellation
r creations vastly more ponderorss tiaaai oa
earth, caclr subseFyiene to Laws net fnert
but moving in.swift eyeless each presegv
ing its allotted pathways obedieRt 20 ami
versal law. Comets fly upon their glitter
ling track through immensely OF space
without Jar or collision, fnliurnsony o
kdiseorIs No system OF iaws eosnes In con
tact with other systcrss. 40 fmpeFfectIo
throws world from It's orbit. No dis
placement Of forces mars the symmetry 9
creations botfnds. IS It reasonable 20 sur
pose That this condition OF things Is but III
result of chance? IS another has said
s.God Is stfll tlle simplest solution of til
,g problem of life aud creations which ha
. yet been offcredtothe Intelligence ofman.
. " c.. SNELLINGs
ALBANY, March 49, 1876.
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