The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-12
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we could RI ed, is written across the bfpsd h,otv
OF HE TiBible The dusky faee Of nature il III
minous will the light from the eyes Of God, AZ
=, man gross puref, higher. hpber. more tusts-
me, ha shall sss II more, ill the uhiv fss be-
comes o translucent veil rot hiding tut only
sqttehtng. that mortal eyes tuav bsar Ii. tho
ba zthB radiance bf its Maker FaCa.
Nature indeed has q chaugpft face Hba snlsa
| benlEnahttE, but her smiles are very HtFal. she
sabda her snhsliihe on ns, but also slis lasfes
ne ~ih her tempests, showers On ts her
| freezing tears wraps us III her clouds. chi Ia
| tis with her cold. Rne uan cares aud lull Us th
condolences with her soft breathing In Tie sephyr.
| but she shakes tls heart too, In the ieres anger
| ~ the hurricane ard ths bursting crush Of the
| thhhuetbDlb Hha "opens 6ut hatgests end shakes
| her stores in showers upon us Ia her bfnyp o.
| 10 ers; but she sweeps BvaV with 4 ol4 or seat
ters WI n her hurricanes ths accumulated fruit eF
our toils. She ts often Ike p grim step-tnDthet,
shd CLOTHES hef great face In g. ertties4 hef,ra
hef trembling Foster child, aud her staF rrBTynnd
tJrfhead iises dnssy ald Sublime & the heavens
- covers beneath The lighth ba glsbras from
,s nst awinl aaeenly eyes. Ahd set tbe is Gods
hahdinaid; abh III all her tnuJds, In her srblima
thagniirehee. In her gentle hean!y, in het smiles
ed 10 the raging VI her heroest wrath IL alike
the teacher OF man tfs mighty child. committed
to her hands By th3 Great Fsth.r her Lord sud
M1g.
Her beatty speahB of His nhn insds her. Her
goodness gives us hnp5 and trust In His,
Her power family eohuos His her ststnpsss
makes ia tFemyle haFtua IIs thrnna har baue,
We are epupelled 10 wiring from tie earth hy :
toll and pqits Tho bread we eat, Tbs Faitnent We
put on God has put us here under stieh peess.f
sity4 There is plenty, bat we tnHst toll bo make
1t ours. 10 ohg free agency, e,ie ssltaeterntiti4
log moral power, IL called into EetDn, and ths
| necessity Of life tesehes ts patience. Industry,
se'Econrpl, and makes rs creators, in small
measure, like uod aud shows ns. even by oaf
weakness ard tiis lowest Of Our needs our spirit
nal power ss lords over tile material, ~ kings III
the earth and nature, even when We seem, their
humbest slaves,
II has seemed 10 rne tltis peculiarly Of mans
position really one Of The most wonderful les
sons taught him II he could see. Nature feeds.
clothes. cares entirely for The animal She
seems kinder to hum than TO man. But, ah she
has no lessons 10 teach the ANIMAL "You"
shs says 10 man, gtimly smiling. ''tpust feed aud
tl,ths yourself = And 10, even then. she teaches
him his royalty Man takes her ~ her word.
and In doing So asserts his mastery assumes
his divine p erogaivs and makes and FIRMS ike
God, chains matter captive to mind, letters
the lightning, harnesses the waters and the fifes
and rides the waves, end makes bhs very
tempest drive his levisthsu to her destined ha4
ven. Nature wouH not feed or olotbs him. stern
nature. though she fed and clothed the bird of q
Summer, the insect Of day and 10 he r6nsss
himself and masters her, led by bis needs, and
rules her like the yiesroy ot God
As her stsfnnsss makes bin, assert his man
hood aud become worker like Him whose Image
he wears, so her ahyarying returns OF spriug-
titue and winter. her 6banselass laws for bis
good, the laws by which he oongnsrs her. teach
hm faith and trust. His labor In hot In vain,
Working according 10 The Law, he Ia sure Of bis
reward. He ean rely on the osasssss round
By which all seen things move since tho
beginning. The very act 0f casting the seed
into the furrow, do you not see. is Al apt
OF faith II is also an aot Of hope ia faith ii
hope, in some Unseen power 6ating for hi m.
tue man must thus seek the bread he eats. In
faith. In hope he must plpw and SOW and gathsf
in. lie must bnil1 end plant in faith and hone.
ETnruainB thhaa btyn Ufky ,.nv bh
must by the law 6f his lie here 20 about his
very humblsst business. And as the civilized
man sends Ibis ships to sss and watts in faith and
hope for the wealth and lives entrusted to the
winds ana waves. 80 The most guorsns savage
plants in faith and hope his litts venture Of corn,
aud waits ID both for The return In satumn.
Behold, too, how nature teaches her pupil obe4
denee and 81 omission
We can work only according b. the Law We can
live only according TO the law. Invisible but ifu4
mutabls, ohsngsless az God, tbs adamsntine Iaw
bems ne in from birth. Living by the Law, work
ing by the law, we prosper. Living against the
law, working against the law. We are ground to
powder. We cannot sssib ! We knev not it's faoe
but it iskes t1s Into It's Invisible arms Of power AZ
we are ushsfsd into life. and stetnly compsls
obedience. Tho most needed training for A nh~
turs dsorgsuizsd and anst chic is the training
into submission TO rule. into quiet needing 10 The
laws ensetnent, is thus prepared for us, and
nstares voices oil speak tho lssson distinct
only by submission TO the ohsugelsss dsssnd.
only by looking for II and laboring for IL Accord
ing 10 The law. We oan change B1thibg. We
are happy, ffee, successful only as We obsy. Tits
years come and pass: The days arise aud shine
aud die with the glImmeriag W, 81; the nights
spread their soknn nantes over ihs Rlumbsr~
ing world. ths seed TINS comes mud the sgskhs
erlne; dew falls from the kindly heavens aud
the blssted snlnmer rain, aud tho white snow
mantle defends tho tender roots OF tho Ito sls.
tanning corn, and hll by Gbangsless and urbr=
Iing iaw-sud ws look above and tee farshsst stars
roll on obef ioutly, SID the great systems swing
Ike the psndunm Of eternity, Ii King ages M
they move so silently, and no jar, disoofdancs.
Law rsigns above, below. We aro wrappsd sgours
in the mighty. t.nyolding arms OF law. Obo-
dienes is tho demand OF life; submission the
requirement Dy which We stand. Won does the
mighty foster. .mother do hsr work. shs allows
no rebellion in hsp great house. Her child must
yield 10 her faiotest whisper The nature oUtn4
mitt cd to her Cars--the lawlfss uptuFntd morsI
nature-shal be taught Tho first aud last Lesson.
awful uusesn power Of law that bsIna
him in TO order and submission from
his rth till tho day he leavos this Garth 10 stand
rs CO 10 face with Him who 10 tbs embodied 1aw
for all things seen and unseen.
And bnmiitty, needed lesso4 for q being who
has len from bis high estate, who has failed 10
Gls his place, who tiy by the goodness Of God,
who is fed aid guarded, ald hourly su stained by
grsat nature shall bring homs TO his hsart,
These are CLEANS Of the faded glory, fasbes OF
power that speak his own passibIs ereAt-
nsps. Man does seem At times az IL ho
were creations king, and ,hs thoughts
swell when ho feels h mself living soul amid
dumb matter. and knows that all wss Eosde for
him, aud that he singly and alone ID worth all the
stars that shine and all the suUs that flame. ~
10 well he has such thoughts. They are insti.
fed. Nature teaches them. But IL IL well they
should be tempered by humility; and she tsaehes
him this also for his good.
He learns IL before the cataract laundering
10 It's deep caves In seething foam he learns II
with the blinding lightning in his eyes, the crash
ing Of Heavens artillery In his ears he learns IL
masng by ths long swes OF the dim gray sea In
the vaulted aises Of tho solemn forest. in the
loneliness Of tho eternal hills, ON the waving
grass OF the blogy prairie.
He learns it from the eagle ss he oleaves the
blnn. ha lnarpa III frfuo tna y,etut.J d. 4t.n4