The Ottawa free trader., 1878-08-24

afperVlSlOn OF hlgn ana mighty power ~ 'H'
ncomprchensblc bui evidently oyerruIln4
u That governing law Of Nature cannot eNl>
without It's attribute God No principle b.
man can even be conceived sufficiently adC
Quatc to oclmiinalc a fact whcrcbya philosophI
cal law or motor can be produced to meet tn
exigency and that OF the gropeIling and sell
Sustaining power What human mind Is vas
enough IN Ils proportions 10 grasp the lde
which will hold ir suspension and operation
system of weights thousands oftimcS create
than that of our own Insignificant earth: If
natural law does, the AllpoWcriu is the cen
trail force.
Again: man may construct his works by II
regular and uncertain rules; but it Is eviden
that unerring laws have emanated from Su
preme Being for his whole creation, and they
are constructed, too with regard to the physical
system, upon principles which, as we now
know, are not understood. Through the me
dunn of mathematics, proven to be uncrrlng
by Nature herself, we become impressed with
the beautiful idea of the manner in which the
destinles of Universe are held; that surely
none but the Supremest of all governors could
ever establish and maintain laws so beautiful
in their workings and intricate in theirreSults
Science, deducted from surroundings and re
suits, enables us to gaze with admiration upon
the phenomena Of light; the manyeolored
rainbow upon the bosom Of the clouds; the
clouds themselves reflected with all their chang.
ing Shades from the surface of their quiet wa
tiers. Whence comes this beautiful imagery
We investigate and find that every hue in the
rainbow IS made by different angie If retiec.
tion, and that each ray reflected from the mir,
ror has It's angle of incidence equal to It's angle
of reflection We turn to the heavens, and are
charmed with its shining host, moving in sol
emn procession through the halls Of the sky,
each star us il rises and sets marking time on
the records of nature; with the properties OF
the cllipsis, thc laws of motion demonstrate by
and two facts drawn from obscr
vation the one that bodies fall to the earth, and
the other the regular motion OF the planets, we
beyond the power Of rctutation,
the laws Of the celestial system; and we trace
star after star, however eccentric its course
through the unseen immensity Of space, and
with unncrin@ certainty He h0r IF
It's r,t,ta, after ayes have passed away! "Wc
do more, we weigh matter III the balance Of
and find that to complete the har.
mony Of the system, a planet is wanting in
some distant corner Of its wide domain -
M mo,toi eye has ,ccr sem II, no tradition tells
of its existence. lc, with the confidence and
zeal Of prophecy the astronomer announces
that it muSt erid for ADMINISTRATION h0S proccd
IL The prediction islrecorded IN the volume
of science, and when the period arrives, it ap-
pears
"In chemistry we find that compound bodies
the composition of the elements around Us,
all in fixed relation; we find that gases and
fluids will combine with each other, and with
solids only IN a ccyloih mtio, and that all pos
slblc compounds are formed by nature in I'M
mut,,ble pyopoHton." In geology we find a
fixed natural law Of mathematics governing
that science We pick up from the bosom
OF the earth quartz rock, a c,yNtai-its form
bringing both gcomctrical rules. Cystalliza-
tlon is before US; then come cubes and hcXa-
gons, pyramids and dodccagons in beautiful
and artistic array! To natural history we go
but to find the BIRDS "clcaving the air in the
form of cycloid, Gods immutablc and mathc-
matical law proving it 20 be the BEST Their
feathers are formed on calculated mechanical
principles; the muscles of their frame are
moved by them. The bee has constructed its cell
in the very geometrcal figure, with the pre-
else angles which mathematcans, after ages
of investigation, have demonstrated to be that
which contains the greatest ecoHOmy # space
aud strength Thus We see that natures con-
slruction is mathematical, her uses reasonable,
all It's ends harmonious, and no element mixed
with it without regulated law how else could
we believe than that it is all the CREATION OF
GoD!
If VIC send our spirit forth through these
beautiful works to investigate the machinery
of nature and the universe, our immortality
will become apparent; and, if immortal, we
owe it to the Being who is supreme, immortal
and from the beginning, We take Zine and
figure and measure, and from proposition to
proposition, and from conclusion to conclusion,
and rird link after link, TIL we are from sheer
necessity forced to bind the universe To the
throne of Il Higher Power" by that
-"Goldcn. everlasting chain.
Whose strong embrace holds heaven, aud carth and main
The Man who Never Swcats.