Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-12

as q zeal: aiu many fragile NoWcr Ill
human form withers and dies ere yet
the fruit has been brought forth OF
matured. Nothing that we can SEE
or hear remains the same, but all is
passing away. Only the silent and
unseen forces of the universe are per
manent, and remain from age to age
the IL any of these, for one
brief moment, put on a form that cal
render them perceptlble to those bod
lily organs, ii is in that case aud in
stance at the expense of its power
The lightnins's Hash and the thun.
der's roar may be seen and heard, but
only for al instant, and that mani.
festation 10 our eve and ears exhaust
the power. Only when the electric
fluid is unseen is ii a permanent and
changele-s reality. The steam, while
silent and unseen in the dark boSouI
of its prison. is powerful /" move the
floatinS palace Or raise the p~ondcrou>
hammer. Bui let 1t out INTO the open
air. SO that il can hr seen, or give It 81
Chance to utter o:e -hrlil sound, and
li>power Is exhausted. aud il floats
away upon the invIelblr air. SO then
the fact that anything can he seen and
heard Is no evidenced its reality and
permanently, and the other tact that a
thing IS not seen or heard is 10 proof
that il is unreal or un~suhstantial. On
the contrary, whatever we know that
the eye cannot see or the ear hear, is
most substantial and enduring. Pray,
why should it be otherwise in relig-
ion! Why should We expect of God
that. when He prepares All inheri-
lance for His children, He should
place i'll those unsuUstantial forms
which, though Seen aud heard, are
destined, by 81 Invisible law, sooner
or later, to pass away? 1t were ask
ing God to give us an inheritance less
valuable than the onefIe has prepared,
and thus acting like the child, who re-
Jects the emerald or topaz, aud clutch
es a gilded bsuble for no other reason
than because it shines, all unmindful
of the truth that it will fade in one
brief hour,and shine 10 more forever.
Let children of a larger growth
csvil, and doubt, and sprrn the Clio
rles of a better world, and urn their
backs upon the spirits home because
they are not presented in perishiug
material that can be seen 10y mortal
eyes. But let the believing soul con-
fide in God and His word, and know
that all through the universe of mat
ter and mind there are unseen reali-
ties and eternal verities that utter no
sound or voice, aid that they are not
the less real, permanent or valuable
on that account. Could a true phi
losophy or reasonable faith behold
the city revealed in the gospel, with
the eyes Of the body. or hear its songs
of joy with those material ears, il
would thence argue that it is not the
spirits eternal home. Ii would saw
All forms that these eyes cau see must
chang; md all sounds that these
ears can hear must be hushed in ST.
lenCc. Give me not these for they
will fade aud tail: but Civ. me faith
as the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence Of things not seen. and
let my cnnfiding heart trust that. be-
hind all forms. and beneath all voices
and sounds, deep down toward tie
reality of things, God has prepared
for me treasures that ''eye hath O
seen nor ear heard" nor heart con-
ceived. lie, these be my portion. and
t is enough. -