, 1879-02-17

kind Of soul which wo sec upon this ltttlo
1lobc, It seems almoat certain tEns man re,
Of intelccts and the least Of morals, Just aa hs
"a dwelling unon tho sEnnllcst Of Gods elobcs.
Human logic finds great difficulty tn getting
held TO the idea tllat 0ul crcntcd from the dust
two adults, a,al tins handed the earth over TO
human race. Another multitude has sur
'sa .sa % sos las of en 9f aSeonsd s 5 e b. IN an %
third party, feeling Inc absolute difficulty Of
making beginning Of material th!ngn such ns
rocks, an'l earth, and dust, and bodies, have de-
that wc arc alt parts OF thu Infinite Mind. living
IN n kind of dream. The difficulty Is not one OF
peoplng all tho heavenly bodies, but II llca cil-
tlFey in finding Inhabitants for any ono planet:
To create nun for earth 10 not the problem. but
to start mnn at all was nnl il The enigma TO 6o
solved. hut tho f@ct starcs US IN the lnce TINT
man Is here: There arc said to be thousand
Some Of them VIC haye seen. Some OF
the men arc wise, some Of tile women are hea,l-
ttfu1. Man ID here, md therefore tho enigma
viii tllat cutting Of the 6onlian Knot man ap-
pears in thousand worlds as we'll Ms here The
processes which gave man to earth Ghvc him to
Saturn and Jupiter. for tile Rrcateat law OF tie
universe Ia unity OF purpose aild Of quality. We
need not insist unon such concl,.slou, but we
may cherish tho thought as urcat probability,
TINT wltle W. ara hero on our lIttle but good
Garth, following our pursuits, and friendships,
millions Of such but perlaps better belngs, who
arc following nobler pursuits, and arc busy In
better friendships ana better ptetr.
Let u nov abandon TIC fate Of other stars
trst and 1arcest proposition II was affirmed that
the Creative Mind fashioned tho material world
because Of Its rcflextvc action upon 1Jimaelf.
He was the end to be blcased. It is the sculp-
or t1,H Rtntt1h TINT IA h1eSarN Tt
therefore follow that tho nnatcr1al ia formed to
bless tic mental, md man having been mado
mental mud spiritual being, THO external world
becomes great minister to his education md
Happiness. Il Juhovah Himself needed heaven
uni an GARTH thu land aud sen, md all these
nnumernble contents OF tho Cosmos needed
them because lie was a Mind; thcn man, tic
child and image Of God, is picked up by tho
arms oi the eaHlo law mud Is bofno rnptdly for
ward into higher mental power unI deeper
happtn1ss. The flcavcns, which declare anu coll
tam and cause tile glory Of God, reveal the path
OF mnn anh treasure up much of his mental and
spiritual greatness.
The material world comes TO man and helps
furnish him with language. His words arc
made out Of It's qualities and quantities, He
Clouds u1ld then be speaks OF high virtue; he
learns depths from the earih's cEnsms, nlltl
speaks Of the depths Of inIauity; he secs q bird
flight Of time; he beholds .the ocean, and ever
nftcrwnrl has an Image OF divine power aud
love; he marks dying plant, and then he can
say Imam cometh forth Us flower md is cut
down. Thus came the matGrial world 10 tho
soul in Its early career, ind dressed It In beau
ttful language, tint 40 pntntcr puts Ills emo
tions upon canvas, all minds might pour forth
their feelings In words. Words are urns nude
Of material Things into Which urns tho soul may
pour itself outward and bo passed over to its
friend.
Having given humanity language the material
passes Onward and furnishes thought and emo
ttons 10 put into th9so holy nrns: @ Loos tnto
place IN that spirit the sky, md aco, and land,
and.the seasons, md tho lclLs, md bloom nre
assigning TO themselves. And welcome tenants
sy an Our dsat S The yass to Us
suns whose light, which cau outfly electricity,
could not have reached us In million years;
tllat the sea star, sfriuB, IS sun equal TO 2,0O0
sun Is oue Of the most rneasureless things Of
which wo can dream. We owe oil things to 1t.
1t crew the trccs, ual grasses, and ferns which
million years ago made the coal.neds Of the
and streams; It walked up the verduro Of our
woods md prairies; It now grows all our food
and fabrics for our clothing; t makes the wood
In our houses; It,. In ono word, sustains all tho
lIfu an0 nlakt6 all the beauty Of earth, and Inns
never In million years abated his carc md love
Of every man aud every beast and bird. 1t Ia
hardly to he wondered nt that tho anccuts were
wont to asscmblo on the 2ith q Junc, when
this sun had reached bis annual glory, MD Wor
ship him with their sympathetic frcs on tile
mountain tops. Now when We arc informed
that Sirius can perform tile benevolent work OF
s0oo of such suna as our losea Que w. inay con-
fess that the material realm not Only inrniahes
man with lanEuaee pnt Also WIN t!ioaShts t,s
which almost stop ne s6reath,Lthoueate which
seem 70 uncover tie white throne ot God.
When 1op loohfu np"aId Lo%nsa ",n. .ne s.aTs MS
10 burst FORTH And 30, when tho Psalmists,
David and nts seontcmporar!es, 'ooKeo @ Mp nto tls
deep blue taeir hsarta afose Sc. lke @ ts skylark
and burst forth into song. bas what bcEnn 60
fur back has followed man without any Inter
mission, md It remains truu today l,at tue i1a.
tertal world awakcns tlo mind and nolp4 Gil 4
With emotion ths greatest and i, sM eetest, and
pures sd i' a 1T m9st It, tFS measure saas,
mud vast In Nature the mind passes over to some
conception Of the dimonsioos OF the spiritual
As tho Infinite Spirit demanded an external
world wtie!l might forever bring blcsscdncss to
thls Infinite Self, 40 man following his Father
draws from Nature The education, aii1 tic ownl-
| oninr, and i1epirattop Of his mind and heart,