The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-02-20
MYsIRIEs Or A SEED.

Have YOU yer considered how Won
<lerful q thinthc seed of 4 plant is? 1t
is the mirac. Of miracles God said
let there plants yielding seed, =
and il is furtr added. each one latter
his kind. "
The great nuTalist, Cuvier, thought
that the gernCf all past, present, and
future gcuerdius of seeds were contain
ell one withiThe other, as if packed in
q succession ] boxes. Other learned
men have explained this mystery in
different way But twhat,signify all their
explanations let them explain 1t as
they viii, the iudeE remains the same,
and we must u look upon the repro
ductiUu of theted as a continual mira
Gle.
Is there upg earth q machine, is
there q Ta'a ace, here even a city. which
contains 50 mutLat is wonderful as is
incIossd in q sile seed-one grain of
corn. one Iitt!TOwn apple-seed, one
small seed OF - picked up. perhaps
bv n bird for haittIe Ones-the small
est seed Of q p0pOr bluebeIl. or even
one Of the seedSat float about in the
air invisible tor eyes There IS q
world Of marvelnd brilliant beauties
hidden I'M each Ocse tiny seeds. Con
slider their rimmeiuumbcU, the perfect
sepGration of different kinds, their
p0Wer of life an;kurrcction and their
wonderful, fruitfta5
Consider. fist .ir number. About
q hundred and iiEcars ago. the cele-
brated Liupus. father OF Botany
rpckOued about - different kinds of
plants and he Il thought that the
whole number 5Nlu could not much
exceed 10.G}J. 80 hundred years af-
ter him. VI. De Cdtlc. of Geneva. des-
cribed iAO KIND plants and at a
later period he cOUl so, 900, then so
900. and lac suppJsL possible that the
number might evetJuut to 100. 600
Well. let us Gs!bye these 1O0.O 900
kinds of plants cyNiied to bear the
right seed IIayeey ever deceived
us ? Has seed cheat ever yielded
barley, or the seed poppy grown up
into Il sunuOWert q sycamore tree
ever sprung from aiOrn. or a beech
tree from Il ClestuuiA little bird may
carry away the sJudpd of q sycamore
in its bcak to feed iIsJlings, and, on
the way. may droWO the ground.
The tiny seed may ~ mp aud grow
where it fell uHHoticend I'm sixty years
It may become maeIent tee, under
the shade OF which tib.k5 of the val
levs and theic shCFhyAay rest.
Consider next the uerful power Of
life and rcsurrectious tOwed on the
seeds of plants, SO thatv may be pre-
served from year TO ye3ud even from
century to c2,uTE.
Let q chiid1Ut few Is i'm a drawer.
and shut them up, andy wears after
wards. when his hair jhjtc and his
step tOtteriuc, let him one of these
seeds and SOW it in the ad. and soon
after he viii see 1T sprNp into new
life. and become a y0. fresh. and
beautiful plant.
NJ. JOuaHnct relates tin the wear
1880 several old Celtic Is were dis
covered near BcrgOTiC. Ter the head
of each of the dead bo, there was
found Il small square st0nSrick. with
= hole in it,, Cou.ainiu4ew seeds.
which had been planted tibcside the
dead by the heathen fri who had
buried them. perhaps ], 500 700 year:
before These seeds weTeifuIIv SOW.
cd 10y those who found thehnd what
think you, was seen 10 sd up from
this dust of the dead ?-HfuI sun
flowers. blue cOrutlOwerS,t / clover
bearing blossoms as brightlsWect n.
thOse woven into wreaths birrv chill
ren playing in the fields.
Some years ago a vase, Aetically
sealed, was found in q mJk pit II
Egypt, by Wilkinson, who ST 10 the
British Museum. The lilrl there
having unfortunately brokcHGiscov
cred in it few grams OF whAnd one
OF two peas, old. Wriakled. abs h2rf
rs stone The peas were T'.I c9re.
fully under glass ON the 1tH Iune
1914, and at the euI of thirty q thesl
old seeds were a5ya TO sprin,, frf,
new life. They haA been brrk~,l,,.
bly, about 900 yyaUeNgo fnarhE1 ~,
time of Moses, aud Sld slepf tI,at
time apparently dead aijI |, % n
the dust Of the tomb.
Is not The sucingiug of\ \aszei, a,,.
5lcm of the rvsurrectIguS riisd
Accordingly IL Is meutNe, L. ~.
Apostle Paul in I Cor. Ey.,k 49,,
the Swinging of the seed, At,i;n,
the doctrine Of the rcsurre I1t,
life.
WHAT THERE IS ~ NUEA-r.
whga, grain is "a frEit consjs-ug