The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-25
ON THE STUDY OF NATURE.
No. III.
By GASEELL.

spheres. They were stationed n the
circuit by a mighty power-they wei
hung 10 the heavens b. the first, Il
best and most powerful Of being
God. No jar displsCes them, but O.
ever on, they speed and will spec
until heaven and earth are no NOR,
Ages have passed since then, cent?
RES have sped into eternity, YET AZ
they as bright % Eben fret placed q
high. 4 Thousand generations hay
lived and died, yet the same heaven
are above 80 then, the same stars ~
sparkling in their midnight beauty &
existed in tue first morn OF ea!.hl
life.
Gail you not the contemplation 0
such vastnesa and order, such unCeas
ing continuance and auch sublimit'
OF design az eunobling study Tor to,
minds eye? Aye, indeed II IS, anC
uore but the generous, ungelish anC
the fsr-seeing. mighty mind, Cal
Comprehend its grandeur in It's en-
tireiy. Ths little soul ia unable t.
CLINT TO the height Of such sublim'
lruths, and gTogeEDg IN the depths o.
human selhshDess and sin, it feels nc
inspiration, no heaven born light,
bursting the dark bonds Of ignorance
and cleaving upward to the abode Of
eternal truth. 4 chain more calling
than that which bound Prometheus
t. the Caucasian rock, binds the In
gard gushings Of such g heart ana
the knawings OF envious desire, ike
she vaIJure At dis Vi;als, distaTbs tbs
musings of his mind.
Beautiful are the heavens J Fresh
and bright the green carpet of the
earth. Six thousand years have
passed aEay since that glad morn,
when new born world sprang into
HE, responsive to the bidding of the
great a Am" What changes sinoe
then hare been among nations aud
peoples? ever and over again has
the grea. drama, life, been enacted
over and over again has man die
played his mercy. Empires have
risen azd fallen, kingdoms been butt
up and oyerthEoWn, republics formed
and deoayed, yet the earth, the noble
earth, the greatest Of Gods great
works to Us, remslns unchanged by
time, though corrupted by the sbomi-
nations and evil practices OF man.
Onward moves time, with cure,
majestic step tna. knows no increase,
nor diminution in speed-no de-
crease Of velocity, nor uncertain
variation in it's duration. In sickness,
IN sorrow. in prosperity and in happi
ness-still the same Interchangeable
routine. No fatigue stays i!s onward
progress and no ezhiieraticn causes
its more rapid flow, but as the hour5
roll away it is still present The past
is gone, but the future is before US.
We still have time with Us present,
Like q river il ever pureues its way 10
the bosom OF a fsthomless eternity.
Mems life wears away by moments,
.mpercepsib,e in their approach.
silent in their march and ever in
creasing in duration. As the sands.
zTaiu by grain, fall through the hour
glass, so life wears away. In the
of lie all is fresh, beautiful
and fair, and impuisive hope warns
each fiber into active life; sn ideal
world lies before Us clothed in the
rainbow tints of gorgeous fancy. At
morn all is real and substantial, time
having disappointed youthful fancy
and dissipated the mirage that allured
our morn. In the evening all Is
feeting and uncertain, for our hold
on life is then relaxing and the bril-
liancy OF former dreams has fed, no
longer attracting by its feeting splen-
doris. Youth views life ss one vast
pleasure garden, wherein the fairesi
flowers and richest fruits are at the
of him who is daring enough
TO pluck them. In the meridian oil
life's day, he finds that the dreaml
OF his former years were Elusive and
that wealth, or fame, is not always
the reward of worth. Happiness is
perchance beyond bis reach aud he
has to remain satisfied with but the
shadow of what he anticipated.
With the earth there is no change
only that OF form. The same lie is
in its particles, the same principles
continue to govern its movements
yet earthquakes, volcanoes and floods
may tear down the high mountains,
fill up the deepeet valleys and super
fcially renew its appearance. The
came bright aunghine is present n0W
as ever was, yet tbOugGnd clouds
have before this obscured lis bright
ness from our view; but fair, respleu.
dant as ever it again shines forth,
heIalding hope to the heart and
giving earnest of future f1uilfulnoss
The same morn guides the footsteps
OF the benighted traveller. that ghOnt
On the revelrie5 Of Assyria's kings
that lighted Cyrus in MS assault CT
Babylon. The same bright, twink
ling orbs grace the uzure vault above
u aud lead their Pickering light to 6
Numbering world, that we're higt
placed in ether By the hand of Cox
and led the weary footsteps 0
Jacobs descendants &c they fled be
fore the armies of Pharaoh. The sun
the moon, the stars, have eeen al
revolutions of mans power; have seer
the splendo.s of Babylon and hav
viewed her ruins; have contemplate
The power and grandeur OF Rome
and have seen her legions tTamplef
beneath the feet of barbarous h0rdes
seen her temples razed, her treasure
taken to deck the triumph of the cor
quering Goth. Man alone is changed
alone is subject to death. He be
hone; he is told that death tha
he go deplores will be the means {
exalting him to q home beyond tn
skies; that he will have eternal lii
and be IS enduring as the stars then
selves.
Thou gszer On yon starry yaul
LET not thy mind reverence then
LET il soar beyond the Polar track c
| Milky Way, to that great, omnipoteI
and powerful being whose word Gale
them into existence. A being create
than man formed them; a mightit
mower than his called them into b
| ing. The atheist may gaze upon the
! brightness, admire their beauty, y
reverence net their founder, yet eve
| he in the midst CT his scepticism al
bis dispulslions, has doubte rs to Z
solidity of bis own views.
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