The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-02-08

/ gin with. IL was with s0lteriB9 an
feeble effort that we began 10 wall
How cautiously they taught u
TO stand, and how rudef
nature treated US in those days. 1t hi
US In the face. tore us with thorns, an,
blis,ered Us with sunlight, and pricket
us on every hand. Nature seemet
rough TO US. but yet was teaching u
then. Bye aud bye this same natur'
that seemed &c goad US and blister u
and prick US on every hand comes III
and holds us up. The same snnligh
paints the flower and the eyeball. Tht
same nature, all beautiful, comes up byI
and bye with uplifled hands and says
there, lie; me help you; l come 10 helE
you," and it helps all around them.
Holding our mothers finger and tot
tering with little weak limbs and an
steady nerves and trembling feet IC
learn 10 walk, how cautiously we took
the first step. Oh, what little begin,
ming The psalmist says We are Great
ed little lower than the angels and the
US the alphabet My little girl was
reading to me day or two ago thai John
Wesley learned his alphabet in five
| hours the first time be went To school
1t brought TO my mind the fact that my
! mother tried il on me for five months,
and failed. | always thought there was
some difference between John Wesley
| and myself. But some one had TO teach
US, teach us the key to knowledge. Some
one from above has been laying hold OF
US gently and opening OUT the mind.
teaching Us to think, and man moves
steadily along up the line towards the
higher world that is above him.
! don't know how il is, but fancy THAT
/ the AnOolo Qan know the frtffi1 and a
which is beneficial, and just, and pure,
and noble, and good. But question
very much whetheF an angel knows the
\ beauty nf tiower-they have no mate
rial body whether the odOr of rose,
! the beauty of its TINT, the grandeur or 3
/ sunset, the magnificence OF a rain
! bow, the gilded mOuntlin top
whether all the beauties of nature are
moi hidden TO the angelic world just as
they are hidden 10 the blind man. 4
/ blind man knows nothing of cclur-a
deaf man nothing of sound. There is IA
J world all shut up. Ii seems to me this
/ world must be shut out from angelic be-
| ipgs and that this was one reason for the
creation Of man ana giving him a safI
of real control over physical nature that
nothing else had, The morning stars
aud shining sun existed but the angelic
eye looked not in the sunlight of the
material world. The rose may have
been blooming and the rainbow span
ailg tle heavens and all patuFe may
haye been teeming with beauty without
the Angelic eye - see II, because they
are spiritual beings. II takes an eye of
flesh and blood - take in the tints of
flowers and the beauty of nature, and
God saia Tf'hase valleys must not bloom
withOpt an eye 10 see IheIn. or a heart 10
by thrilled with them, and let us have AN
order of INTELLIGENCE that Gan not only
wander out in spiritual truth but that
can take in the beauties qf the material
universe Tor wien God had made the
world Hc looked upon il aud said 'rIt
is good
have no patience with the people
that are always running down this
world; it is the best world that | ever
grand world. The world outside Of US
Is largely affected Ivy the world in US.
God wanted this world appreciated III
its beauty, in its thought, in its mystery,
and SO he made an order of intelligence
that not only might believe supernatur-
al truth but that might have windows
through which they might look and
angers with HhiGh thay caull teal, eyes
With which they gould see the heauty
of the material world that he had made,
and made man lower than the angels,
but said TO HIM. "Here | will make
you lower than the angels, but | will
give you dominion; | Will give you
power; will elevate you up bye and
bye go that there shall he in Yoh q pow,
ef to appreciate What have dome"
conquer it, takes hold OF this world to
utilize II, 10 study, to be developed
through ii, to learn; takes hold of this
world TO see God in it. Man does not
know anything of this world and can
nOl appreciate ii AMY as rs sees the di-
! Yine nature lying hack of 1t. The study
of physical nature is following out after
/ Gods thoughts. The study OF botany is
I simply the pursuit of Gods origin of
/ the plan of creation of the vegetable
world. 1t Is feeling out after the
: thoughts of the divine mind and
the plaa on Vhleh s!l the vegetable
world was made. Theast Judy OF geology
| Is looking back through nature to Coda
! layer On layer, building up the world.
| The study of natural history is looking
back through animal life to the time
when God thought out the plan on
WHICH everything from the microscopic
animaiculie in the drop Of WAGER to The
leyiathal in the sea should be built.
The study of nature, the study al nGtu-
raj science, is the study OF Gods
thoughts. And there Is no science only
as we succeed in getting back to the
thought that God had in the building
of this world, and God says To you and
me; Get the maatsry in this; under
stand this purpose; don't 80 through
the world with your eyes blind and
I 80. on
but go through this world with your
eyes and ears and all the soul open and
take in the mystery and beauty and
power Of The world; lay hold OF it and
nse IT," And how wonderfully he stored
up the power.
God made man To SubdGe this power
He SAID TO man: Don't sit down now
and let nature tear your heart strings
and break your neck: DANE ie. nature
triumph over you. You are 10 triumph
over nature Here is the power, il is in
the clouds yonder, il is in the earth be
meath your feet, il is all about you
Take hold of nat'.re and gather the ele
pents of her power& and bring it tC
!, your avn Asr. Take bold Of the liehT
ming and bring it down here and let il
talk for you Take hold of the wind!
and make them ush your ships across
the sea. Take hold of this store house
of oil and coal there is in the earth ant
bring il up here, and make power gu
of the water that Is about you. Pu
machinery 10 work in The field 80 TAX
the dFudgeries of life off of YOU. TAX,
hold of this store house OF power tina
Is all about you and relieve yourself 81
that there may be more leisure for tia
development of your heart and OF you
I head We shall have dominion
Man is lower then tlis angels but he i
| | climbing up to the angels. This ia tn
. babe that has It's first thought III tn
cradle and smiles in response TO it
? mothers smile, coming up now; ther
but a few years ago il lay with its frs
b thought Then in a few years after
) waris il was working away at the mys
terry of the alphabet. Now the sam
!, being is sitting here and reckon
!, idg the distances OF the star
: and measuring their dIafheter and te
$ ling the time of an eclipse a centur
b ahead Now he is taking hold of til
Il lightning, taking hold of the winds, an
: taking hold of the power that is beneat
y him and utilizing 1t. changing it To hi
e own advantage. It Is man gaining d.
1t minion, man gaining power, maR dom
d Just what God told him to do There
k not a star twinkling in the utmost SIX
IS not blade of grass that pierces I'll
d ground in spring time, nor leaf th
4. waves in the breeze that is moi made {,
n man. God says: Now take dominion
don't be doWn there among the cloi
e and dust, hut get the mastery of III
/ and build yourself upand z" over
" and make nature Serve you. f,'u Al
N not to serve nature
re am persuaded that along in this Ii
is the mystery, if there ije any mysteT
Or that is 10 say the philosophy, of d
~ resurrection. Man begins 10 be he
Ve begins TO live. presume that is I
j. best that can be said OF good to us-'
D. begin TO live here. About the time
Of get ready to live We die. Sometimes
ne think that is the reason some of rs Z
ne earlier than others, because we get ri
nd quicker In my orchard there are sol
at trees where the fruit ripens in JuE
I'd There is the strawberry that Tipens
OF May. That is delicious fruit.
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