The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-05-05

wisdom than all nations could drink.
What architect could plan the pillar of
a pond lilyP Break off the branch of q
tree and know that in its sap is most
wonderful chemistry, alum and sugar
and tannin and potash and carbonate Of
lime. Be cOnfOunded with the cOnstruc-
zion of an artichOke or a radish. Know
that God has given to the vegetable
lungs and feet and ancestry as old as
the ages and descendants for all time,
and that sometimes within a square
inch it has 100000 cells, any one which
lt would take an. OmnipOLent God to
Guild. When GalileO, the philosopher,
imprisoned for his notions about God,
was asked about his belief in the Divine
Being, he pointed to straw on the floor
Of his dungeon and said: IF | had no
other evidence in an intelligent Creator
ehan is to be found in the fashiOning of
that straw, the evidence would be suffi-
oIenJ To convince me of God" Have
you thought of the wisdom of God in the
seeds of plants, now putting forth their
growth; seeds of such wonderful con-
structiOn and of such tenacity to life
that they kept their vitality for hun
dreds and thousands of years. Grains
of corn found in the cements of Egypt
ian mummieS, buried thousands Of
years ago, have been planted in our
time, and have sprung forth with the
same ease as the corn of last year, when
replanted. After. the great London fire
Of 1866 the Sysimbrium Iris, the seeds of
which must have been planted centuries
OefOre, grew all over the ruins. EX-
PLAIN to me, ye learned universities,
Jne rutabaga seed. Rise up, o bOasting
philosophers of the world, and try II
Ou can explain one grain of corn. Oh,
the shining d IN Iment of one drop OF
dowI On, the unLTOdden continents III
Jne crystal of snOwl Oh, the gorgeous
Less of upholstery i'll the mountain mOssl
Oh, the Jrlumphal arch in one tree
Jranchl On, the God in an atOml Where
IS the loom i'll which he WOVe the cur
aims of the mOrningP From what watts
II beauty were dipped the green and the
Glue and the gold and the crlmsOnP In
Nnat mOuldS were run out the AppeD.
lnes and the Himalayah? What harp
II God gave the Warble to the lark and
.ne sweet call to the robin and the carol
. the canary and The chirp TO q grass
,Jpperp 1 answer IL ID tine same wis
.,Um that guides all your affairs auu
nine. he who pairs the birds chose tUI
a, our companions. He VINO helps the
latlinch guard her brood will Oe the
IOd Of our children. He who this month
clips the swallow build her nest viii
ave US habit alton. He who this morn
ug fed the squirrel i'll the woods viii
.eeu Us. He who gathered the down fOI
me pheasant's breast will give us ap-
parel. lie who swings bridge of gOssa-
meT for the insect to walk over will
mark out our pathway. Ye who are
Wearied about your health, and weaTieu
IbOut your property and weaTied about
your children, and WeaTled about every
ming, i'll some of the days of this spring
.,I.A Itafan Al tha EnUlIah thu.
make up one of the grandest possessions
Df Brooklyn. ''Ye are Of more value than
many sparrOws."
Again, let the season teach us wisdom
IN building our home nest. God, III
obadiah, the fourth verse, says: Though
nOu exalG myself as the eagle, ana
though thou set thy nest among. the
lars, thence will L bring thee down
,alUh the Lord" The eagle constructs
ITS nest at some inaccessible hight, and
ii very rough materials, gathering the
ticks with It's claws, and brings them
rom great distances. The elder duck
rom her own breast takes the feather
y line her nest. The magpie encirclee
ier home with brlerS to keep back i'll
rudeIs. The OlackDlrd covers its nest
With lime. L have examined birds
nest by the hour in amazement, con.
4tTucted as they are with mathematical
accuracy and skill SURPRISING human
Ingenuity. Sometimes among the rocks,
sometimes in the branches of trees,
sometimes under the caves of houses,
out always with reference to safety
from enemies and the destruction of the
elements. But are we as wise in build
InA our home nestsp Some of us build
100 high; some Of us build too low. Are
not some of building them too near to
the grOundP He who makes his home
in the hOnOrs, or the pleasures, or the
applause of man shall find himself dis
GuTbed and destroyed. There are weasels,
there are foxes, there are hawks of temp
tatiOn that are hunting for prey, and
the only safe tree in which to build the
uest is the tree of the cross, and the only
safe rock, the rock Of ages. / saw a man
gBthering around him many treasures.
dis house was fine; his family were
affectiOnate; his horses we're of finest
tnettle and cattle of finest blood pastured
IN his meadows. Prosperous invest
ments every day poured new accumula-
GiOn into his lap, and there was not
enough room in front of his house to ac-
cOmmOdate the gay turnOuts that rolled
up to his dwelling. HIS libraries and
mis- art galleries were marVels of beauty
and Opulence. This is all 1 want" he
said. My soul take thine ease; eat,
turned. His cattle went, his horses
went, his house went, his friends went,
and one day he trudges down the hill
penniless and fOrsaken. What was the
matter2 HIS nest was too high and God
showed him out of it. saw another man
who set his delight in sensualities. He
drank the brimming cup of Sin to the
iTegs. He WallOwed in bestial abOmina-
tiOns. He cursed God and had no fear
of approaching retributiOn. But at last
trouble came, and sickness came, and
remOrse came, and exposure came, and
dea Ih came 70 the ditch of sin in which
he was hiding, and the drunken orgie
and the unelean carOusal ended in dark.
ness infinite. What was the matter?
He built his nest too low, and God
dragged him cut Of it. Napoleon built
his nest too high. Thomas Paine built
his nest too low. Only those who build
in God are safe and happy.
Again let this season remind us of the
superlatiye glory of heaven, for If this
earth, sin blasted and cursed, can ap-
pear so beautiful, what must be the at
traction of sinless world In my recent
journey to the South L saw all the diff
ferent phases of the spring time, from
the drst break of the buds in our
northern orchards to the full blush of
the great gardens reaching across many
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