Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-11-10
II is Not Good for Man to be
Alone.
BORN OF A BEAUTIFUL DREAM.
The First Days Of Innocence and
Bliss in the Glorious
Garden of Eden.
A DESERT WITHOUT WOMAN.

day, DR.. Talmage, after expounding appro-
pirate passages Of Scripture, gave out the
hymn:
che ieadeth me; Oh, blessed thought
Oh, words with heavenly comfort fraught'
Where'er 20, whcre'er he,
Still tits Gods hand that leadeth me-"
DR.. Talmages text was taken from
Genesis, ii. %: "0f the rib which the Lord
God had taken from man made he a
woman and brought her unto the man.
1t is the first Saturday afternoon Of the
worlds existence said DR.. Talmage.
| Adam since sunrise has been watching the
pageantry of wings and scales, and, while
taking bis first lessons in zoology and orni-
thology ani ichthyology, he notices that the
robbins fly by twos and tho lions walk by
twos, and in the warm redolenee Of that
scene ha falls Of into slumoer. As II by
sllegory to impress all ages with the fact
that sound and bealthful sleep is the grand
est Of all earthly blessings, this paradisaisal
somnolence ended with woman's arrival on
the new planet,
Of the mother OF all the living to-day
discourse Eve, the first, the fairest and the
best. ! make me garden. Its paths
inlay with mountain moss and border it
with shells from Java and pearls from Cry.
lon and diamonds from Golconda. Here
snd there are fountains that toss in the sun
light and ponds that glitter with golden
scales and ripple under the padding Of
swsrs. plant me Ellies from the Amazon
and orange groves from the tropic and
tsmeriuds from Goysz. Woodbine and
honeysuckle climb over the wall and starred
sTaniels sprawl upon the grass. Among the
tree brs inches | call doves and larks and
brown thrushes that stir the air with in
finite chirp and carol. But this would be a
desert full of bowling and death compared
with the bright residence Of the woman
who is the subject Of my mornings story.
Never since Eve such skies looked down
through such leaves into such waters. Never
since has river wave known such curve or
sheen or bank as adorned Pison, llauilah,
Gihon and Hiddekel, the very pebbles being
dellium and onyx stone. What fruits with
no curculois TO sting the rind What flowers
with no slug 10 gnaw the root! What at
mosphere with neither chill blast to frost
nor heat 10 consume Sunlight on the
waters. bright eclors tangled in the grass,
perfume IN the air, music in the sky. Birds
vsrble and trees hum and waters dash. 1t
wos all gladness and life and song
Under These Bower.
cfvine and leaf and shrub at an altar car.
peted with flowers was the first marriage.
Adam, as he takes the hand of this immacu
late daughter Of God, pronounces the cere-
monial himself when he says bone of my
bone and flesh 9kpy flesh" A forbidden
nee stands inNFhe garden. Eve strolling
out alone one day comes under it. She
SAYS to he. self What beautiful fruit! ]
wonder how il tastes. Let me just put my
hand upou it. Yes; ripe and beautiful
will lake il down. but not toeat, Suppose
| 'ust hreak the rich tinted rind; that can
Gn 70 harm" hner while she tasted.
Calling TO Adam he also came and tasted.
Sia !or The frst time il inside the gates Of
tie world. Let the heavens put on gloom
ard tie winds cob on the bosom Of the bills,
and from cavern and from ocean depth and
frcm deserts aud from sky let there oome
ore lorg, deep, bell rescnndiug howl
Ihe world ia !ostr' Beasts, before
pia,fui and harmless. growl upon each other
ard run out claw and tooth and tusk. Birds
wiet their beak for prey. Wratltui clouds
troop in the sky. Sharp thorns shoot up
through soh grass. Blasting is oa the
leaves. The rivers, riled and angry, rush
between torn banks. The cords Of that
great harmony are snapped. Upon the
brightest home that earth ever saw our par.
ents turned their back and led forth on
riIsriiiare OF sorrow the broken hearted
inyTisds of ruined race.
See frs. the danger Of an illegal inqpisi-
tiveness. Healthful curiosity has done
much for .salevssaft, science and religion.
With the geologist it has gone down into
the earth aad read the first chapter OF Cen
esis in the book Of naiuse illustrated with
engravings on the rosk and from its inspira-
ton the antiquarian hath blown the trum-
pet Of resurrection oser buned Pompea and
iIercuIaaeum until their sspulohfss have
opened and shafts and towers and amphi-
theatres have arisen 10 the worlds gaze.
Curioely hath attracted the telescope yis.
ion OF ,he astronoxer uutl distant worlds
have come out Of Their hiding place
in the furiheYest hseyen To- choir
the praises Of God, while planet IS weighed
against planet ard wildxst meteors. are las
seed Of respleBdent leE. 1t kath fosrd
traces Of the etsrnalfied IN the polspic star
fishes in the sea and the ns4jesty OF the
Great Jehovah eneaAped uhder the gor
peoss curtains Of Dablia. r hath exam
iped the spsts on Ehe sun and tho lsrva
hidden in leaf, the light under the hrehys
wing andztAe ternAle glance Of the condor
pitching aou Chinbcrsza the myriads Of
animalcul that makes the phosporescent
blaze in ships wake, andthe mighty maze
oi suns saa spAsres and consultations and
gslaxies that hsEe on the marcA Of God
Curiosity Has Inspired
he insentos. until forces that ior ages lay
bidden have come TO wheels and levers sud
shuttles and wings iAnnmerable, swimming
iaro1ah The WATERS, cseayiag through the
mountains, s0arizg through the air, untl
ihe whole earth rsities and crashes, and
roars sud rings with stzsnge mechanisms,
and Hghtnings play kits With Philosopher.
ssd ships with nostriis Of hot steam and
yofes osfre draw together the conanents-
We would not condemn the labors OF human
iuonisitivsssss tut xe hope that their i1ey-
den lars and electric batteries and voltsic
plies and msgn;fying glasses might charge;
upon The barred castles Of the natural
world until il should surrender the lasi
secret. Give il wider range and LET mes
discover ecne down from the air and leaE
/ -. nf re- uatars and rear frOrn the eafss