Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-10-30

of that strange essence into which centuries
fall like snow flakes in the sea. Thus in his
relations to the Deity man follows this law
of part and must see the divine manifes-
tations without beholding the whole of the
divine glory. AS the universe turns to-
ward the human race only rich border Of
its star decked vestment, SO the Author of
nature is too vast to be comprehended by
human sense.
We are compelled therefore to read Dar-
win, the materialistic student, and the
Christian disciples Of evolution as being in
teresting inquirers amid the phenomena of
our day, but as minds which add nothing
to and take nothing from the divine philoso-
ply Of mankind. They are all on one plat
form as to the origin of things. They may
not be equally distant from the old tenets of
the church, but the origin of matter and of
life, the quality of God are so far from both
orthodoxy and heterodoXy that they may
be considered as side by side in this one
DEPARTMENT OF THOUGHT.
To us in America the wheat is taller than
the grass in our lawn; but to the dwellers in
all our grains and grasses would be of one
size. Thus our scientists, natural and Chris
tian, run up toward eternity with different
forms of thought, but looked at from the
heights they vainly seek they are all one.
In presence of the bOundlesS space and the
endless time, education and savage simplic-
ity and joy.
Such being the situation, we should not
spend life over those hopeless principal. If
these obstacles in our path were want of
learning, we might amend our misfortune
by seeking knowledge; if the obstacle was
want of mental industry, we could at once
,fa q Of 1ocs
Dor; if the element of love were wanting,
we could build up new friendship for the
studies, but the hindrance lies in the struct-
ure of the mind ITSELF for it was made for
relations to only part of the Kingdom of
God. We may look away at times, but
here is our arena of evidence of a God, our
arena ofwork, of duty, of pleasure, of WOr-
ship, Of faith. We have indeed only fragg-
ment of the universe, but it is rich and adj
equate-so adequate that dying we weep to
leave so much behind.
If we are thus shut up within narrow
walls of time, perhaps death does not not
GO BACK TO NOTHING.
Our minds are indeed limited to a few facts,
but if you will look into and over all human
history you will meet with strange fact,
that of religion and anticipation of q con-
tinuance existence, the fact of a worship.
You will find the fact of church, hymn,
prayer and the interviewer history of Christ.
Many details in many religions are incident
al or false, but the sentiment is as much a
simple fact as is the sentiment of beauty or
music. But this religious sentiments moth
ing unless man is on his way to higher
destiny. Thus man does not stand cut off
from the future as he is cut off from the end
less past. His isolation from his origin is
hopeless. And from the future he is cut of
so far as any full measurement of that state
can be thought of, but otherwise the world
of spirits is unique. A chain of religion
away from, but toward the mystery. Thus
that border of the universe which rolls up
toward man not only offers him time and
home and dutiesa and pleasures, sun, rain and
field, but it is marked with religion which
has no full application in this life. This
sentiment is one that carries man out of the
limited walls of earth. Thus, as our human
race carries in its soul fragment of music,
q fragment of the beautiful, a fragment of
wisdom, and looks out upon fragment OF
the sky, so does it seem to be carrying in its
spirita fragment of worship and hope and Of
ETERNAL LIFE.
Some Christians contend that there is no
hope of future life except that found in a
miraculous revelation and the miraculous
Christ, but this seems reckless effacing Of
all those words written within the heart and
in all the experience of our race. Christ
came not to destroy, but to fulfill.
But it is time to conclude these remarks.
We all have awakened in world Of rare
nature. We hear great words, "infnity,"
"eternity," "endless space" matter"
"spirit," "creation out of nothing" "evolu-
tion" We know not what they mean. If
space ends what is there beyond? If time
began what was there before? We know
not what they all mean; but looking out of
the window we see a moving scene of sub
lime worth, day and night, earth and sky,
and the amazing pictures of human life, and
written over all and in all, the name of God.
Into this great river of life we must all cast
ourselves. We must seek duty and love 1t,
mental progress and love it, happiness and
love it. While we are doing this the unseen
Hand will carry us onward and forward.
Christ will be strong light for all hours.
Happy mortals if we can from the full heart
sing:
Lead kindly Light. Amid the encircling gloom,
Lead thou me on.
The night is dark and am far from home,
Lead thou me on.
Keep thou my feet, do not ask to see
The distant land, one steps enough forme.
So long thy power has blessed me, sure it still
viii lead me on,
Der moor and fen, DER crag and torrent till
Nights gone;
And with the morn those angel faces smile
Which have loved long since and lost awhile.
Observation-Disclosures
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