Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-05-29
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I asked of Reason to tell me if ........- ~.
''' A God there be in the starry dome, r.
And if those stars which 50 brightly shine
Of their volition did come alone: "
asked if Sun which illumes the day,
And silv'ry Moon which lights up the night,
Doth of themselves swing around in space,
And whence derive they their brilliant light:
If they primordial did themselves evolve
From out of nothing, to pray explain:
How something comes from out OF nothing,
And if to nothing they'll 60 again. ...
If ez nihilo fit, to state -. ....
BY what process ratiocination
Come land and mountains, lakes and mighty
oceans, 49, 80 .
Which mankind call the work of the Creation
Ny son, quoth Reason, the truth to tell
nothing k7aoaO about Creation.
I can't explain what none comprehend,
And can indulge but in speculation;
But compt of ages I've noted we'll,
u. And if some 1eao say there is no God, .'.
They are but few 'mong the mighty many,
For soul of man cries for living God!
Behold the spheres which revolve in space
And gravitate to their own center,
Gravitation's laws will not explain
Why thus they re held, an All Wise Mentor
Most surely guides and controls their motions,
For thus they're swung M since ,e cosmology can1oe
never pay them cosmolotry-
The larger bodies, by gravitation,
Would draw the smaller in their embrace
And thus collision, or annihilation,
NV son, NlOSG surely WOuIu tuch IohO pAeA>S'
And for existence-the Dital germ
Most surely rests with: Infinity,
True wisdom lies in simplicity.
Naught can I tell Of this vast Creation,-
Not what touch, handle, feel and see;
And o, believe not the few who tell you
That I do teach Infidelity.
If Heaven or He'll in truth there be not,
And dissolution erewhile takes place,
If annihilation then befalls you,
Twill be the fate of all human race;
But if Heaven and He'll in truth exist,
Ny son, tits wisdom to follow those
Who in all ages have taught and believed
~, In place of joys and in place Of f woes. woes
And heed not eddies along their banks,
But tread the road that the Saints have travelled
And thus attain their celestial ranks
My streams polluted at many crossings
BY wolves who cry out to little lambs,
Who say 10, here! and behold, 10, there!
But their frothy teachings are delusive shams
They cannot tell how little acorn
In time is changed to large oak tree,
Nor when small acorns are fed to swine
How changed to flesh those same acorns be:
They cannot tell why those same acorns
(And none can know but the living Godl,
When sown in ground will make limb and leaves
When fed to swine will make flesh and blood
Behold, my son, yon bright field OF clover;
Note swine, and kline, sheep and feathery geese
All browse and fatten on that same clover
Result-hair, bristles, feathers, woody fleece!
can't explain what all eat alike
A different flavor should give to meat.
Nor why hoofs and horns on some should grow
On others naily web-footed feet;
And so, my son, heed not idle pratings
Of those who talk to you in my name,
For much they say is but idle rawlings,
And to my cheek they bring blush OF shame.
cannot wrestle with things infinite
They're more than ocean or mighty food,
They're mysterious s-beyond my reckon
ing,
But believe in a Living God!
COLUMBIA, S. c., May, 1884.