The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1885-09-09
LET THERE BE LIGHT.
The Address of rxr. George w.
1elk Delivered at the Anniver-
sary Of fwaxhaw and Tirzah hi
BILE Society on the 29d ult.
Published by Request. ]


the breathings of lofty inspiration,
and while | spurn the staggering spec
tire, Apology freely submit the con-
fession osmy oEn unworthyuess.
First: The cause of this associated
convention, should be one sufficient,
per Sc, to elicit the conjoint sympathics
of aorlality; swell '!.o l&@latvry di-
spasono Of Angelic symRhonies, and
merit the benefcent smiles Of an ap-
proving God. And while Abaddon,
shorn of his royal st,engt6, Sspires
again to strike the goohiy germ; he
shivers his weapon on the bossy buck
Ter Of ofJehOvah, and vexcd with defeat,
repairs to the Bottom!ess Pit-aname-
less, crownless, powerlcss King.
1t ia Gods cause, and listen We EN-
batticd Iegions, your gates shall never
prevail against it,
Second The time has come when
the moral Of the worlds great Fable is
pressing for Interpretation. The fly
ing remnant Of the darkl;ng squadrons
glide like phantoms across the hIighted
awards of LimhOnian twilight. GRAY
dawn has Gupg the shortening shadows
far TO Inc west Of THIS world. The
time of Light has come, and tie lucid
Goddess has duftd her 81 bic garh. and
donning the gorgeous paIapheTnalia.
glorious emblematism Of light, With
saltant steps. she hasiens toward the
goal, and stands, "A lucent Phorus. on
The hign coast of Revelation, while
showers of golden coma stream from
her disheveIed hair. This Time, this
Light, il ours. Thank Heaven. we
are the favored oflspring Of such sa
age /! the children of u paren,agc sab
lime.
Third The place. by its local sf.
finity, gathers around its cnronated
brow f.dcless cluster Of memories,
sqrrnwfnll y erect, -Neur- L.. tSa c,,.I
ing naun8 the hacayIpg roari, the
crnmhliug marble, and the time. DEFY
ing monument, each With "a history no,
perhaps ungoTthy - but ursung; not
forgotten, but buried in the soul: not
lost, but in the s%ard of immortality
each, in its order, comes back, to day
from realms beyond the bourne or
mortality, and speaks to us in Ian.
guage unknown tn topgue-known on.
ly. and understood by the soul.
Near by, where morn and eve, the
heightened, laughing sunheams fall
down between the dark shades Of mon-
umenta' oaks and elms, marking the
land with amber strcaks and by strange
alchemy transforming each sacred hrap
into mound of FURNISHED gold-is
seen the grave ola noble fathcr-the
history Of whose nohler son. Andrew
Jackson, even children might repeat
A name the Nation delighted to honor;
Whether facing thousand Kissing
globes Of threatening Death, on the
heroic field of New Orleans stand.
ing at the helm Of our grand govern.
ment.
with soul frr any fate" he proves
himself II Hero patriot aud as we re-
view the gomdrriul history of this won.
dertus man, frow first to last. from
poverty and obscurity, to glory snd
renown. Ye no longer indulge the
senseless inteKrogalon-'Can any good
thing come out of Gazareth 2" Yea,
verify, and "Will not the selfsame
mould bring forth the selEssma men ?"
But, aside from these only too de-
!ightlul reflections, we must turn, with
modified decorum, to the subject Of
our selected theme; paraph.astic ap.
plicaiion of the Omniic clause
LET THERE BE LIGHT"
Now, material light, combining its
septuary properties, is the eldest sub.
stance In material creation. Its pre-.
existence was necessary to the devel.
opmeai Of all materiaIity. 1t forms
the eldest Epoch along the bourne Of
Gods eternal deeds.
From our knowledge of Optics, We
concede material light to ne an infn.
ity of luminous particles, whose subtle
fluid is the prime agent 0! vision which
presents to the optic nerve, the pic.
lures Of all tangible creation, reveal.
ing both form and COLOR.
Scientists have two theories in regard
TO material light: Grst, Emapation
Al