The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27
View From a different Standpoint.

A popular InfideI speaker has said When 1
think Of the suffering and DEATH of the poverty
and crime, OF the cruelty and malice. of the heart
Iessness Of this plan or design where beak and
claw and tooth tear the quvering flesh OF weak
ness and despair, cannot convince myself that
it is the result of infinite wisdom, benevolence
and justice"
Now, the above words from the lips Of unb eIief
depict in vivid eolors the present state Of sin
cursed world but did the clean" animals. which
entered into the ark with Noah, live and prey
one another? Had sin mover entered into this
world would the spirit Of selfish fury and Cppres-
sion have been sown broadcast amongst the fam
lilies OF the animal kingdom?
We saw an instance Of evil possession wheH the
prince Of Life out the legion Of devils from
the man, forcing them into a herd Of swine, which
they destroyed. A remedy found Ior man,
but all nature-materiaI nature-suffered in his
fall, for he the head OF material nature, made
in the image Of God.
Ofcourse the Agnostic denies all things super
natural; but he might as we'll build a mannikin
Of leather aud springs painted up and clothed,
and launch him on the stage OF action, q seusi-
bic presence, to give US the universe we behold
about US, without the supernatural in it.
Why, the supernatural is by far the biggest
half' Of Creation.
In the words of Holy Writ: Nay but, o man,
who art thou that rep!!estagaiust God Shall the
hast Thou made thus -
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the
same lump to make one vessel unto honor and an
other unto djshOnor?n
The world is in that condition which is before
described ; and cannot know by it fsll into
that condition, without viewing from the true
standpoint. II God made IT that way, we have
no right to question; and if God did not make it
that way, will some Agnostic InhdeI please tell
who did make it?
The AgnosJic is somewhat like the man who
said he saw fly on the church -steeple: we might
well believe what they say to hunt for proof.
Theirs is a negative creed all through.
They remind one Of "A child questioning a great
mathema tician or architect. about the plan CT a
great work. The child sees something in the
/ draft, or plan, which is oeyond his infant mind
! and he will then 20 away and tell his companions
! that there is no sense or wisdom in the plans o
! that Architect.
But look at the comforts and pIeasu res and
Joys that God has plentfiully provided for all Hi
creatures Their span OF existence, long or short
is one round of happiness; living in bowers o
rainbow hues, zepyrs sunshine, tinkIing riIs-th,
air laden with the breath of the howery kingdom
/ and spicy herbs.
Nor is the safety Of animals forgotten by tn
| allprovident Creator. Each has his own way o
escape or defence. Shaggy coats horns hoofs
coats of natl, tusks, claws, talons and beaks-al
: snow that Goo provided way 81 escape Tor al
| His creatures.
Nor is the fall of the sparrow unnoticed by Hin
The natures OF the lower orders would not ac
nit of Immortality, but their lives we're Tiled I
repletion with pleasures innumeraDle-witnss
the hum Of the honey gathering bee and the wa
/ BILE OF the bird in the fOwery hedge.
[ Again. behold yOn minnow sporting tn
/ golden shadows amid the silvery ripples Of tn
! brook Is he not happy2 l. his life not spa
Of 10y? So you will md it throughout the anim'
I kingdom.
! When the storms of winter approach. God hs
given His creatures instincts to dy away to
warmer land OF pleasant summer, or else TO bun
row away in the earth, snugly hid from the feTC
blasts which sweep over the frozen hills.
So you see, the animal kingdom is abHndRntl
provided for in regard to food. comfort, fety an
pleasure. They must die sometime, for they wei
not m ade i'm mortal, nor was know ledge Of the
benehcent Creator given them. A painless deaf
were Just good TO them a lingering decay
and bear in mind that all extra links in the ch a
OF suffering-so caled-is the result OF sin in III
world n stubborn fact. A. ID. H
Chest Springs, Pa, March %. 1855.