The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
Cliver'i'y Review.
KNOWLEDGE.

Z ONOA tAlC iEictpA no
world, from the days of Adam until
the present time, We are struck with
the meaning of this word. Almost
imperceptibly, as time has stolen upon
generation after generation, has
knowledge increased. Old time, and
customs have passed away, and with
the knowledge of the prese MT age new
ones are taking their place. Man,
made Gin the image of his Maker"
adding the knowledge of the past to
that OF the present, has invented
modes by which labor is facilitated,
and the works of art to appear more
perfect.
From the cradle to the grave, mans
mind, no matter what his talents may
be, Is ever in quest of knowledge, and
to this search We attribute some vi the
inquisitiveness Of young America"
knowledge shall be increased Z"
In every sense this prediction of Holy
Writ is verified if it refers to reli-
gious knowledge. We have a striking
evidence OF Its truth In the success of
the missionary TO heather lands where
this knowledge is increased, and all :
nations are learning to fesr the only
true God; or if to nature that philo-
sophical researches should be deeper
and more extensive that the human
frame itself should be beyond mans
own comprehension by the principles
of anatomy and physiology; the
heavens themselves surveyed and
commented upon; and language it.
self receive such an improvement, by
which this knowledge can be ex-
pressed in the most explicit manner.
We need but compare past ages with
the knowledge of the present, and
the prediction is verified.
knowledge is power" This is
by all. What is it that dis
tinguishes man from the brute Is it :
not that man is more powerful
and knowledge constitutes that power?
The brute is governed by instinct,
while man is capable Of reas oning,
Judging and contrasting. What is it
that makes the civilized nation more
powerful than the barbarous one?
It is knowledge knowledge of the
lrts and sciences, and all that Is nee
.Ssary to civilization. What superb
,rity can one human being claim over
mother? None, unless it be supe-
Tor mental cultivation and this
With the gifts nature has bestowed
lpon us, is the only prominence to ,
which vain man should have any
,laim.
The Advise being has so formed
he mind of man, that to each indi-
'idual degree of knowledge is at
ainable, though there may be diff
erence of tastes and talents. To
hose whose talents incline to certain
pursuits, it may be difficult to explore
ther. departments of knowledge.
till we should never despair, but be
timulated by the thought that that
which has been obtained
" others can be acquired by us.
knowledge cannot be attained in a :,
ay. 1.-The mind cannot fash from dark
ess into blaze of intellectual light"
hose who wish to climb the hill of
eience must remember that too rapid
scent often causes us to stumble and
,ll backward, and we must then re-
race our steps and begin anew the toll
Dme journey.
Thus man, forever in the search for
Of some kind or other, feels
mere is something yet that he has not
and the deeper he searches,
ne more eager he is to search the 'hid-
en- MYSTERIES" but he finds it VAIN
e cannot be satisfied. The God of
allure has allotted that man should not
e allwise he has decreed "thus far
lalt thou 90 and no farther" But
hen we have passed through the or
cal of death, then our knowledge shall
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