The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-07

fire or clutch with their fingers Of ice. Ever
lasting peace is declared between the ~iercast
element of nature and the good man. They
may in their fury seem to be indiscriminate,
shifting down the righteous with the wicked,
tian's soul, although they may shivel
his body. The wintry blast that howls
about your dwelling, you may call
your brother, and the south wind COM
ing UP on a June day by way of a flower gar
den. you may call your sister. Though So
mighty in circumference and diameter, the
sun and the moon have a special charge con-
corning you. The sun shall not unite thee
By day, nor the moon by night" Elements
and forces hidden IN the earth ara now ha2-
messed and at work i~nproducing for youfood
and clothing. Some grain field that you
never saw presented you this day with your
morning meal. The great earttl and the
and shooting light, and 5ilvecy stream, and
sharp lightning are only woven threads lu
the great loom, with God foot on the shut"
lie. the same spirit that converted your soul
nas also converted the elements from enmltY
toward you into inviolable friendship, and
%urthest star and deepest cavern, regions or
everlasting cold as well as cltnes OF eternal
| su!nmer, all have a mission OF good. director
Indirect, for your spirit.
Now | infer from this that the study of
| natural objects will increase our religious
| knowledge. II David and Job and John and
Paul could not afford to let go without ooser-
walton one passing cloud, or rift OF snow, or
| syr,ng blossom, YOU cannot afford to let them
| 10 Without study. Men and women OF God
most eminent in all ages for faith n zeal
INDUCED in such Observation-Disclosures
| ] M - ~ ~4I GTarSnh Mora
That man is not worthy the name Of Chris"
tan who sauntars listtessly among these
magnificent disclosures of divine power
around, beneath and above US, stupid anu
uninstructed.
They are not worthy to live in adesert, for
that has its fountains and palm trees; nor in
regions CT everlasting ice, for even there the
Stars kindle their lights. and auroras ha5h,
and hage ica5ergs shiver in rne morning
light, and Gods power sits upon them as
upon Il great white throne. Yet thafe are
Christians in the church vino look upon all
such tendencies of mind and heart as soft
santinsntalities, and because they believe
This printed revelation OF God are content I'd
be infdels in regard to all that has been
Written in this great book OF the universe,
written in letters of stars, in paragraphs o.
consultations, and illustrated VITA sanSas
! and thunder cloud and spring moTllng.
| infer, also. thu transceudent importance
az Christ's religion. Nothing is SO far down,
and nothing is so high up, and nothing 50 Ear
ous but God makes it pay tax to tbs Cnris-
tan religion. If snow and tempest ana
dragon are expected to praise God, suppose
you He expects no homage from your soul:
When God has written His truth upoa every
thing around you, suppose you He att noS
mean YOU to open your eyes aud read II"
Finally. I learn from this subject what al
honorable position the Christian occupies
when nothing is SO great and glorlolslh IA
iura but it is made to edify, defend am N,
daughters OF the Lord Almighty, that my
see how you bear your honors. Tholga noN
you may think yourself unbefrieniei. tlt5
springs soft wind, andnext summers ElsrT7s
OF barley, and next autumn's CLOWN traits
and next winters suoralS, all seasons. all ele
ments. zephyr and euroclydoa, TTose's bs-sstt
and thundercloud, cleaning light all thlcf
darkness, are sworn to defend you. a1t GO
hocts of angels would ny to daiiver You If3l
! DsriI, and the great God Would un5n2aIh III
! sword atf arm the universe i'll your tais
rather than that harm should touch You VIC
ona of its highest fingers. las the mountain
arounA>about Jerusalem, so the l+9Fd
aroundS but His people from this btEa- foES
for eyernNAra."
Oh for more sympathy WITH t2e ila.a:a
world. and taen we should always nave
Riblaonan before US. and we could tehe a les
son from the most fiaeting circuui%6a1c75 d
when a storm came down upon bl3la l
Charles Wesley sat III u room watching
through an open window, and, frightened o
! the lightning and th9 thunder, a little pf
! flew in and nestled in the bosom o. the sac'e
: poet. and, as he gently stroksd it and fes' 81
! wild beating OF its heart, he turned ID II
!. desk and wrote thai hymn which will 1
\ sung while the world lasts:
II Jesus, lover of my soul.
Z Let me TO Thy bosom fl.
: While the pillows near me roll
= While the tempest still is highs
Hide. me, o my Saviour, hide,
TIL the STORM OF life be past,
: Safe into the haven guide,
d o receive ElF soul at iasi.
Y NO DRINKERS WANTED.
= Nearly all railroad managers ara no
agreed in prescribing strict temperance
= their employees while on duty. They Rave
!, be TITUS careful, for strong drink is the eau
OF more accidents than any other one caus
. On many roads an enpioye who is found
. frequent drinking places when OF duty sol
Ii gets q discharge. So many such have be-
- led Off that it is now known that drink
the cause of THEN discharge. 1t is beeorlii
u: tae same in lesser degree in other ehlplo
!: nisnts where skill, nerve aud character a
10 needed for slltcess. Inside of fifty years
q mar without capital Will be atie 10 earn
- LIVING evn.r. a. + day iutorer If lie has drif
- ing itasIts.