The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-10


righteous shall flourish like . palm tree,
be shall grow like cedar In Lebanon. !"
the sough OF wings and the swirl OF nns;
"Dominion over the fowl OF the air An
the fish OF the sea"
The truths OF the gospel might have
been presented In technical terms. and by
the means OF dry definitions. but under
these the world would not have listened or
felt How could the safety OF trusting
upon Christ have been presented. woro IL
not for the figure OF rocki How could
the gladdeniny effect OF tho gospel
have been set forth had not Zach irias
thought OF the dawn OF the morning, ex-
claiming: THE day-spring from on high
visited Us 20 give light TO thcm that sit Ia
the darkness" How could the souls In
tense longing for Christ have been pre-
scented so well as by the emblem
OF natural hunger aud natural
thirsti AS the lake gathers into
its bosom the shadows OF hills around.
and the CLEAN OF stars above. so, la thess
great deeps oil divine truth. all objects In
nature are grandly reflected We walk
forth In the springtime and everything
breatnes OF the Resurrection. Bright bios
som and sprnging grass speak to as or the
coming UP OF those whom We have loved.
when in the white robes OF their Joy and
coronation they shall appear And when
Ia the autumn OF the year Nature preac hes
thousands OF funeral sermons from tha
text, "We all do fade az Leaf" and scat
ters her eegies In our path. we cannot help
but think OF sickness and the tomb. Even
winter, "being dead, yet speaketh."
The world will not be argued into
the right. IL will be teuderly illustrated
into the right. Tell them what religion IL
like. When the mother tried 10 tell her dy
t.sfx ut...a r.1I
IL 10 light "But that hurts my eyes"
said the dying girl. Then the mother com
pared heaven 70 music "but any sound
hurts me; am so weak said the dyi ng
child. Then she was told that heaven was
like mothers arms. "Oh, take me there"
she said III II IN like mothers arms. take
me thereln The appropriate simile had
been found at last
Another contribution which the natural
world Is making 70 the king dom OF Christ
Is the defence aud aid which the elements
are compelled TO give TO the Christian per
sonally. There Is no law In nature but 10
sworn for the Christians defence. In Job
this thought Is presented as q bargain
made between the inanimate creation and
the righteous man; Thou shalt DO In
league with the stones OF the field" What
grand thought that the hghtningA and
the tempcsts, aud the hall, and theifrosts,
which are the enemies OF unrighteousness,
are all marshalled as the Christians body
guard. They light for him. They strike
with an arm OF Dire. or clutch with
their fingers OF Ice. Everlasting peace
is declared between tho hercest
elements OF nature and the good man.
They may In tholr fury seem 70
be indiscriminate. smitlng down the right
eous with the wicked yet they cannot dam
onrl nj
may shrlvel his body. Tue wlntry blast
that howls ABOUT your dwelling. you may
call your brother, aud the south wind com
Ing up on june day by way OF flower
garden, you may cali your sister. Though
so mighty IN circumference anu diameter.
the sun and the moon have Apociai charge
concerning you. "rhe sun shall not snlite
thee by day. nor the moon by night" klo-
mcnts and forces aldden Ia the Garth ara
now harnesscd and mt work In producing
for you food aud clothing Some grain
field that you never saw presented you
this day with your morning meal
The great earth aud the heavens ara tho
busy loom mt work for you; and shooting
light, and silvery stream, and sharp light
ming are only woven threads In the great
loom, with Gods foot on the shuttle. The
same Spirit that converted your soul has
also converted the elements from enmity
toward you into invlolable friendship aud
furtherest star and deepest cavern. regions
OF everlasting cold as we'll a. cilmcs OF
eternal summer. all have a mission OF good,
direct or indirect, for your spirit
Now infer from this that thu study OF
natural objects Will Increase our religious
knowledge. III David and Job and John
and Paul could not afford 70 let 20 without
observation one passing cloud, or rift OF
snow, or spring blossom. you cannot AFFORD
10 let them 20 without study. Men and
women OF God most eminent Ia all ages for
faith and zeal, INDUCED In such observa-
tons Payson and Baxter aud Doddridge
and Hannah Moro. That man L. not
worthy the name OF Christian who saun-
ters listlessly among these magnificent lis
closures OF divine power around, beneath,
and above Us, stupid and uninstructed.
They are not worthy TO live In desert for
that has It's fountains and palm. trees;
l'nor In regions OF everlasting Ice, for even
there the stars kindle their lights, and
auroras fash, and huge icebergs shiver la
the morning light. and Gods power sits
upon them rs upon great white throne
Yet there are Christians In the Church
who look upon all such tendencies OF mind
and heart as soft sentimentalities, and bo.
cause they believed this printed Revela
tlon OF God arc content 10 be infidels In re-
gard 70 all that has been written In this
great Book or tho universe written In
letters Of stars, In paragraphs OF constella-
tions, aud illustrated with sunset ani
thunder.cloud and spring morning
Ohfor more sympathy with the natural
world and then we should always have q
Bible open before us. and we could take Q
lesson from the most hcoting circumstances,
as when storm came down upon England
Charles Wesley sas Ia q room watching II