Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-24

sfructed me AZ me barp. ana then struck out
" II ali the worlds minstrelsy leaned itself
marble OF Pentelieon mines II rcigns
away ihs syift engine: 1t holds the steamer
~ lis path in the sea: II sh1 me MUSE
Are from heaven y ieens touch. and
OF the 81; ~ n, lions quake with its stupenuous
ncnicyements What power nrouens os uom" md
forests. and made the Inal mars, ,;,,es mai thun.
burdeheui, ,u anterprise and power: Four fingers
ard thumb, A hundred mliiion uoii axn"isite
moi purchase for you masn.hI ,nd Mirhtv
nv pwonderful as your own manu-. nEnns
anu I'm ali its bones and muscles ana JOINTS
i learn that God is goou t., ,.s ,,ho,opraphic
Rehold the eye which, IN Us p no,vs and
,,aIiery in an instant catches the moun.al ~. ,ha
the sea these Joints that are the only hinges
That do not wear OUT tnese o pon SiroraM,
!s ~ 90 nores: this mysterious heurt,
contracting 1000 times every mi, hoI 1ahora.
v ,nrr hevond The understanding OF the
most skiiful philosophy; this furnace, whose
heat Is kept up from cradle TO grave; !his Ia.
tory OF life, whose wnseiSi ",, e capmia realize
The wonders Of our physical organization we
would be hypochondriacs, fearing every mo,
ment that some part OF tne b hara Who have
lived through seventy years, ana not neFsu
has ceased 10 thrill or a muscle 70 coh.rae'' VI
Q lung to breathe, or hand TO manlpu!a.e. .,,
lake "A step higher, and look at man menta!
constitution Behold the benevolence OF you
in powers of perception, or the 1acuity oi Trans
porting this outside world into our Owl nin ~,
Gathering into your brain the majesty OF tne
storm and the splendors OF the day-uawii, Aiiu
lifting into your mind the ocean as easiiy d.
YOU might put glass OF water to your lips.
Watch the law of association, or the Hyster-'
ous linking together of all you ever thought or
knew, or felt, and then giving you the power 70
take hold OF the clew-line and draw through
your mind the long train with 1ndeScr1uaple
vclocity-one thought starting up hundred,
and this again thousandas the chirp OF one
bird sonnet times wakes u whole forest OF Nolces'
or the thrum OF one string Will rouse an orchcs
ira.
Watch YOUR memory-that Sheaf-b1nder tnat
goes forth to gather the harvest OF the past, ana
bring it into the present Your power anu
velocity OF thouRht-thought OF the swift wing
and the lightning foot; thought that outspeeus
the star and circles through the heavens, ana
weighs worlds. and, from polsing amid wheeilhg
consultations comes down to count the dos
SONS in q tuft of mignonette, then starts again
to try the fathoming Of the bottomless. ana the
scaling of the insurmountable, to be swallowed
up in the iucomprehensible, and lost in GOD
In reason and understanding, man Is alone.
The OK surpasses him in strength. the antelope
in speed the hound in kecnness OF noSlfll, tne
eagle in far-reaching sight, the rabbit In quick.
ness OF hearing, the honey-bee in delicacy OF
tongue, the spider in fineness OF touch Man
power, therefore, consistent not In what he can
lift, or how fast he can run, or how strong
wrestler he can throw-for in these respects the
OK. the ostrich, and the hyena are his superior
but by his reason he comes forth to rule all;
through his ingenious contrivance to out
run, outfit, outwrestle, outsee, outhear,
Guido At his all-conQuering decree, the forest
that had stood for ages steps aside to let him
build his cabin and cultivate his farm. The
sea which raved and foamed upon the race has
become crystal pathway for commerce to
| march on. The thundcr-cloud that slept laZily
carry the mail-bags. Man, dissatisfied with his
slowness of advancement, shouted to the Water
and Fire, Come and lift Come and draw
Come and help" And they answered NS "A Ayyt
and tho rail-train rattlcs on, and the
steamship comes coughing, painting, flaming
| across the deep. He elevates the telescope K
the heavens ,and,a easily as through the stetho
scope the physician hears the movement OF the
| lung, the astronomer catches the pulsation o.
| distant systems of worlds throbbing with life
| He takes the microscope, and discovers tina
| there are hundreds OF thousands OF animalcula
living, moving, working. dying within circle
that could be covered with the point OF pin
| animals to which a rain-drop would be al
| ocean. rose-lcaf hemisphere, and the flash
a freely lasting enough to give them light Il
| several generations.
| l take q step higher, and look at mans mora
nature. Made in the image OF God. Vast Gu
| pacity for enjoyment; capable at first OF etcrna
| JOY, and, though now disordered, still, through
| the recuperative force OF heavenly grace, abl'
| TO mount up to more than It's original felicity
| faculties that may blossom and bear fruit mex
|
| pacity: soul destined to range in unlimited
| spheres OF activity long after the world has pu
on ashes, and the solar system shall hav'
snapped its axle, and the stars that, in thei
courses, fought against Sisera, shall have bee
| slain, and buried amid the tolling thunderS o
| the last day.
thing to our comfort and advantage
| Pleasant things for the palate: music for tn
| car: beauty for the eye: aroma for the nostril
| kindred for our affections; poetry for our taste
| religion Ne par der
| and told that from all the trees we may eat eS
| cept here ard there one. He gives the sun I
shine on US, and the waters to refresh us, an
food TO strengthen us; and the herbs yiel
! medicine when we are sick, and the forest
lumber when we would build Il house, or eros
the water in ship. The rocks are transporte
| for our foundation: and metals upturned fo
our currency. and wild beasts must Civ
| us covering: and the mountains must b
tunneled to let us pass. and the fish of the sc
come up in Our net; and the birds of the air dro
at the fash OF our guns: and the cattle on
thousand hills come down and give us mea
For us the peach-orchards bend down thoi
fruits, and the vineyards their purple clusters
To feed and refresh our intellect ten thousan
wonders in nature and providence-wonde,
OF mind and body wonders Of earth, ana al
anu deep unalogies and antitheses; all color
and sounds, lyrics in the air; idyls in the fields
confiagrations in the sunset; robes OF mist o
the mountains; aud the Grand March" Of Go
IN the storm.
But for the soul still higher adaptation;
fountain in which it may wash ladder b
which II may climbs a song OF endless trump
that 1t may sing: crown Of unfading light tn;
II may wear. Christ came to save it--CaM
with cross on his back came with spikes
his feet; came when no one else would come
DO work which no one else would do. See no
suited to mans condition is what God has dor
for him! Man is sinner: here is pardon
has lost Gods image; Christ retraces it. He
helpless. Almighty grace is proffered. He IL
lost wanderer; Jesus brings him home, He
blind; and at one touch of him who cured Ba
timeus. eternal glOries stream into his sou
Jesus, sing thy grace. Cure OF worst diseas,
Hammer to smite off heaviest chain! Ligl
FOR thickest darkness! Grace divine! Dew
soon At It, and men reject it, but heaven Gel
| brates it.
For mercies temporal and spiritual let co
secrated lives be offered. Wherever God
light shines and Gods rain desends, and God
mercy broods. let the thanksgiving arisei
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