Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-02-14

some OF these wonders Of capitalization.
And notice first God in the Titles. You
NAV take the alpenstock and cross the
Mer de Glaze, the sea OF ice, and ascend
Mont Blanc, which rises into the clouds
like pillar OF the great white throne,
or with Attic explorer ascend the
mountains around the north pole and
ace glacieres a thousand feet high
grinding against glaciers three tnous-
and feet high. But will take you on
less pretentious journey ana snow
YOU God in the snowflake: Ihere ID
room enough between its pillars Tor the
great Jehovah TO stand. In that one
frozen drop on the tip OF your niger
YOU may find the throne room OF the
Almighty.
FINDING COMFORT IN LITTLEs'
| take up the snow in my hand and
see the coursers OF celestial dominion
paving these crystal pavements. Inc
telescope is grand, but I must confess
that am quite as much interested In
the microscope. The one reveals the
universe above us; the other just as
great universe beneath us. But the
telescope overwhelms me, while the
microscope comforts me. what you
want and | want is q God in Titles. Ii
we were seraphic or archangelic in our
natures we would want to study God In
the great: but such small, weak, short
lived beings as you and / are, want 70
Gaa iq ae the CHI tts Maker OF the universe
pivinglHimself in the architecture OF
Snowflake and making it's shafts, its
domes, its curves, its walls, its irradia-
tions 30 perfect. conclude He will look
after our insignificant affairs. And II
we are of more value than a sparrow,
most certainly we are OF more value
than an inanimate snowflake. So the
Bible would chiefly impress us with COO
in the Titles. 1t does not say, CON
slider the clouds, but it says, consider
the lilies" 1t does not say, Behold
the tempests," but, behold the fowls, =
and it applauds cup Of cold water, and
the widows two mites, and says the
hairs OF your head are all numbered
Do not fear, therefore, that you are go,
ing to be lost in the crowd. DO mol
think that because you estimate your
self as only one snowflake among
: three days' January snow storm tina
you will be forgotten. The birth and
death OF drop of chilled vapor IS a.
J certainly regarded by the Lord as the
, creation and demolition OF q planet
What makes the honey industries Q
South Carolina such source OF nvell
hood and wealth? 1t is because Coz
teaches the lady bug to make an open
ing in the rind of the apricot Tor tn'
!. bee. who can not otherwise get at the
s Juice OF the fruit. So God sends the
lady bug ahead to prepare the way 1ol
the honey bee. He teaches the ant u
bite each grain of corn that he puts II
the ground for winter food in order ina
I it may not take root and SO ruin the III
! tie granery. He teaches the raven II
dry weather to throw pebbles into
hollow tree that the water far down ant
D out of reach may come up within tn
reach Of the birds beak.
2 THE LORD EVEN OF THE SMALL.
= What comfort that he is God !
{ Titles. The emperor Of all the Ru'
sias in olden time, was looking at
. map that spread before him his vast dc
!, minions, and he called in his secretar
!, and said: where is Great Britain
!, that hear so much about?" 1T Is I'm
!. der your thumb" said the secretary
r and the emprorer raised his hand from
\ the map and saw the country he wa
> looking for. And it is high time tina
we find that mighty realm Of God clos
by and under one little finger. To dro
5 YOU out of His memory would be to re
> sign His omniscience To refuse yol
His protection would be to abdicate Hi
I omnipotence. When you tell meIHe i
|. the God Of Jupiter. and the God otnMer
6 curry, and the God of Saturn, you tel
me something so vast that l can no
comprehend It. But II you tell me HI
h is the God OF the snowflake. you tell m
something that can hold and measur
and realize. Thus the smallest snow
4 fake contains q jewel case OF comfort
: Here is an opal, an amethyst, diamond
Here is one of the treasures Of the snow
! Take IL for your present and everlasting
comfort.
Behold, also, in the snow, the treas
: ure of accumulated power. During
snow storm let an apothecary, accust
Omed to weigh most delicate quantities
hold his scales out Of the window ant
let one flake fall on the surface OF tn
scales and it will not even make 1t trem
BILE. When you want to express ex
IRENE triviality of weight. you say
'Light as feather" but snowflake L
much lighter. It is just twenty-fou1
. times lighter than water. And yet the
accumulation of these flakes broke down
few days ago, in sight Of my house, si'
telegraph poles, made helpless police
and fire departments, and halted raj
trains with two laundering locomotives
|, We have already learned so much Of the
power of electricity that We have be
come careful how we touch the electric
wire, and in many case, q touch ha'
been death.
MIGHTY POWERS WHEN COMBINED.
Rut n few DAVIS AGO. the snow put its