The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-12-10

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Behold the eye, which, in it's photo
graphic gallery, in an instant catches
the mo pun the sea-. This perpet-
ual telegraphing Of the nerves; these
JOINTS, that are the only hinges that
40 not wear out; the bones and mus
cells OF the body, with fourteen thous-
ana different adaptations; these one
hundred Thousand glands; these two
hundred million pores; this mysteri-
GUS heart, contracting four Thousand
times every hOur-this chemical pro
cess OF digestion; this laboratory, be-
y,ond the understanding of the most
sklllful philosophy; this furnace, whose
heat is kept up from cradle to grave:
this factory OF life, whose wheels, and
splndles, and bands are God-directed.
II we could realize the wonders of our
physical organization, we would be
hypochondriacs, fearing every mo-
ment that some part ofthe machinery
would break down. But there are men
here who have lived through 7Oyears.
and not a nerve has ceased to thrill,
or amuscle to contract, or lung to
ofeathe, or hand to manipulate.
TAKE A STEP HIGHER
and look at mans mental constitu-
ton. Behold the benevolence of God
IN powers OF perception, or thefaculty
or transporting this outside world in
to your own gathering into your
brain the majesty Of the storm, and
the splendors of the day dawn, and
lifting into your mind the ocean as
easily, as you put a glass of water to
your lips.
Watch the law Of association, or
the mysterious linking together of all
you ever thought, or knew, orfelt, and
then giving you the power to take hold
OF the clew-line, and draw through
your mind the long train with indies.
crlbable velocity-one thought STIR
ring up a. hundred, and this again a
thousand-as the chlrp of one bird
sometimes wakes a whole forest of
voices, or the thrum of one string will
rouse an orchestra.
Watch your memory-that sheaf-
binder, that goes forth to gather the
harvest OF the past, and bring it into
the present. Your power and velocity
OF thought-thought OF the swift wing
and the lightning foot; thought that
outspeeds the star, and circles through
the heavens, and weighs worlds, and,
from posing amid wheeling constella-
tlons, comes down to count the BIOS
SONS in g. TUT of mignonette, then
starts again to try the fathoming of
the bottomless, and the scaling of the
lnsurmountable, to be swallowed up
In the incomprehensibIe, and lost in
God! -. ST.. .>..
In reason and understanding, man
is alone. At his all-conquering de-
cree, 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 a crystal pathway
for commerce to marh on. The thun-
dercloud that slept lazily above the
mountain is made to come down and
carry mail bags. Man, dissatisfied
with his. slowness of advancement,
shouted to the water and the fire,
"Come and lift!" "Come and drawn
"Come and help!'
And they answered,
...> .... GAY, AY, WE COME"
and they Joined hands-the fire and
the water-and the shuttles fly, and
the rail train rattles on, and the
steamship comes coughing painting,
flaming across the deep. He elevates
the telescope the physician hears the
. movement OF thelung, the astronomer
catches the pulsation of distant sys-
TENS of worlds throbbing with life.
He takes the microscope and discovers
that there are hundreds Of thousands
OF animalcula living, moving, work
ing, dying within circle that could
be covered with the point of a pin
animals to which a rain drop would
be an ocean, a roseleaf a hemisphere,
and the flash of a fly lasting enough
to give them light to several genera
tions.
II take a step higher and look at a
mans moral nature. Made in the
image of God. Vast capacity for
enjoyment; capable at first OF eternal
Joy, and though now disordered, still,
though the recuperative force of
heavenly grace, able to mount up to
more than it's original felicity; facul-
ties that may blossom and bear fruit
inexhaustibly. Immortality written
upon every capacity; soul destined
to range in unlimited spheres OF act
witty long after the world has put on
ashes and the solar system shall have
snapped it's axle, and the stars that,
in their courses, fought against Sisera,
shall have been slain, and buried amid
the tolling thunders Of the last day.
YOU SEE THAT GOD HAS ADAPTED.
everything to our comfort and advant
age. Pleasant things for the palate;
music for the ear; beauty for the eye;
aroma for the nostrils; kindred for
our affections; poetry for our taste;
religion for our souls. We are put in
a garden, and told that from all the
trees we may eat except here and there
one. He gives the sun to shine on us,
and the water to refresh us, and food
to strengthen us, and the herbs yield
medicine when we are sick, and the
forests lumber when we would build a
house, or cross the water in q ship.
The rocks are transported for our
foundation; and the metals upturned
for our currency; and the wild beasts
must give us covering; and the noun
tains must be tunneled to let us pass;
and the fish Of the sea come M in our