Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

Now 10 l. SATURDAY. morning OF the
worlds first week and with this day the
! week closes. But oh. what u climacteric
dayi The air has its population and the
water its population. Yet the land has not
| one inhabitnnt. But here they come, by
the voice OF Cod created l-lioises granher
| than those which IN after time Job Will
describe rs having neck clothed with
thunder. Cattle enough to cover thou
sRnd hills. sheep shepherded by him WHO
male for them the green pastures. Leopards
20 beau iiul, we are glad they cannot
! change their spots. Lions Wi hout their
! feTcrness aud Nil the quadruped world so
| gentle, 20 sleek. so perfect. Look out how
you treat this animal creation, whether
they walk the earth or swim the water or
| lly the air. DO you not notice that God
| gave them precedence of the human race?
| They were created FRIDAY and saturday
morning, n man was created saturday af =
ternoOn. They have right 10 be here.
lie who gail, a horse. ar exposes "a COW TO
the storm, or beats q dog, or muuls eat, or
gamblcs AT the pigeon shooting. or torture
an insect Will have 10 answer for 1t In the
judgmcnt-day. You may console yourself
That these creatures are not immortal aud
they cannot appear against you, but tue
God who made these creatures, and who
saw the wrong you did them will be there.
Better look out, you stock-raIsers and rail-
| road companies who bring the cattle on
trains without fool or water for three or
four dayo IN hot weather, a long Sroann Of
agony from Omaha to New
York. B.tter look out. YOU farmer riding
bch that limping horse with nail that
the blacksmith drove into the quick. Bet
ter look out you boys stoninc bull-frogs
and turning turtles upside down and rob
bin2 birds'nests. But something l. want
ing in Paradise and the week is almost
| done.
Before night there were to be two such
human and yet immortal beings construct
ed. Tho woman well a. the man was
formed Saturday afternoon. Because "a
deep sleep fell upon Adam and 10y divine
surg ~ portion OF his side was removed
for the nucleus Of another creation. 1t Ii ~
been supposed that perhaps days and nights
passed between the masculine and feminine
creations. But no! Adam WAS not three
hours minated. If a physician can by an
aesthetics put one into deep sleep
In three minutes, God certainly could
have put Adam into pro-
found sleep I'm q short while That Saturday
afternoon and made the deep and radical
excision without causing distress by a
manipulation of the dust tn. same hand
that moulded the mountains moulded the
features. AMI moulded the limbs OF the
father OF the human race. But his eyes did
not see, and his nerves did not feel, and his
muscles did not move. ard his In lgs did not
breathe. aud his heart did not puisste. a
perfect form he lay along the earth, SYM
metrical and OF GOd-like counienance.
Magnificent piece OF DIVINE carpentry and
Omnipotent sculpturng, bat no vitality.
A body without "a soul. Then the source
of all life stopped to the inanimate nostrIl
aud lip, and, ~ many skill
ful and earnest phys.c an has put his lips to
IA patients IN com ltose state an breathed
into his mouth aud nostril, and at the same
time compressed the lungs, until that which
was arthc al respiration necame natural
respiration. 80 methinks God brcabed INTO
tbs cold sculpture Of man the breath OF
life. and the heart beg us 10 tramp, aud the
lungs TO nhalc. and the eyes TO omen and
the entire form 10 thrill, and with The rap
ture OF a life Just come. the PROSTATE being
leaps 10 his feet IA man. But the scene OF
III Saturday is not yet done,
and IN the atmosphere, drOwsy with
the breath OF flowers, and The song
of bobolinks, and robnre ibreasts, the
man slumbers. and by anG-thet-
les, diynely administered, the slumber
deep"ns until WI hout the oozing Of one
drop OF blood al the time, or the faintcst
scar afterward, that portion Is Removed
from hrs side which Is 10 b. built up the
Queen OF Paradise, the daughter OF the
great God, the mother of The human race,
tho benedetlon of all ages. woman the wife,
ufierward woman The molher. And ~ The
two join hands and stroll town the banks
OF the Euphrates toward n bower OF miCn-
Onctte and wild rose and honey uckle
and are listening To the call OF the whip
poOr.will rom the aromatic thickets, the
sun sinks beneath the horizon. "And
the evening and the morning were the
the sixth day"
What do you think OF that one weeks
work. l review il not for entertainment
but because would have you join IN
David's DoXology: Great and Marvellous
are Thy Works, Lord God Amig hty;" be-
cause l want you 10 know what n home
stead our flasher built FOR his children at
the start, though sin has deSpoilcl it and
because want you To know how the world
will look again when Christ shall have re-
stored IL, swinging nov between two
Edens. "rhe heavens declare the glory OF
God" Yea, | preach this because | want
you to walk in appreciation OF AdIison's
sublime sentiment when lac writes:
The spacious armament on high
With all the blue elheresl SKY
And spangled heav'n-, a shining frame,
Their Great Original proclaim.
In reasons ear they all rejoice
Aud utter forth glorou. voice
Forever singing. ms they slile.
The hand that made Us is divine