Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-12-19

the other speaking Of his destlny-hlmsei
the connecting link between the animal crea-
ton and angelic intelligence. In him q
strange coinmingling Of the temporal and
eternal, the finite ami the infinite. dust and
glory. The earth for bis floor and heaven
for his root: God for his Father, eternity
tor his lifetime.
The Christian anatorlist, gazing upon the
confirmation OF the human body, exclalm1.
''FeartulIy and wonderfully made No
embroidery 50 elaborate, no gauze 50 dell-
cate. no color SO exquisite, no mechanism SO
graceful. no handiwork SO divine. So quietly
and myaterlously does the human body per-
form its functions that II was not until i've
thousand years alter the creation OF the race
that the circulation Of the blood was dIscov-
cred, and though anatotnists OF all countries
and ages have been So long exploring this
castle Of If, they hav- only begun TO I'M
derstaai Ii.
Volume. have been written of the hand.
NOndrous instrument With II we give
tr1en1ly RECON ton, ana grasp the sword.
and eli no tue rock-, and write and carve
and tulli. II Constructed the pyramids and
holstei the ParthenOn. 1t made the harp,
and then struck out Of it all the worlds
minstrelsy. In it the white marble Of Pen
tetican mines dreamed itself away into i'm
mortal sculpture. II rcils IN the swift
engine: il holds the steamer to its path in
the sea: 1t snatcae~ the fire from heaven:
it feels the palsa OF the SICK chlid with It's
delicate touch, and MAKES the nations quake
with its stupentOus achievements.
What power brought down the forests, aud
made the marshes blossom, and burdenei the
earth with all the cities that thunder on
with enterprise and power? Four fingers
and a thumb. \ hundred million dollars
would not purchase for you q machine as eX-
uuiSite and wonderful as your own hand.
Mighty hand In ALI its homes and muscles
and Joints i Ieara that Goi IS good.
Behold the eye, which in its Photographic
gallery, in an instant catches the mountain
and the sea. This per petual telegraphing
Of the nerves; these joints, that are the only
hinges that do not wear out; these bones and
muscles Of the body with fourteen thousand
different adaptations; these one hundred
thousan | glands, these two hundred million
pcres: this mysterious heart. contracting four
thoneqn1 times every hour: this chemical
process Of digestion: this laboratory, beyond
the understanding Of the most skillfut phIloS
ophy; this furnace, whose heat IS kept NJ
from cradle to grave, thus factory OF life,
whose wheels an SpindleS and ban Is ara
God directed. Ii we could realiz1 the Won
lers Of our physical organization we would
be hypochondrIac>, fearing every moment
that some part % the machtn would break
down. But Their are men here who have
live through seventy wears, not a nerve
has ceased to thrill, or II muscle to contract,
Or a lung TO breathe, or a hand to manlpu
late.
take a step higher and look at mans
mental constitution. Behold thu benev-
olence Of 6 0 1 in powers OF perception, as the
faculty OF transporting this outside world
into your own mind gathering into your
brain the majesty Of the storm and the
snlenior Of the dav dawn. an llftin- into
your min the ocean as easily as you might
put a glass of water to your lips.
Watch the law Of association, or the mys-
ferrous linking together OF all you ever
thought or knew or felt, and then giving you
the power to tN1e hold of the clew line aud
draw through your mind the long train with
indescribable velocity-one thought starting
up a hundred and this again a th~ousand-as
tue chirp of one bird sometimes wakes q
whole forest of voices, or the thrun OF ono
string Will rouse an orchestra.
Watclf 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 AMI weighs worlds,
and, fron posing amid wheeling constella.
tion>, comes down to count the blossoms in a
tuft of mIgnonette, then starts again to try
the fathoning .of the bottonless, and the
sealing of the insurmountable, to be swal
lowed up in the incomprehenslb!e and lost IL
God
In reason aud understanding man is alone.
The OK surpasses him in strength, the ante
lope IN speeR, the hound in keenness Of nos
trll. the eagle III far reaching sight, the rab-
bit in quickness Of hearing, the honey bee
in delicacy of tongue, the spider in tineness
of touch. Mans power, therefore, consist
eth not in what he can lift, or how fast he
can run, or how strong a wrestler he car
throW-torl IN these respects the OK, the OS
trlch and the hyena are his superIors-bu
by his reason he comes forth to rule all
through bis ingenious cOntrivance to Outrun
outfit, Outwrestle. outsee, outhear, Guido.
AT his all conqhering decree the forest
that has stood for ages step aside TO let HIM
build his cabin and cultivate his farm. This
sea which has rave l and foamed upon tn
race has become a crystal pathway tor com
merce to march on. The thunder cloud that
slept lazliy above tie mountain is made te
come down AMI carry mail bags. Man, dis
satisfied with his slowness of advancement
shouted 10 the water AMI the fire, Com,
and lift" Come and draw Come an
help AMI theg answered, AYE ave, W.
come. and they Joined hands-the fire anc
the water-ani the shutt!es fly, and the raj
train rattles on. and the steamship come.
coughing, painting, flaming across the deep
Tie elevates the telescope TO the heavens
and as easily as through the stethoscope tht
physician hears the movement Of the lung
the astronomer catches the pulsation Of diff
ferent systems Of worlds throbbing will
ife- lie takes the microscope, and discov
erS that there are hunirRds OF thousands O
anlmalcnlt living, moving. working, dyins
"NHln a ciTtle tlit could be covered will
the point OF a pin-anliuals to which a rair
drop would be an ocean, a rose leaf q hemi
sphere, and the flash of q FREELY LASTING
enough TO give them light to several genera
tlOnS.
| take a step higher AMI look at man.
moral nature. Made in the image Of God
Vast capacity Tor enjoyment; capable at frs
OF eternal JOY, and though now disordered
stlli, through the Operative force 0
heavenly grace, able 70 mount up to NOR
than its original felicity; faculties that ma
blossom and bear trult nexhaustiblv I'm
mortality written upon every capacity: {
soul destined to range in unlimited spheres
or activity long after the world has put OF
ashes. AMI the solar system shall hav
snapped ITS axle, and the stars that, in thei
courses, fought against Sisera, shall hav
been slain ami buried amid the tollin.
thunders Of the last day.
You see that God has adapted eyerythin:
10 our comfort and advantage. Pleasan
things for the palate, music for the ear
beauty Tor the eye. aroma for the nostril
klniret tor our affections, poetry for GU
taste; religion for our soul. We are put j
a sarien, and told that from all the tree
we NAV eat eycopt hara and Ybara o,o