The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-25
J II we were seraphic or archangelic in

our natures, we would want to study
God in the great; but such snail, weak,
short-lived beings as you and are want
TO find God in the Titles
When see tho Maker of the universe
giving himself to the architecture of a
snowflake and making its shafts, its
domes, its curves, its walls, irradiations
SO perfect, conclude He will look after
our insignificant affairs. And if we are
of more value than sparrow. most GER
tainly we are or more vaITe than IN in
animate snowflake. SO the ..iDie
would chiefly impress US with God in
the Titles. 1t does not say, Consider
the Clouds" but it says, Consider the
lilies" 1t does not say, Consider the
tempests!' but, "Behold the fowls"
and 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 not
think that because you estimate
yourself as only one snowflake
among three days January
snow-storm that you will be forgot
ten. The birth and death of drop Of
chilled vapor is as certainly regarded by
the Lord as the creation and demolition
of planet. Nothing is big to God. and
nothing is small What makes the
honey industries of South Carolina such
source of livelihood and wealth? 1t is
because God teaches the lady-bug to
make an opening in the rind of the april
cot for the bee, which can not other
wise get at the juice of the fruit. So
God sends the lady-bug ahead to prepare
the way for the honey-bee. He teaches
the ant to bite each grain Of corn that
she puts in the ground for winter food
in order that it may not take root and so
ruin the little granary. He teaches the
raven in dry weather to throw pebbles
into a hollow tree that the water far
down and out of reach may come up
within the reach of the Jird's beak.
What a comfort that He is God in
| littles
The Emperor of all the Russias in
olden time was looking at map that
spread before him his vast domains, and
he could not find Great Britain on the
map, and he called in his Secretary and
said: "Where is Great Britain that !
hear so much about?" sit is under
your thumb" said the Secretary; and
the Emperor raised his hand from the
map and saw the country he was look
ing for. And it is high time that we
find this mighty realm of God close by,
and under our little finger. To drop
you out of dis memory would be to re.
sign His omniscience. To refuse you
His protection would be to abdicate His
omnipotence. When you tell me He is
the God of Jupiter and the God of Mer'
curry and the God of Saturn, you tell me
something so vast that l can not com
prehend it. But if you tell me He is the
God of the snowflake, you tell me
something can hold and measure and
realize. Thus the smallest snowflake
contains jewel case of comfort. Here
is an opal, an amethyst, diamond
Here is one of the treasures OF the
snow. Take It for your present anc
everlasting comfort.
Behold, also, in the snow the treasure
of accumulated power. During snow
storm let an apothecary, accustomed tc
weigh most delicate quantities, hold hi!
weighing scales out of the window ant
let one flake fall on the surface of thu
scales and it will not even make 4
.tremble. When you want to express
triviality of weight you say, Light as I
feather" but snowflake is mucl
lighter. 1t is just twenty-four time
lighter than water. And yet the &C
emulation of these fakes broke down
a few days ago, in sight Of my house, 81,
telegraph poles, made helpless police ant
fire departments, and halted raii-train
with two laundering locomotives. w
have already learned so much of tn
power Of electricity that we have be
come careful how we touch the electri
wire, and in many a case touch ha
been death. r But, few days ago, tn
snow put, its hand on most of thes
wires and tore them down as thougl
they were cobwebs. The snow said
"You seem afraid Of the thunderbolt;
will catch it and hurl it to the ground
Your boosted electric lights, adornin
your cities with bubbles of fire, l vii
i put out as easily as your ancestor
snutfed out tallow candle" The sno,
put its finger on the lip of our cite
, that were talking with each other an
, they went into silence, uttering not
, word. Tie snow is mightier than tn
lightning. .....,.,- ) a,Hg
In March, 1883, the snow stoppe
, America. 1t said to Brooklyn: ''Sta
homer to New York: "Stay home!" t
Philadelphia: "Stay homer to Wash
ington: "Stay homer to Richmond
: ''Stay homer 1t put it into whit
sepulcher most of this nation. Con
, MERGE, whose wheels never stopped b,
: fore, stopped then. What was the ma
! ter? Power of accumulated SNOW
: fakes; on the top of the Apprentices on
, fake falls, and others fall, and the
= pile up and they make mountain {
E fleece on the top of mountain of rocl
I until one day gust of wind, or even tn
{ voice of mountaineer, sets the froze
I vapors into action and by awful d.
scent they sweep everything in the
course-trees, rocks, villages-as whe
. in 1897 the town of Briel in Valias WI
\ buried, and in 1924, in Switzerland, 81
i. soldiers were entombed. These av,
!. lanches were made up Of single snow
a fakes. What tragedies of the sno
J. have been witnessed by the monks {
ST. Bernard, who, for ages, have wit
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