Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-12-09

wrestle. outsee. outhear. outdo Az ~.
su-conquering decree. the forest thas
had stood for ages steps aside to let hin
build his cabin and cultivate his fnr,,
The sea which raved and foamed upou
tho race has become \ crystal pathway
fer commerce. TO march on The thun-
der cloud that slept lazily above the
mountain IL made to come down and
carry mail-bagA Men. Dissatisfied
with his slowness of advancement
shouted to the Water and the Fire.
Come and lifu" Come and draw.
Come and helpw And they answered.
"Ay. ay. we come;" and they Joined
hands-the Fire and the water-and
the shuttles fly. and the rail train rat
Ties on. and the steamship comes cough.
ing. painting, flaming across the deem
He elevates the telescope to the heav>
ems. and. as easily as through the steth-
oscope the physician hears the move
ment of the lungs the astronomer
catches the pulsation of distant systems
OF worlds throbbing with life. He
takes the microscope and discovers that
there are hundreds OF thousands of
animalcul@ living, moving. working,
dying within a circle that could be GOV.
cred with the point of pin-animals to
which raindrop would be an ocean.
rose-leaf hemisphere. and the fash
OF freely lasting enough to give them
light to several generations
! take a step higher and look Mt a mana
moral nature. Made in the image of
God. Vast capacity for enjoyment:
capable at first of eternal joy. and.
though now disordered. still, through
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grace, able to mount up to more than
its original felicity; faculties that NAV
blossom and bear fruit inexhaustibly.
immortality written upon every capac-
ity; soul destined to range in unlimit-
ed spheres of activity long after tho
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
aud buried amid the toiling thunders Of
the last day.
You see that God has adapted every
thing to our comfort and advantage.
Pleasant things for the palate; music
for the ear; beauty for the eye; aroma
for the nostril; kindred for our affec-
tions; poetry for our taste; religion for
our soul We are put in n 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 waters
to refresh us, and food to strengthen
us; and the herbs yield medicine when
we are sick, and the forest lumber
| when we would build q house; or cross
the water in ship The rocks arc
transported for our foundation:
and metals upturned to our currency;
and wild beasts must give us covering;
and the mountains must be tunneled to
let us pass; and the Ash of the sea como
up in our net; and the birds of the air
drop ut the flash of our guns. and the
cattle on the thousand hills come down
TO give us meat For us the peach
orchards bend down their fruit, and
the vineyards their purple clusters.
To feed and refresh our intellect TO- 600
wonders in nature and providence
wonders of mind and body, wonders of
earth and air, and deep analogies and
antithenes; all colors and sounds; lyrics
in the air; idyls in the field; confiagra-
tions In the sunset; robes of mist on the
mountains; and the Grand March" of
God in the storm.
But for the soul still higher adapta-
ton; n ladder by which it may wash; q
ladder by which it may climb; n song
of endless triumph that il may sing; a
crown of unfading light that 1t may
wear. Christ came to save it--cams
with n cross on his back; came with
spikes in his feet; came when no one
else would come, to do n work which
no one else would do See how suited
to mans condition is what God has
done for him! Man is q sinner; here is
pardon. He has lost Gods image; Christ
retraces it. He is helpless; Almighty
grace is proffered. He is lost wan
derer; Jesus brings him home He is
blind; and Mt one touch of Him who
cured Bartimeus, eternal glories stream
into his soul. Jesus, / sing Thy grace,
Cure of worst diseased Hammer TO
smite off heaviest chain! Light for the
thickest darkness! Grace divine! Devils
scott ut IL, and men reject it. but
Heaven celebrates it.
wish you good cheer for the ma
tional health. Pestilence. that in other
years has come to drive out its thous-
and hearses to Greenwood and Laurel
Hill, has not visited our nation. 1t isa
glorious thing to be well. How strange
that we should keep our health when
one breath from a marsh, or the sting
of an insect or the slipping of foot, or
the falling of a tree branch might ia
tally assault our life! Regularly the
lungs work, and their motion seems to
be a spirit within us painting after its
Immortality. Our sight fails not,
though the air is so full Of objects
which by one touch break out the
souls window. What ship. after n
years tossing on the sea, could come in
with so little damage as ourselves,
though we arrive after years voyage
to-day?
wish you good cheer for the national
harvest. Reaping-machines never
swathed thicker rye. and corn-husker's
peg never ripped fuller ear, and now.
poles never bent down under sweetef
hay. and wind-mills hopper never
shook out larger wheat Long trsins
OF white-covered wagons have brou9hs
the wealth down TO the great thorough.
fares. The gamers are full, the store
houses are overcrowded. tho canals are
blocked with freights pressing down
70 the markets. The cars rumble all
through the darkness. and whistle up
the fagman at the dead of night TO les
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