Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-12-04

to its path in The sea: IL snatches the
nre from rom, heaven hs,% !, feels ., the pulse
makes the nations quake with its stupenaous
! achievements. What power brought down the
forests. and made the marshes blossom, and
burdened the earth with all the cities that thun-
| der on with enterpri. and powers -Four fingers
and thumb, A hundred million dollars would
not purchase for you machine as exquisite
and wonderful as your own hand Mighty
handl In all its bon, s, and muscles, and Joints
learn that God Is good.
Behold the eye which, IN It's Photographic
gallery, In an instant catches the mountain and
| the sea. This perpetual tclcgraphing Of the
nerves; these Joints that are the only hinges
that do not wear out these bones and
adaptations: these 10000 c!@nas. snese
.o0,0o,Wo pores: this mysterious heart,
chemical process of Digestion; this iabora-
1 tory, beyond the understanding of the
most skilful philosophy; this furnace, whose
| heat Is kept up from cradle 10 grave; this fac
| tory OF life, whose wheels, and spindles and
hands are God-dirccted. II we could realize
the wonders OF our physical organization, We
ment that some part OF the machine would
break down But there ore men here who have
lived through seventy years, and not n nerve
has ceased 10 thrill, or muscle 10 contract, or
lung 10 breathe or a hand 10 manipulate
take step higher, and look at man 4 mel tai
constitution. Behold the benevolence OF God
In powers OF perception. or the faculty OF trans
porting this outside world into our own mind
gathering into your brain the majesty OF the
N,
lifting into your mind the ocean as easily as
you might put glass OF water TO your lips.
Watch the law of association. or the mysteri-
ous linking together OF all you ever thought, or
knew, or felt, and then giving you the power TO
take hold OF the clewline and draw through
your mind the long train with indcscribable
velocity-one thought starting up hundred
and this again a thousand-as the chirp OF one
bird sometimes wakes q whole forest of voices.
or the thrum OF one string will rouse an orches-
ira.
Watch your mernory-that shcaf. binder that
goes forth TO gather the harvest OF the past, and
bring IL into the present Your power and
velocity OF thouCht-thouPht OF the swift wing
and the lightning foot thought that outspeeds
the star, and circles through the heavens, and
weighs worlds, and, from poising amid wheeling
considerations, comes down 10 count the bios
SONS in "a tuft OF mignonettc, then starts again
TO try the fathoming OF the bottomless, and the
scaling Of the insurmountablc 10 be swallowed
up in the incomprehensibe, and lost in God
In reason and understanding, man il alone.
The OK surpasses him in strength, the antelope
In speed, the hound in keenness OF nostril, the
eagle In far-reaching sight, the rabbit in quick
ness OF hearing, the honey-bee in delicacy OF
tongue, the spider in fineness OF touch Mans
power, therefore, consistethRot In what he can
lift, or how fast he can run, or how strong
wrestler he can throw-for in these respects the
OK, the ostrich, and the hyena are his superior
bat by his reason he comes forth to rule oil.
through his ingenious contriyance TO cut
run, outfit, outwresue, outsee, outhear,
Guido. Al his aii-conquoring decree, the forest
that had stood for ages steps aside 10 let him
build his cabin and cultivate his farm. THIS
sea which rayed and foamed upon the race has
become crystal pathway for commerce ~
march on. The thunder-cloud that slept laZily
above the mountain il made To come down and
carry the mail bags. Man, dissatisfied wi tn his
and Fire, Come and lift" Come and dravl"
Come and help" And they answered. lay,
ay. We come" and they Joined hands-,he nrs
and the water-and the shutues ny
and thu rail-train rattes on, and the
steamship comes coughing, painting, flaming
across the deep. He elevntes tho telescope 70
"a IA md 90 4lN thrAff f+A ha ~
scope the physician hears the movement OF the
lung, the astronomer catches the pulsation OF
distant systems OF worlds throbblng with life.
lie takes the microscope, and discovers that
there are hundreds OF thousands of animalcul@
living, moving, working dying within circle
that could be covered with the point of pin
animals 10 which rain-drop would be an
ocean n rose-leaf hemisphere, and the fash CT
freely lasting enough 10 give them light 20
several generations.
] take step higher and look at mans moral
nature. Made in the image OF God Vast
pacity for enjoyment capable at first of eternal
Joy, and, though now disordercd, STILL through
the r"cupcratlyc force or heavenly grace, able
10 mount up 10 more than its original felicity:
faculties that may blossom and bear fruit mex
hausubly Immortality written upon every Ca
pacity: soul destined TO range in unliwNed
spheres OF activity long after the world has put
on ashes, and the solar system shall have
snapped its 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.
thing 10 our comfort and advantage.
Pleasant things for the palate; music for the
ear; beauty for the eye; aroma for the nostril;
kindred for our affections; poetry for our taste;
religion for our soul. We are put in a garden,
and told that from all the trees We may eat ex-
cept here and there one He gives the sun 10
shine on us, and the waters 70 refresh us, ond
food TO strengthen us; and the herbs yield
medicine when we are sick, and the forests
lumber when We would build house, or cross
the water In ship. The rocks are transported
for our foundation; and metals upturned for
our currency; and Wild beasts must give
US covering; and the mountains must be
tunneled 10 let us pass; and the fish OF the sea
come up in our net and the birds Of the air drop
at the flash OF our guns; and the cattle on a
thousand hills come down and give US meat
For US the peach-orchards bend down their
fruits, and the vineyards their purple clusters
To feed and refresh our intellect, ten thousand
wonders In nature and providence-wonders
OF mind and body wonders OF earth, and air.
and deep analogies and antitheses; all colors
and sounds, lyrics in the air. idyls in the fields;
conflagrations In the sunset robes OF mist on
the mountains; aud tho Grand March" OF Ged
In the storm.
But for the soul still higher adaptation; \
fountain in which IL may wash; q ladder by
which II may climb; a song OF endless triumph
that IL may sing crown OF unfading light that
II may wear Christ came To save it-camc
with cross on his back; came with spikes in
his feet; came when no one else would come, 10
do work which no one else would do. See how
suited 10 mans condition IL what God has done
for himl Man is sinner; here Il pardon. He
has lost Gods image; Christ retraces it. He is
helpless; Almighty grace is preferred He is a
lost wanderer; Jesus brings him home, He Is
blind; and at one touch OF him who cured Bar
timeus, eternal glories stream into his soul.
Jesus, sing thy gracel Cure OF worst diseased
Hammer TO smile OF heaviest chain Light
for thickest darkness Grace divinel Devils
soon at IL, and men reject il, but heaven cele-
bratos i'll
wish you good cheer for the nation oil health
Pestilence, that In other years has come 70
drive out it's thousand hearses to Greenwood
and Laurel Hill, has not visited our nation. IL
Is a glorious thing 10 be well. How strange that
we should keep our health when one breath
from q marsh, or the sting OF an insect, or the
slipping of foot, or the falling of a tree-branch
might fatally assault our hfol Regularly tho
lungs work, and their motion seems 10 be
spirit within US painting after its immortality.
Our sight fails not, though the air is SO full OF
objects which by one touch could break out the
souls window. What ship, after years toss
ing on the sea, could come in with SO little dam
age as ourselves though We arrive after years
voyage today!
wish you good cheer for the national harvest
Reaping machines never swathed thicker rye,
and corn-huskers reg never ripped out fuller
ear, and nnow-poles never bent down under
sweeter hay, and vind-mill's hopper never
shook out larger wheat Long trains of white
covered wagons have brought the wealth down
10 the great thoroughfares The gamers are
full, the store houses OyercrOWdCd. tho