The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-07

>=--%sSs"-' CATION and in
lie a,yp Immediate family circle since
hi: Jeparture from Wheeling
H. Re!i out hope to those who are
,,a t'v ,v. and consolation to those who
", c saIly afflicted, and the promise that
tieicai are beyond the trials oil me
car,bly lie and that those that are lelt'
behind shall meet them and know them
was dwelt upon. o,.,.,,,,, .,o,,
hi. text from the tenth verse OF the
18th Psalm: r,,,o
o Lord, and Thy saints shall bless
The scriptural reading was from the
I4jth Psalm and included the hrst
thirteen verses. nov
oppoftunitv for obtaining instruction
sal pleasure from the sights and sounds
OIpatme, il We only keep an open eye
and ear and heart. 1t is written, All
Tby works shall praise Thee, . Lord.
Thc srandest things Of the world arc at
,be door OF those who will admit them.
live can steal glimpses for few hours,
or days. or weeks OF green fields ana
mountain peaks and clear waters and
ocean expanses, they can be our own IN
memory, for "A thing OF beauty is a Joy
forever; its loneliness increases 1t VII!
never pass into nothingness; but still
will d bower quiet for us,
ave are never excluded from the.
wide expanse OF sky, from sunsets that
stream momontary glory even over
dusky cities, from calm moons that look
so compassionately through the clouds
upon mans vain turmoil, and if man
Ic so minded, hecan be more quiet and
comiorted by the sight Of little flower
in his Window or OF star shining down
through piled.up roofs than another
NAV be who has the leisure of all his
DAYS, and the breadth Of continents to
spend them in. The world Of nature is
Ike its God, entire wherever we see a
touch OF His iinger-wholc in every one
Of its parts. All Thy works shall praise
Thee, . Lord The microscope cannot
find the animalcule which is no less
perfect for being little. The value OF
The universe somehow. contrives to
throw itself into every point, and if we
surrender ourselves to this teacher OF
God, We shall often hear lessons OF deep
calm in brief moments, and
see wide views through narrow Win
dOws. God made the earth Tor the
nurture Of mans spirit as well as tor
the support OF his body. We do not 90
TO nature as constantly, intelligently
nor earnestly as we should do. Tho
artistic and poetic imaginations discern
more in her and appropriate more from
her than does the religious Imagination,
and Tor no reason whatever but for
want OF culture. Nature is teacher
sent from God and is q revealer OF
divine truths. We should look visit
tully into her face and listen earnestly
Tor what she has to say. 1t is in but u
limited sense that the oft quoted line is
true, God made the country, man the
town. God made them both and the
latter is as needful for the souls
education as the former. The
town has its own uses, its
own sanCtities, its own mighty
Influences for good. We have come to
regard mere hustle as so integral an
element Of human life that love OF sol.
ltude Is taken as a mark OF eccentricity.
Il is the hurry and worry Of modern
life which causes shallow thoughts, UNI
stable purpose and wasted energy. The
aRlldote is silence and meditation, that
communion with nature and our own
heart, without which no great purpose
Searrled out and no great work is con-
ceived or done. In order to hear the
voice oil God speaking through nature
and to get the true use OF summer
There seems to be u principle Of action
distinctly suggested by the summer It.
se|!. Nature is now revolving in liberty
ana seems 10 have taken 70 herself q
spirit OF abandon and open-heartedncss {;
o. generosity. We must meet her in
,ae sane spirit If we are to be srscepti-
NC 10 her power. To free ourselves
Icm artificial restrictions and re-
araints to which ordinarily we may be
SonleRted to he subjected, TO relax con-
,ySsalilonaIities and to go forth in child
llSG liberty and ease and eagerness, is
70 learn the secret OF summer. The
christianity which confines the reyela.
nIioa which God has made to men to
{ie written word and tOrgcts the word
ne Otters in mountain and flood, is in.
complete and cannot satisfy the whole
olour nature.
. Truths are ever more important
tla9 iacts. When the judge Of quick and
.% summons us before His bar. &c
WI, WI not ask us about facts, however i'm.
PoFtaht they may have been for us os
ethGhs OF this world. But He will ask
" y about truths-those august verities
gaiIh shall abide after earth's facts
saalI have vanished. yoltaire was a
s Earned man. knowing great many
,syl'' But learned as Voltaire was, he
E E3s no match in knowledge for the
christian serving-wolnan who
'S,l E;nSws and knows no n,orc, he, Bble t,ue-
nun TIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. never knew. =
What ayails it as l sail over the
WI, Syeail Oh life that know every part d
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