Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-08-06

grown animal has reached the
limit q rs development Ii -
eenPistx. a finished product
Il eaa never Be mere tbaa L -
Could L live = th9USaEd years Il
could At E9st- only pruloug a.
unchanged existence, and mHlu
Piled thousands wogld iad tt
still the Same The bTds build
their nests. aud the bees the
6rst ge0ugesers. las eli their
Gezagoaal cells to-day precisely
"a tkey GIti ten thousand years
ago Ike great energy under
yIGg the process O. evolution
CAN work cut Of matter suly the
representatives. Of matter kvo
tuition - not a cause lt j. but
a method Of operation It can
add ne new pewer. confer no
new property The limit OF the
representatives. Of matteri > the ex
preston of physical term
70 the laws OF the organic
werid nan as an animal organ
Lsm y found TO conform com
pletely. From a simple cell
through embryonic develop
uent to the new born babe com
Pletety organized. thence
through growth OF parts to the
full sized physical form. the line
Of his existence runs parallel
with that of the rest Of the AMI
NAL kingdom and N no respect
offers from il. Bat werx tkis
mighty, this oil important kIet-
The line of mans development
does not terminate wlth tE-Es of
the rest OF the ANIMAL Kingdom
4 fall grown animal mEln r not
Il finished prudGes. When To
him the physical form has been
completed and the potential
ties Of organic development ex-
hIgste,I. 4 new set Of pbeneme-
ns - seeR to arise prGeaIning
IN ain the presence of 4 hereto
tore unknown furee. the pEun-
Ise and potency ct a new and
hiEhe" kfe, the potential of a
mfghtIer evelutioa- Here &C.
gins q development that IL ret
sAe development Of matter for
the individual does not further
change ais material organization
a growth that II cot the growth
Of matter for the physical form
Is complete.
What u developed must first
have been enveIoped : what il
evolved must first have been
Involved The great Inv Of eve
tutIan finds IN man then peteu-
tialItles apart from tlt0se Of anv
Guher form of matter, and il him
begins a Development the type
or eGi of which lies outside the
material world Thus does the
line Of mans existence, origtna-
ting within the narrow eircum-
ference ct the material wGrIG,
sweeps grandiy- gIori8Usly ont
ward and onward into the
depth OF the aAknawa3le Inin-
Ire thas stretches cut beyond
But 1glin. let Is reaE q chap
ter from the diary Of cld Father
lime, that be wrote Gu the mas
sive rccks a. be wrought cut
tor u this beautiful ED worhI
home "a the lonely ages Of long
IgN
There WIS 4 TIM. IN the Aisto-
~ OF the werist when arganle
hte vas unknown : when Grsv
ftatIon and his prime ministers
Chemical Affinity and A1Iecu
iar Attraction reigus,l Gndispa
ted sovereigns over the domain
OF Nature and the empire OF
Force , when the waves OF a
dark and uRlnhabiEed ocean
bear upon the shores of Il bleak
and unpe0pEed land. and the
scresm of the tempest, the bel
IdwIng of the thunder and the
roar of the breakers were the
only sounds that broke young
nature great repase.
Lm2enetraole uIsts, re,E.
streaked with the gEeam Of the
Kissing lightning and the Inrid
glare OF sabserralean ires as
the writing fumes Ieaped IN
ward through gaping hssuras in
the rent and broken crust. hung
Ike II hIGeeus pal Of tame and
night over the desolate earth
and brueded Ike the angel Of
Darkness over the bosom OF
the stormy deep Day aud
hight succeed each other IN
their silent raGad. but even
could they have pierced the
1re streaked veil that wrapped
IN lgrtd gloom the sea and hand.
they would have found no eyes
To maEe their gentle change
Spring and summer. autumn
and winter came ansi went. but
the changing seasons brought
no bursting buds, no waving 10
ilage- no EtPeHing fruits. The
sisRtng rivers with winding
banks ran dawn 20 the sea.
but their hurry5ng waters re-
tected DO shadows save those
CT the cloud and the rock. The
sshbiug winds wandered maurn
fully over the desoiate plains.
or screamed through the rocky
denles OF the barren maust aias.
bat they found no rastlIng
Leaf 10 hiss, and their weary
ErwIl warn naw g.