The Forrest City times., 1891-12-04

| muscles of the body, with 14.ooo different | pdaptutfons: these foo,00o glands; these
 3m,dm.oo pores: this mysterious he,rt, chemical process of digestion; this labora- | tory, beyond the understanding or me most skiiful philosophy; this furnace, whose | heat is kept up from cradle to grave; this fac. ] tory of life, whose wheels and spindles. and ! hands are God-dirpcted. If ws could realize
 the wonders Of our physical organizauon' @ we
 ment that some part of tho machine would
 break down But there are men here who nave
 lived through seventy years. and not . nerve has ceased to thrill or a muscle to contract, or lung 10 breathe, or hand to manipulate
 take step higher, and look at man mental
 constitution Behold the 1eneyolsnse pt 1oa
 porting this outside world into our own minl-
 gathering into your brain the majesty of the
 storm, and the splendorS of the day-dawn, and lifting into your mind the ocean as easily as you might put glass of water to your iipa Watch the law of association, or the mysteri- GUS linking together of all you ever thought, or knew, or felt and then giving you the power 70 take hold of the clew-line and draw through your mind the long train with tndescribable velocity--one thought starting up 2 hundred, and this again a thousand-as the chirp of one bird sometimes wakes whole forest Of voices, or the thrum of one string will rouse an orches- tra
 Watch your memory-thst sheaf-binder that goes forth to gather the harvest of the past, and bring 1t into the present Your power and velocity Of thought-thought of the swift wing and the lightning foot; thought that outspeeds the star and circles through the heavens. and weighs worlds, and from poistng amid wheeling cancellations, comes down to count the bios soms in a tnft of mignonette. then starts sgain fo try the fathoming of the bottomless, and the scaling of the insuruounfabie. to De swailoweo np in the incomprehensinle and lost in Godl
 rne OK surpasses him in strength. the antelope in speed. the hound in keenness of nostril. the eagle in far-reaching sight the rabbit in quiex. ness of hearing, the honey-bee in delicacy of tongue, the spider in tneness of touch Mans power therefore consistent not 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 but by his reason he comes forth to rule all; through his ingenious eontrivance 10 out run, outfit, outwresfie, outsee, outhear, outdo. At his ali-conquering decree, the forest that had stood for ages steps aside to let him omld ms cauln and cultivate ms , tarIn. tas sas become crystal pathway for commerce to march on. The thundereloud that slept lazily carry the mail-bags. Man. dissatisfied with his slowness of advancement, shouted to the Water and Fire. Come and ltfts Come and drawp
 Come and help And they they answered, ay ,sy and the water-and the shuttles ny and ths rail-train ratties on, and the steamship comes coughing, painting, flaming across the deep. He elevates the telescope to the heavens, and as easily as through the stetho- scope the physician hears the movement or the lung, the astronomer catches the puisauoan1 a1 oi distant systems of worlds throbbing with life He takes the microscope. and discovers that there are hundreds of thousands of nimalcuia living. moving, working dying witain circle animals to which Q rain-drop would be an ocean, rose-ieaf hemisphere, and the flash Of fire-hy lasting enough 10 give them light to
 take q step higher and look at mans moral nature. Made in the image of God Vast ca, pacity for enjoyment; capable at first of eternal joy, and. though now disordered, still, through the reeuperative force of heavenly grace, able to mount up to more than its original felicity; faculties that may blossom and bear fruit mex haustibly. Immortality written upon every ca pacity soul destined to range in unlimited spheres of activity long after the world has put on ashes, and the solar system snail nave snapped its axle, and the stars that, in thelv courses, fought against Sisera, shall have been slain, and buried amid the toiling thunders Of the last day.
 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 affections; poetry for our tastei religion for our soul We are put in garden and told that from all the trees we may eat ex- cept 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 forests lumber when we would build a house, or cross the water in a 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 DC tunneled to 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 thousand hills come down and give us meat For us the peach-orehards 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; idys in the fields; confagrations in the sunset; robes of mist on the mountains; and the Grand March" Of God in the storm
 But for the soul still higher adaptation; . fountain in which it may wash; ladder by which 1t may climb; song of endless triumph that it may sing; a crown of unfading light that 1t may wear. Christ came to save tt-came with cross on his back; came with spikes in his feet; came when no one else would come, to do a work which no one else would do. See how suited to mans condition is what God has done for him! Man Is a sinner; here is pardon He has lost Gods image; Christ retraces 1t He is helpless; Almighty grace is proffered- He is lost wanderer; Jesus brings him home, He is blind; and at one touch of him who cured Bar timeus, eternal giories stream into his soul. Jesus, sing thy gracel Cure of worst diseasel Hammer to smite of heaviest chaini Light for thickest darknessl Grace divine! Devils scoff at 1t, and men reIectit, but heaven cele- brates it
 For mercies temporal and spiritual let con secrated lives be offered Wherever Gods mercey broods, let the thanksgiving arise'