The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-09

stream. and every rook that cleaves the
ar. and every herd that bica+s or nc:ghs
or lows u the pasture.
Why did God make all these, &nt; Why
make th=m so happy? How account FOR
ali this singing and dancing and tri,king
amid the irrational creation: Why this
heaven Cor the arimalcule il de1drcr?
Why for the condor throne on Chin
borazo? Why the glitter Of the phos-
phorus in tbe ships wake on the sea,
which IS said to be only the frolic Of NIL
hons Of insects. Why perpetual chant
ing OF so many voices from the irrstion-
al creation ia earth and air aud ocean
beasts and all cattle, creeping things and
flying fowl, permitted 10 join il the
praise that goes up from seraph and
archansel2 Only one solution, one eX.
planation, one answer-God IS good.
1.-THE earth is full ofthe goodness of the
Lord"
I take step higher, and notice the ad-
aptation of the world to the comfort and
happiness of man. The sixth day OF
creation mad arrived. The palace OF the
world was made, but there was no kin z
to live in it. Levlathan ruled the deep:
the eagle the air; the lion the field; but
where was the sccp:er which should rule
ALP a new style OF being was created.
Heaven and earth were represented in
his nature. His body from the earth
beneath; his soul from the heaven above.
The one reminding lin OF his origin,
the other speaking of his destiny-him-
self the connecting link between the ami
nal creation and angelic intelligence.
In HIM strange comningling et the
temporal and eternal, the finite and the
infinite, dust and glory. The earth for
his floor and heaven for his roof; God Tor
his Father; eternity for his lifetime.
The Christian anstomist, gazing upon
the conformation of the human body,
exclaims, "Fearfullv and wonderfully
made" No embroidery so elaborate,
no sauze 50 delicate, ne color so ex-
ouislte, no mechanism 50 graceful, no
handiwcrk so divine. So quietly and
nysteriously does the human body per-
form it's functions that it was not until
i've thousand years after the creation OF
the race that the circulation OF the blood
was discovered; and though anatomlsts
Of all countries and ages have been SO
long exploring this caste OF lie, they
have only begun to understand 1t.
Volumes have been written Of the
hand. Wondreus instrument. With It
we give friendly recognition, and grasp
the sword, and climb the rcck, and write
and carve and build. II constructed tie
pyramids and hoistel the Parthenon. II
made the harp, and then struck out oi
!. all the worlds nlinstreisy. II It the
wbite marole OF Pentelican mines e-eaa'
ed Itself away into immortal sculpture
It reins IN the swift engine; it holds the
steamer 10 its path in tae sea; it snatches
the fire from heaven; It feels the pulse
Of the sick child With its delicate touch,
and makes the nations quake with its
stupendous achievements.
What power brought down the forests.
and made the marshes blossom, and bur
dened the earth with al cities that thun'
der on with enterprise and power: -Four
fingers and a thumb. A hundred mil
lion dollars would not purchase for Jou
machine as exquisite and wonderful as
your own hand. Mighty hand! In al
its bones and muscles and joints learn
that Goo is good.
Behold the eye, which, II its photo
graphic gallery; in an instant catches the
mountain and the sea. This perpetual
telegraphing Of the nerves; these joints
that are the only hinges that do not wear
out; these bones and muscles ofthe bod!
with fourteen thousand different adapta
tions; these oDe hundred theusanc
glands; these two hundred million pores;
this mysterious heart, contracting toul
thousand times every hour; this chem
ical process Of digestion; the laboratory
beyond the understanding of the aos
skillful philosophy; this furnace. whose
heat is kept up from cradle to grave; TIL;
factory Of lie, whose wheels and spin
dies and bands are God directed. II We
could realize the wonders OF our physical
organization we would be hypochond
riacs, fearing every moment thas some
part OF the machine would break down
But there are nen here who have liTec
through seventy years, and not nerve
has ceased to thrill. or a muscle to con
tract, or a lung TO breathe. or hand te
manipulate.
I take a step higher andlook at mans
mental constitution. Behold the benevt
lence Of God in powers Of perception, OF
the faculty Of Transporting this eutslse
werld into your owr mind-gatherinG
isto your brain the majesty Of the storE
and the splen6or OF the day dawn, anc
lifting into your nind tae ocean as easily
as you might pat glass OF water te
your lips.
Watch. !- !---7E'-----s OF ass cclation, or the
mysteI king together OF all you
sver .nt or knew or telt, and ther
giving you the pewe1 to take hold CT the
clew lire and draw through your alac
the long tram with indescribable velocl'
ty-one thought starting up a hundred
and this again thousand-as the ch!rI
Of one bird sometimes wakes whole
forest Of voices, or the thrum OF one
string will rouse sn orchestra.
Watcs Yorr mcnorY-that sheas bin
der, that goes forth TO gather the harvest
Of the past and bring itlnto the present
Your pewec and velocity o. thought
thought OF the swift wing and the light
mag foot; thought thas outsreeds the
star and circles through the heavens anc
weighs worlds, and, from 0oisins anlc
wheeling CONSULTATIONS, comes down &C
count the blossoms II tuft Of migEo'
nettc, then starts ags:n to tcy the t&tEo3n'
ing Of the bottomlcss, and the scaling
OF the .nsurnountabis, 10 be swallowed
up in the lacon prehensIbie aud lost il
God!
In reason and understanding, man il
alone. The OK sur9assss him in strength
the antelope ID speed, the hound IN keen
ness Of nossril, the eagle in fa- reaching
sight, the rabbit IN Qulckness OF hearing