The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-02

conies" He watches the birds nest:--
Psalm civ, IS: "As for the stork, the
fir trcss are her house" He sees that
the cattle have enough grass-Psalm
civ. IA: "He causeth the grass to grow
for the cattle" He sees to it that the
cows and sheep and horses have enough
to drink-Psalm civ. 10, IL; HE send
eth the springs into the valleys, which
run among the hills; they give drink to
every beast of the field; the wild asses
quench their thirst"
Amid the thunders of Sinai God ut
tered the rights of cattle, and said that
they should have Sabbath. Thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy
cattle" He declared with infinite en-
phasis that the OK on the threshing-hoor
should have the privilege OF eating some
Of the grain as he trod it out and muz-
cling was forbidden II young birds
were taken from the nest for food, the
despoiler's life depended on the mother
going free. God would not let the
mother bird suffer in one day the loss
of her young and her own liberty. And
he who regard ed in olden time the con-
duct of man toward the brutes, to-day
looks down from Heaven and is inter
ested in every minnow that swirus the
stream, and every fook that cleaves the
air, and every herd that bleats, or
neighs, or lows in the p> iure.
Why did God make all these, and
why make them so hapNy? How account
for all this singing. ard dancing, and
frisking amid the irrational crraton?
Why this Hea ven for the an malcule in
a dewdrop? Why for the condor a
throne on Chimborazo? Why the gilt
ter Of the phosphor us in the ships
wake on the sea, which is said to be
only the frolic of millions of insects?
Why the perpetual chanting Of so many
voices from the irrational creation in
earth. and air, and ocean-beasts, and
all cattle, creeping things, and flying
fowl, permitted TO Join in the praise
that goes up from seraph to archangel?
Only one solution, one explanation, one
answer-God is good. THE earth is
full Of the goodness Of the Lord"
take a step higher and notice the
adaptation OF the world to the comfort
and happiness Of man. The sixth day
Of creation had arrived. The palace of
vhe world was made, but there was nc
king to live in it. Leviathan ruled the
deep; the eagle the air; the lion the
field; but where was the scepter which
should rule all? new style Of being
was created. Heaven and earth were
repre- sented in his nature. His body
from the earth beneath; his soul from
the heaven above. The one reminding
him of his origin, the other speaking OF
his destiny himself the connecting
link betw en- the animal creation and
angelic intelligen ce. In him a strange
commin Cling of temporal and eternal,
the finite and the infinite, dust and
glory. The ear tn for his floor, and
heaven for his roof; God fer his Fa'
ther; eternity for his lifetime.
The Christian anatomist gazing upon
the conformation Of the human body
exclaims: "Fearfully and wonderfully
made" No EN- broidery so elaborate
no gauze SO delicate, no color so ex'
quisite, no mechanism so graceful, nc
handiwork so divine. So quietly and
mysteriously does the human body per
form It's functions that il was not until
FIVE thousand years st.cr the creation
O. the race that the circulation Of the
blood was discovered; and although an
atomists Of all countries and ages have
been so long exploring this castle oi
life, they have only begun 10 under
stand IL.
Volumes have been written Of the
hand. Wondrous instrument With il
we give friendly recognition, and grasT
the sword, and climb the rock, and
write, and carve, and build. 1t con
structed the Pyramids and hoisted the
Parthenon. II made the harp and then
struck out of IL ali the worlds min
strelsy. In II the white marble OF Pen
telicon mines dreamed itself away in
immortal sculpture. 1t reins in the
swift engine; IL holds the steamer TO It's
path In the sea; II snatches the fire from
heaven; it feels the pulse Of the sick
child with its delicate touch, and makes
the nations quake with its stupendcus
achievements. What power brought
down the forests and made the marshes
blossom. and burdened the earth with
all the cities that thunder on with e,l
terprise and power? Four fingers and q
thumb A hundred million dollars
would not purchase for you a machine
as exquisite and wonderful as your owr
hand Mighty haudl In all its bones
and muscles, and joints learn that Goo
m good.
Behold the eye, which, in It's pho
tographic gallery. in an instant catches
the mountain and the sea This per
petual tel graphing Of the nerves; thess
Joints, that are the only hinges that de
not wear out; these bones and muscles
OF the body, with fourteen Thousand
different adaptations; these one hun.
dred thousand glands; these two kun.
dred million pores; this mysterious
heart contracting four thousand times
every hour-this chemical process of di
gestion; this laboratory, beyond the
understanding Of the most skillful
philosopher; this furnace, whose heat
is kept up from cradle TO grave; this
factory of life, whose wheels, and spin.
dies, and bands are God-directed. b
we could realize the wonders OF our
physical organization we would be
hypochondriacs, fearing every moment
that some part Of the machinery would
break down. But there are men here
who have lived through seventy years,
and not nerve has ceased TO thrill, OF