The Bossier banner., 1892-02-04

giving you the power to take hold OF
the clsw-line, and draw through your
mind the long train with indescribable
velonity-one thought starting up n
hur dred, 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 orchestra
Watch your memory-that sheat-
| binder, that goes forth to gather the
harvest of the past, and bring it 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 poising amid wheeling censtella-
tions, comes down to count the BIOS
SONS in tuft of mignonette, then
starts again to try the fathoming of the
bottomless, and the scaling of the in
surmountable, to be swallowed up in
the incomprehensible, and lost in God!
II reason and understanding, man is
alone. The OK surpasses him in
strength, the antelope in speed, the
hound in keenness of nostril, the eagle
in far-reaching sight, the rabbit in
! quicl1ness of hearing, the honey-bee in
delicacy of tongue, the spider in fine
ness of touch. Mans power, therefore,
consisteth not in what he can lift, or
how fast he can run, or how strong
wrestler he can throw-for in these re-
spects the OK, the ostrich and the hyena
are his superior-but by his reason he
comes forth to rule all; through his in
genious contrivauce to outrun oRtlift,
| Outwrestle, outSeG, Outhear out
do. At his all-conquering decree, the
forest that had stood for ages steps
aside to let him build his cabin and cul-
tivate his farm. The sea which raved
and foamed upon the race has become
a crystal pathway for commerce to
march on. The thunder-cloud that
slept lazily above the mountain is made
to come down and carry mail-bags.
Man, dissatisfied with his slowness of
advancement, shouted to the water
and the fire: Come and liftr'
Come and draw!" Come and
help!' And they answered: 'Ay, ay,
we Gomez" and they joined hands
the fire and water-and the shuttles
| y,
the steamship comes coughing, painting,
flaming across the deep. He elevates
the telescope to the heavens, and, as
easily as through the stethoscope the
physician hears the movement of the
I lung, the astronomer catches the pulsa-
, ton of distant systems of worlds
, throbbing with life. He takes the
, microscope, and discovers that there
are hundreds of thousands of animal
|, cula living, moving, working, dying
, within circle that could be covered
: with the point of pin-animals tt
/ which a rain-drop would be an ocean, /;
, FREELY lasting enough to give then
? light to several generations. .
, You see that God has adapted every
/ thing to our comfort and advantage
2 Pleasant things for the palate, music
: for the ear beauty for the eye, aroma
/ for the nostrils. kindred for our affec
tions, poetry for our taste. religion fo
:: our soul We are put in garden, ant
told that from all the trees we may ca
n except here and there one. He give
. the sun to shine on us, and the water
Y to refresh us, and food to strengthel
!, us; and The herbs yield medicine wher
: we are sick, and the forests lumber
O when we would build a house. O
a cross the water in ship. Thl
: rocks are transported for our foun
\ currency; and wild beasts must give IL
e covering; and the mountains must b
l. tunneled to let US pass; and the fish Q
e the sea come up in our net; and th
# birds of the air drop at the flash of on
: guns; and the cattle on a thousand hill
come down to give us meat. For us tn
n peach orchards bend down their fruit
II and the vineyards their purple clusters
~ To feed and refresh our in tellect te
4 thousand wonders in nature and provi
= dence-wonders of mind and body
q wonders of earth, and air, and deep ana
n ogies and antitheses; all colors an
y sounds; lyrics in the air; idyls in tn
= field; confagrations in the sunset; robe
n of mist on the mountains; and tn
o Grand March of God in the storm.
O But for the soul still higher adaptior
q fountain in which it may wash; lac
q der by which it may climb; a song c
4 endless triumph that it may sing;
= crown of unfading light that it ma
- wear. Christ came to save it-cam
q with q cross on His bach; came wit
q spikes in His feet; came when no on
r else would come, to do work which n
r. one else would do See how suited t
- mans condition is what God has don
d. for him! Man is sinner; here is pal
g don. He has lost Gods image; Chris
II retraces it. He is helpless; Almight
n grace is proffered. He is lost war
derer; Jesus brings him home. He
blind; and at one touch of Him VIII
- cured Bartimeus, eternal glory stream
into his soul. Jesus. sing Thy grace
q Cure of worst disease! Hammer t
smite off heaviest chainl Light fo
- thickest darkness! Grave divine! Devil
A scoff at it, and men reject it, but Heave
- cele brates it!
wish you good cheer for civil an
/ religious liberty. No official sp
% watches our entrance here, nor doe
. an armed soldier interfere with tn
u honest utterance of truth. We stan
= here TO-DAY with o1r orx,, b.. 4