The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-01-01

army and navy. The most insiyni6cnn
mas its means Of defense; the wasn ~
sting the reptile its tooth. the bear n,
paw the dog its mnzzle, the clephan,
Its tusk, the FISH its scale, the bird Il,
swift wing, the reindeer its antlers, tn,
roo its fleet foot we are repelled n,
the thought of sting and tusk and hoof
but Gods goodness provides them for
the defense OF the animals rights.
Yea, God in the Bible announces His
care for these orders Of creation. lie
says that he has heaved up fortified.
lions for their defense-Psalm civ, Is:
The high hills are refuge for the
wild goats and the rocks for the co.
Mes lie watches the birds nest
Psalm civ. Il: 'As for the stork the fir
trees 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, aud horses have
enough to drink-Psalm civ, 10.1I: 'He
sendeth 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 n Sabbath. Thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy
cattle" He declared with infinite EN-.
phasis that the OK on the threshing-
floor should have the privilege Of
eating some of the grain as he trod it
out, and muzzling was forbidden. If
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 regarded in old.
en- time the conduct of man toward the
brutes, to-day looks down from Heav-
en-, and is interested in every minnow
that swims the stream, and every rock
that cleaves the air, and every herd
that bleats, or neighs, or lows in the
pasture.
Why did God make all these, and
why make them so happy? How ac-
count for all this singing, and dancing,
and frisking amid the irrational crea-
ton? Why this heaven for the animal
cule in a drewdrop? Why for the con-
dor throne on Chimborazo? Why the
glitter of the phosphorus 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 and arch
angel? Only one solution, one explain
alton, one answcr-God is good Tho
earth is full of the goodness of the
Lord"
take step higher, and notice the
of the world to the comfort
and happiness of man. The sixth day
Of creation had arrived. The palace of
the world was made, tut there was no
king to live in it. Leviathian ruled the
deep; the eagle the air; the lion the
field; but there was the scepter which
should rule all A new style of being
was created. Heaven and earth were
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 between the animal creation and
angelic intelligence In him strange
of the temporal and etern-
al. The finite and the infinite; dust
and glory. The earth for his floor, and
Heaven for his roof; God for his Father;
eternity for his lifetime.
The Christian anatomist, gazing upon
the conformation of the human body,
exclaims: 'Fearfully and wonderfully
made" No embroidery so elaborate,
no gauze so delicate, no color so ex-
quisite, no mechanism SO graceful, no
handiworls SO divine. So quietly and
does the human body per-
form its functions that it was not until
s, 900 years after the creation of the
race that the circulation of the blood
was discovered; and though anatomists
of all countries and ages have been so
long exploring this castle of life, they
have only begun to understand it
Volumes have been written OF the
hand. Wondrous instrument! With 1T
we give friendly recognition, and grasp
the sword. and climb the rock, and
write, and carve, and build. 1t con-
structed the pyramids, and hoisted
the Parthenon. 1t made the harp and
then struck out Of it all the worlds min
strelsy. In 1t the white marble OF Pen.
teticon mines dreamed itself away into
immortal sculpture. 1t reins in the
swift engine; it holds the steamer to It's
paths in the sea; it snatches the hire
from Heaven; it feels the pulse OF the
sick child with its delicate touch, aud
makes the nations quake with its stu
pendous achievements. What power