Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-10-13

continent that VIII make inquiry urop
like slacket lime, and make the most blat-
ant niiaeiy declare It was only joking
when it sad the Bible WIS not true, ana
the worst atheism announce that It always
did believe IA the tod Of natious- Let
otleia laii Tor requiem and dead march.
I Ieqli Tor lalct Tefieriek IIaudeIs Ha'ie-
/ luiAll hmHs There has been much talk
/ of late aboua communication with other
worlds Mars has come 50 near we can
see It's canals, and it has been hoped that
4 by signals after awhile we may commune
cate with other stars. All, That VIII not
| be possible until our world has been re-
| formed aud evangelical
/ II would not do for our world in its lost
and ruined state to have communication
with other worlds. Ii would spoil their
morals But wait until this world is fully
redeemed, as il will be. and then perhaps
/ interstellar correspondence may be opened
/ Till then this smitten and sickened world
of ours must be quarantined from coming
too near the unfallen worlds. But, thank
God, the prophecies which cheered Column
bus in his great undertaking cheer us.
| America for Godi Yea, the round world
1 for God. There can be no doubt about itl
he KNEW NOT ALL HE DID.
The greas Italian navigator also i'm
7 presses me with the idea that when one
does a good thing he cannot appreciate its
qualifications To the moment Of his death
/ Columbus never knew that he had discov-
cred America. but thought that Cuba was
part Of Asia. He thought the island
! Hispaniola was the Ophir OF Solomon. He
thought he had only opened new way to
old Asia. Had he known what North and
4 A .as. 4 nd hot b.a
had found a country three thousand miles
wide, ten thousand miles long, Of seventeen
million square miles and four times as
large as Europe, the happiness would have
been too much for mortal man to endure.
He had no idea that the time would
come when nation of sixty million people
on this side of the sea would be joined by
4 all the intelligent nations on the other side
the sea for the most part Of a year reciring
] his wonderful deeds. 1t took centuries to
reveal the result Of that one transatlantic
VOYAGE So it has always been. Could
Paul on that June day when he was de-
capitated have had any idea OF what effect
his letters and the account OF his life
would have on Christendomg Could Mar
tin Luther have had any idea Of the echoes
that would ring through the ages from the
bang OF his hammer mailing the Latin
theses against a church door at Witten-
bergg
Gould Eli Whitney have realized the
continents OF wealth that would be added
TO the south by the invention Of his cotton
gin2 Could John Gutenberg. toiling year
after year making type aud laboriously
setting them side by side, and with presses
changed now this way and now that, aud
sued by John Faust for money loaned, and
many of the people trying TO cheat Guten-
berg out OF bis invention, he toiling on
until he produced what is known as the
Mazarin Bible, have any idea that as a re-
suit Of his invention. there would be IL
braries that placed side by side would again
and again engirdle the earth, or the showers
of newspapers that snow the world underf
When Manhattan island was sold to the
Dutch for twenty-four dollars neither they
who sold or bought could have foreseen
New York, the commercial metropolis Of
| America. that now stands on il. Can a
man who breaches a sermon, or woman
| who distributes tracts or teacher who
instructs class, or a passerby who utters
encouraging words realize the infinitudes
OF useful rcsults The teacher at Harrow
| school who t0iled with William Jones, the
most stupid boy in school and at the foot
of his class, did not know that he was fit
ting for his work the greatest oriental
scholar OF modern times, his statue now in
ST. paul's cathedral, London.
Every move you make for God, how
ever insignificant in your own eyes or in
the eyes OF others, touches worlds larger
than the oae Columbus discovered. Why
talk about unimportant thingsf There
are no unimportant things. Infnity is
made upuf iniinitesmals On clear night
the smallest dewdrop holds star. Each
| one Of You is at the center of a universe,
and all YOU say and do somehow vibrates
to the extreme Of thst universe in all di-
rections. promise everlasting renown to
those who viii 90 forth with Christian
and sympathetic words
After the battle Of Copenhagen, Nelson,
the admiral, went into a hospital and halt
ed at the bed OF a wounded sailor who had
lost his arm and said, 'Well, Jack. what
is the matter with you" and the sailor
replied, Lost my right arm, your honor
and Nelson looked down at his own empty
sleeve and said: Well Jack. then you
and are both spoiled for fishermen. Cheer
up, my brave fc.lowl'' and that sympathet-
ic word cheered the entire hospital Be
fore you die you can. out of your own mis-
fortunes, cheer hundred souls and start
unending echoes. You can no more appre-
ciate the farreaching results of your life
than Columbus could see this continent
from arctic TO antartic l say this not TO
make you proud and arrogant, but to make
you tremb.e with your responsibilities and
put you on your guard as to what you do
and what you say.
TIE REWARD OF DILIGENCE.
While studying the life OF this Italian
navigator, am also reminded of the fact
that while we are diligently looking for
one thing we ma another. Columbus
started to lind India, but found America.
Go ON and do your duty diligently and
prayerfuily, and if you do not find what
you looked for you will find something
better Saul was hunting for the strayed
animals OF his fathers barnyard but met
Samuel. The prophet. who gave him a
crown Of dominion. Nearly all the great
inventions and discoveries We're made by
men WHO az the time were looking for
something else Professor Morse. gone to