Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-28

water combine to make the change Of
weather.
Mauy have exclaimed. marvellous are
Thy works o. Lord and woudrous are
Thy WAYS aud with all this % q, stiIl
reserved for Him 20 cause the earth iu
uulkc, thy mountains to sink. and the
ISLANDS 60 flee away ont 0l their place;
the waters to be turned to bloc! "@' bee
come m instrument pi death; the earth
to reel TO and iro like a druukars, the
sun to refuse to shine upon d.. and the
moon 10 be- as blood iu the hfmJmgnt
when time shall be no longer measured
to man hy the revolutions OF solar
orbits. and the awful Tat De heard that
time shall cease. the relation nl this TO
other worlds be no longer recognized,
hut its elements melt with iefvunt heat
preparatory to los celestial and Boa mortal
condition. iikcncd in iis appearance Co
n sea OF glass. with streets Of gold. hav.
ing passed the fire Of its publication.
filled the measure OF Dos creation and
entered upon It's eternal career Of sur-
ship glory cclCsualIzgd
II seems to come within thc under.
standing OF the human mind that boz tuc
formation Of the earth and Us surround.
ings. the distribution of flc material CINE
playcd. whether solids fluids. or atmus-
phcfic. or in the variety of tine material
used, whether ci affinity or not and the
enduWing of d with IT'S inherent qualities.
both OF attraction and repulsi0n. of
magnetic or electric, that every possible
science. principle Of philosophy and
manifestation of the most sublime arts
were employed 10 lbs construction.
This simply confirms the idea that
man never studied "a science, never solt-
ed a problem, never made a valuable
discovery relating 90 any of the Gle
mcn,s. OF discovered anything beautiful
in au bot what had q practical app.i
cation aud was used by the Designer
IN the great work Of creation.
No Intelligent consideration OF any
subject was ever contemplated hy man.
but what had passed through the divine
mind, from whence all intelligence en-.
analcs and all inspiration comes To
man.
Other writers have declared that
scientific truth IS hut the mere discovery
/ and arrangement Of Gods thoughts.
= and moral truth Is but another aspect Of
Gods mind and thoughts, the one being
Gods thoughts us TO nature and the
other HIS though MS 10 man, aud all
truth as necessary Tor the peri ct culmte
Of n human soul, whose moral nature
can only be- developed by truth.
Mufuls ON earth are but following 10
the wake OF those who have gone be.
fore, aud there may be both truth and
poetry IN the declaration made by one
familiar with Cod. There b. no new
thing under the sun,it hath been already
ol old time, which was before US
u HHHH L |U III
M all the iaifcst colors known. aud yct
the lily OF the field surpassc5 lught that
they have shown,
The sculptor, too, with aulucss form
may shape the image drawn in mind;
and set how worthless when COMPARED
with lie IN forms by God eushunud.
The chemist, he may air dissolve, aud
all the gases separate, is vital power
for man destroy, disease aud death thus
generate.
No other science makes prctcnsc, nor
can so well all nature sean; twill ana.
lyze aud syuthg size all compounds
known To- man.
The elements are for lite 20 man. as
God Tor him bath them ordained; By
man dissolved. trans posed and changed.
are m cans 1i death no life IS gained
Thus man has proofs that lll Gods
works are lite and science well combined:
to earth and man HIS laws apply, Tor
their perfection are designed
The seam and water In the earth, like
veins and vital blood In man, conveying
lie to all is parts, Is part OF the Crca-
tors plan.
As change Of seasons TO the earth
give vigor TO producing powers, from
day aud night, to human hie, comes
vital strength from rcstiul hours.
The air we breathe Is food 20 earth.
like man, II could not live but iu Do, and
viewed in every light We will, Is type OF
men who dwell upon IT,
II lives and moves and honors law,
suHains humanity and others; in bearing
and Ia feeding life, becomes the very
best OF mothers.
How well rs Author musthnvc known
| the wants Of those for whom created;
how well intelligence divine. knew earth
I and man must be related.
SO much like man is earth itself, that
| born again they both must b., by water
! Cleansed by ere refined, from faint Of
/ sin shall both be free,
Earth, air and water all agree and act
| In perfect harmony. al powers u Gle.
| mcnt combine 10 cOnsummate the grand
/ design.
The earth abides the law and will iill
| the measure Of IT, creation, and by
reason thereof must be clcansed from
all that will violate law, and pass to a
celestial condition and kingdom,lnd be-
come a kingdom Of glory Tor which Il
/ was created. for God will not be lrus'
trated In His designs OF creation.
! Man can only contemplate created
/ things to which he is allied, with admir-
alton and delight. and thereby his soul
may he filled with gratitude and vener'
/ alton for the Creator who has so wisely
designed aud adapted an To contribute
TO the lie aud happiness OF Ills children
tile intelligences who were TO inhabit
[ them. Aud In this we may realize the
/ fact that as one intelligent being Is
greater than another there may be
another greater still VINO Is beyond our
comprchension-th fountain OF all wis
dom. harmony and truth, as displayed
In His creative majesty aud power.
To thus lead the mind To something
higher and huliur than eaTih-Ir0m the
creature to the Cteator-is the object In
view in penning these few random
thoughts.
s, w. RICHARDS,