The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-10-28

Yes see what you mean, and it
! clears my mind partly, said Ethel
with eIgerness; but thea the simile
dosen't hold good altogether 1t
reminds me of Christ'S am the vine
ye arc the branches, and that, you
see, extends the unity not alone to
the family, but to the human race
and pushes beyond all question Of
partial inheritance to the noble idea
which is title OF some book, Our
Heredity from God" That is one
side; and the other is that the in
dividual may be cut eff from all
support of family or ancestry, and
still not die as the hand does when
cut Oft from the body The in
dividual is after all the primary
unity.
l think that is just where you are
wrong, said Fordyce. individuality
is the final unity rather than the
primary one. and it has a very
limited unity after ali, something as
the blood corpuScleS have in the
body. Each Of them is an entity,
but it has just such range and can
not go beyond the limits Of the body
Of which il forms part.
AS we can't go beyond the Divine
in whom we live and move and have
our being, suggested Ethel in low
voice.
Yes you can look at it in that way
too; for however little an individual
may be conscious of depending on
others he is almost absolutely de-
pendent. He csnnot be born nor
will he be likely to die at his own
will; it is only between these two
points that he exercises volition, and
he uses his vii! very little compared
to the amount he does lnvoluntarlly.
Take for instance, your trouble IN
regard to property. Your parents
bring you into the world; they
transmit 10 you their qualities; they
nurse and train and support you;
and your individuality, in the sense
OF independence, is only the product
OF these acts aud tendencies.
All no, there is something further
added, she explained softly. There
is our heredity from God that comes
direct to each person and gives each
the power Of saying what qualities
shall tru- -tify and what shall atrOphy
through disuse. Otherwise you
would make herejity another name
Tor fatality; and you could not account
for the facts we see all around us OF
persons evincing quite different
characteristics from their ancestors:
of good springing up from evil, of
ignorance, of virtue triumphant over
every foe. 1t is really that Paul plants
and Apollos waters, but God gives
the increase.
Yes, that is truer there is some
unknown quantity there which makes
for righteousness.
And this unknown God declare
| unto you, quoted Ethel, softly; and
John sFordyce, though a student OF
science and soi-disant agnostic,
did not repudiate the suggestion,
but, on the contrary, looked down
at the girls bent head as ii through
her his plodding thought found
wings.
A bank OF cloud had risen slowly
on the blue horizon as they talked.
Puffs of vapor rose above the long
advancing line as if leaders in the
attack against the glorious tints Of
of sea and sky. The obliterating
mist ingulfed the little island out at
at sea SO quickly that one wondered
what had become of it. Then
couple of ships were blotted out and
cool breeze Of momentary duration
struck strangely through the warm,
herb scented air. A sailing boat close
in shore looked ghostly for moment
and then, like ghost, vanished.
The mist began to inwrap the house
with a soft fringed veil made fragrant
by the sea. Where had been
boundless expanse but few feet OF
water were now visible, out of which
the breakers ran. The sun shone
through a luminous haze; the oaks
and pines were wreathed with'gar
lands of cloud, and the foot growth
was leveled by the mist that filled
all interstices.
Well, said Mr.. Walt, crushing the
paper together and putting it from him
as if glad to have finished the days
catalogue Of woes. have ycu got my
little girl cut of her fog and convinced
her that she needn't rebel at beirg
my daughter7
Fordyce looked at her for the an
swer.
Yes, said she, l find | was making
myself altogether too big and Of toe
much Importance; but still have only
managed to put my query off degree
5 or two further; it isn't cleared away
For, if the human race is one as tree
is one, where is the justice in making
one person a root, as it were, and an.
other the topmost branch2 | dom
mean to say that it is unjust, you know
! but simply that l am dull OF sight il
that direction.
How are you going to answer that
, Fordyce2 1t sounds dangerous tt
+ me.
Why, it seems to me that the an
, swer is right IN the statement. Tht