Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-12-23

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Ny, I speak 81 the frost as 4 physician.
stan linz o, the gates II New YORK harsof
au-an1n tefo-e last. the frost drove hack
the cholera. Sizing. Thus far shalt tho7
rone AMI ~ father" FROM Memphis AM
<rx orleans AMI Jacksonville ne -E0te tLa
fv.r plague till i rerle-i h2eE an departed
The frost Is physician that tootors cities
Na.ioBs az! ccntInents IL. in"iif'neS tn
world. Qu.niue Tor malaria, a1t.-.eorl-e tof
ivrk9IG@. ~aIpAoaai FIR -j-eIle@ea~s~ anti
-l.s7-o.li. tor tl-tnr-ei nerves brt II a.
tterare4ties there IS no remedy like tae
Ali pellets prepared ~ the cold. and &c
physician 70 skilful or 20 mighty az the frost
scotland has had great physicians. but heI
.reatest doctors have been the Abernethie@
AMI Ah-rcrOmbies that have come down
gver the highlands horsad on the north wind.
England has had her great physicians. fut
Ter greatest doctors nave been The Andrew
Clarkcs and the Mackenzies who appeared
tho first night the fields o. England wera
trimmed with white. America has had it
.re4t physicians. Int her greatest do@tos@
ak" 81: .h4 Ni.i.r! pa-iers AMI Valentine
W,tt3 whp ianiei from bleak skies while
sur fingers were a~"nuns~ei ani our ears
tiicieI with the coil. Oh. Il * high tiran
tat YOU aid another line 70 your liturgy
Il is high time that you maze IN altondum
t. your PRAYERS. It is hica time that you
r~uIarce tn. catalogue o. your htes~in-e.
iGtt&h ''fl }'t 1I'-t. I - II 81 - 80
.eruividee. It Is the only hope in hacterIoi-
uxv. It i the neairamcnt of continents. L
II the salvation Of our temporal" zone Ut =
Tn lit tonic that fioi ever ~ the hup}aE
race. L is the only strong etimulant which
has no reaction. The test commentary on
- hal Will" Yaising n~Ir her@ onr 600.
the most of his lii. as a missionary In China,
md III that part ~ il where there are nc
'ro-ts. He said there was 4 tinglin2 glad
ncssi in hi. nerves inaeseribahle. AMI anaimost
ittoxieation ofdeltcht from the fact that il
vas th7 first time for years he had felt the
sensation Of frost. We complain Of II. We
-eo.t il, We frown upon It. when We ought
u he srirrei-by it 70 gratituiea and host il OF
3 lGxologv.
But | must 90 farther ana speak Of the
'roet as q ~jcw.tar. - the snow Is frozen
rain. 20 the frost is from dew. God trans
.3rns it from a liquid into 4 crystal. II i
the dew gloriaci. In the thirty-eiCith chap
ter OF that ins pireI drama. the book Of JOB.
cod says to the inspired dramatist with
estate Interrogation. The hoary frost oi
heaven. who hath gendcred ity' God there
nsks Job if he knows the parentage Of
the frost. H. inquiries about its pedigree.
lie suggests that Job study up the frosts
genealogical line. y minute before God had
asked about the parentage Of a ralndrOp in
words that years ago gave me "a suggestive
text for a sermon. "Hath the rain n father:'
But now the Lori Almighty is catechisine
Job about the frost. tie practically says
DO YOU know its father? Do you know it-
mother In what cradle Of the leaves did
the wind rock it ThrhOary frost Ofheaven,
who hath gendered it?s
He ism stupid Christian who thinks SC
much Of the printed and bound Bible that
he neglects the Old Testament Of the fields,
nor reads the wisdom and kindness and
beauty Of God Written in blossoms on the
orchard, III s~parkies on the lake. in stars on
the sky, in frost on tho meadows. The
greatest jeweIer Of all the earth is the frost.
There is nothing more wonderful in all
rrvstallography. Some morning in Decem-
her q whole continent IS found hesprent witt
diamonds, the result Of one nights work by
this jeweler.
DO you make the dcpreciatory remark that
the frost is ~impermanent ana will last only
two or three hours: What of that? We q
into London tower and look at the crown
Jewels Of England. but we are ina procession
that the guards keep moving on. and fiv.
minutes o. less are your CEly opport unity o
ROCKING at those crown Jewels. bat at th'
crown jewels bestarred Of the frost III park,
and fields you may stand tolook deliberately
and for hours. and no oneto tell you to NOV.
on.
Oh. these regalias and dia1ems Of hcaut,
flung out of heaven. KINGS and queens OF
celehratlve days have come riding through
the streets throwing handouts Of silver an,
gold among the people. but the queen Of til
winter morning is the only queen ricn enough
10 throw pearls. and the hing Of frost tn,
only king rich enough to throw op4i4 an
~apphires and diamonds. Homer describe.
Il necklace Of amber gwen II Penelope, lu
the frost necklaces a continent. Tn carcane
Of precious stones given to Harmonic Ia.
plnlonS OF orange Jasper AMI white moon
stone and Indian agate. but it was i misfor
tune to any one who owned or inherited il
: and It's history generation after s,ppnr4ti1p