The Opelousas courier., 1893-01-21


qnest Of food When the cold modi-
ties and their summer comes on they
vacaie their houses and live under
tents while the SHOWS melt to some ex
tent and waters pour down from the
mounrain sides into the gorges and
dfeayy marshes.
When WE contrast our condition with
that of these people, should we not be
thankful that WI live in a mild and
temperate climate and upon generous
soil where everything we need ahounds
IN great protusion When the tra-
Weller goes TO that frigid latitude and
tells those people of our manifold ad-
vantages they listen with incredulity,
and cannot bc made to believe that any
people are more fortunate than they.
Thus it is that our heavenly Father ena-
hles all His creatures to be content and
happy, wherever found in all His Hni
verse.
January 10th.
It. is impossible for us to comprehend
the great plan of the universe, we have
done much to fathOm its mysteries and
to reach an understanding of itAf phe
nomena, and yet we know compare
lively little about it. The special form
nf the earth We believe to be the best
that infinite wisdom could have devils
ed for the habi!ation of living crea-
lures Light and heat, the circulation
of water without insuperable obstacles
in it's course and the freedom given to
the winds, are all promoted by the ro-
tundity of the earth. The succession
of day and night the changes of atmos-
nheric temper ature-of moisture and
dryuese are all secured to us by the
form of oar earth Sec how admirably
it is adapted to all our agricultural
purposes Were it harder or softer
they wurld be seriously obstrncted
Il is for Fed of different strata, contain
ing foSsrs, calcareous and other mat
ters. minerals aud metals. Deep down
There are beds of sand through which
th+. waters are filtered and running Oh
IT, thrf} subterranean course, finally
Ieap from their hidden channels and
bubble up on the surface purified and
made serviceable for man and all living
creatures. Sn that whether we look
at the ea.th's surface or contemplate
the wealth within its teeming bosom,
we see in the one as in the other the
fruits of infiniir wisdom and the works
of All almighty hard.
January goth
Apropns of "nt meditation upon the
works of God aud ,mong them, th"se
which concern our earth; let MS ex-
anime some of the texts of the scrip
lures in which he wisdom and pow eT
of our creator are mentioned. 1t will
suffice TO direct the reader to them
that he may take up his Bible and read
them from its sacred lids. From them
le will learn that Jehovah hath form
eA the earth 10y his power that he
hath established the earth by His wis
| dom and hath stretched out the heav-
ems h, his understanding"
job 81 ch. Ia v; Neh 9 ch. 5 Y.
Jrr 10 ch. ~ v; Gen. /, 3, 5, chaps.
Ps. IOI. | I vs.. Job 26 ch. 7-l4-2 vs.;
p "a. 26 v Ps, l04. 1914 vs.. ; Jot
9 CHI 40 VS.
How wonderful that He hath stretch
ed out the heavens over the chaos and
hong the earth upon nothing. "G"t
himself hath formed the earth ant
made it. and hath established it, Great
ed il not iu vain, he formed it to b
inhabtrd." How wonderful and wor
thy of our alteration.
January 2lst.
Nntbing is more wonderful than th
omation of the vocal organs, combin
ed with the effects resulting from it
Into our lungs we receive the nj
through tube called the trachea o
windpipe. This is formed chiefly o
eartilages nearly circular and unitet
hv an elastic membrane. A valve l
plared over the mouth of this tnb
Which is shnt while We eat and dfinI
and which opens to admit of air on ir
passage to the lungs. The air bein!
exnelIed through this tube into th'
lafynx with little force and theme
into the mouth, produces the voc
which il formed when the air is quick ].
exoelleti through the contracted glottls
into the larynx from which the sonn'
arises.
The great variety of sounds of whicl
the human voice is capable, is the ie
suit of the particular formation and th
different degrees of contraction an'
motion of the larynx, glottis &C., AM
the manner in which the air is expelle'
through their parts Speech consist
in tn. pronunciation of letters whc
as il Familiarity known are OF tw
ktndS, gowels and consonants. TIL
former are pronounced with the toneu
moving against any part of the mont
the latter require collision OF ~
tongue with some part OF the moutt
lips aud teeth. The eommunlcatin
betyeen the mouth and nostrls, facill
tates pronunciation and when this
obstructed we experience change
voice.
five analyze the effect or rather th
results which have followed speech, "
find we owe eur civilization and tt
diffusion If knowledge on all subject
! TO IT, Take one instance as an liini
tr,tiun. and it will suY.ce to impre'
th. idea. When God de ete:mined to r'
buke aud confound the impious bn'l'
ers of the tower of Babel, all that He al
,,ea,s to have found it necessary to d
vas to eonfound their language an
: render it unintelligible. As soou
: sl,at was done, the work ceased, ht
D eaise the builders couid no longer M
.Iarstand each other. The animals I
the forest appear to be awed, subdns
OF terrified By the sound of the hnmf
voiec. See. then. what power M
blessing it Is.
The only dead sure" certain