The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1896-12-19

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What are our departed friends wao found
4 their chief 10y in study doing low? Study
sssS,,r vet. but. Instead OF a few thousand vol
ssh ues on . few shelves. all the volumes OF the
ssyuniverss opsn before then-Secloslc, orHt-
tho:ocic. conch ,loy.c. botanic. astrouomic.
h nnilosophic. No more need OF Leyden jars
or voltaic piles or electric batteries. standing
as they do face to face with the facts OF the
universe.
What arc the historians doing now?
/! Studying history yet, but not the history OF
4 few centuries Of our planet only, but the
history OF the eternicies-waols nlIlen-
NUNS, before Xsaophen or Eerodotus or
! Moses or Adam was born. History Of ono
world, history OF all worlds. What are our
departel astronomers doing? Studying
astronomy VET, but not through the dull
lens OF earthly observatory. hut with one
stroke OF w:n, going eight out to Jupt'
ter and Mars aui Mercury and Saturn
and Orion aui the PleIades. overtaktnS
and passing the swiftest comet in their
fight. E.rsckel died . Christian. Have
YOU any doubt about what Hersehei is doing?
Isaac Newton diai a Christian. Have you
any doubt a5 5out what Isaac Newton is doing?
| Joseph Henry died q Christian. Have you
anv doubt about what Joseph Henry is do
| ing? They were in discussion. a. these as
| troaoEers Of Garth, about what the aurora
horealis was. aud none 0: them could guess.
They know now; they nave p.an OUT 1nele
to Sc. for themselves.
| Whar are our departed Christian chemists
doing! Following out their Owl! science, fol-
lowing ont AMI following out forever. Since
thew lied they have solved 10, 900 questions
which puzzled the earthly laboratory. They
stand oc the other side OF the THU wall Of
electricity-she thin wall that se-lns to di-
| vide tae physical from the spiritua! world:
the thin wall of electricity, so thin the wal!
that ever aad anon It seems TO be almost
broken throush-brokeo through nom one
side BY telephone aod telegrap2lo ap-
oaratus, broken through from the other
SIDE BY strange Influences which
men in their Ignorance call spirit
uallstie manifestations. Al. that matter
cleared up. They laughing at US as older
brothers will laugh at inexperienced orotn-
ers, rs they see US with contracted broTS eX-
perimentnc aud experimenting, only wish.
ing they could show Us the way to open all
the mysteries. Agassz standing amid his
student explorers down il Brazil. coming
| across some great novelty N the rocks, tax
Ing oR his has and saying: "Gentlenen. let
us prav. We must have divine illumination.
| We want wisdom from the Creator to study
these rocks. He made them. Let US pray
Agassiz going right OF with his studies for
ever ani forever.
But what are the men OF the law: who IN
this world found their chief Joy In the legal
profession what are they doing now! Study
ing law in universe where everything is
controlled by law from the flight OF hum
ming birds to flight OF world-!aw not dry
and hari and dcudsi0g, but righteous and
magnificent law. before which man aud
cherub and seraph and archangei and God
Himself bow; the chain o. law long enough
to wind around the innensities and inaaity
ana eternity. Chain OF law. What place
to study Law, where all the links Of the chain
i are in the hand!
,t ara >,~ dare.teS Christian friends