The record-union., 1896-11-22
SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS
BY MEMO.
(Copyrig ghted.)

Whom a thousand years are as q day.
We epnemeraI, vanishing creatures bow
before Thee in quiet, humble thanks.
FOR nmmeaSurable space. so extensive
that the most cunning devices of men
turn us back defeated from all attempts
70 set Its bounds; for the weight of our
| world and of all the other wondrous,
unsupported, circling bodies, SO pond
erous that the human mind reels in
| computation, We thank Thee, Thou who
art power
For the accurate movement of each
star revolving in it's orbit with pre-
cision indescribable; for the visible
voice of the heavens. our perennial
time-piece; for the inclination of the
axis of our world, so cunningly devised
to give comfort and advantage in the
changing seasons and broadened area
OF hapitation, We thank Thee, Thou
who art order.
Oh. Thou Mechanic of the infinitesi-
NAL, we who are not the least of all
Thy creatures enter Thy presence with
praise.
For the perfect detail in the short
lived snat, dancing in the light of
the dying day; for the structural adap-
tation of those creatures that escape
our vision save as the eyes are aided by
the microscope; for the pervasiveness
Of life. things even that die being the
sustainers Of things that live; for the
| evasiveness of life. SO that after all re-
search we give up foiled in every at
tempt to find a natural origin for life
in the tiniest atom; for all these things
We thank Thee, Thou who art life
For orr own bo1iaS SooraI ba,a,ca
they are Thy handiwork SO brief In
| their endurance and yet so potential
because of the blessing or sorrow we
pass to those who come after us; for
our brains and their power to set us
ON the apex of all living things; for
thought and its products in solid form
that are seen in every direction; for the
challenge to effort that comes from the
elusive secrets of nature; for the power
to conquer and transform this inert
world beneath our feet, We thank Thee,
Thou who art supreme intelligence.
Oh, thou Mind of the universe, we who
detect in ourselves free will and an in
dividual consciousness that separates us
from the beasts and give Us a sense of
kinship with Thee, approach Thee with
assurance.
For the protest of the human mind
against the claim of any human knowl-
edge to be final and complete: for all
honest doubt that drives us steadily for
ward to clearer comprehension; for the
great scientists who have helped to
shake the dead lhusk from creeds and
opened the eyes of their makers and
preachers to a fuller religion, wherein
the unity and comprehensiveness of
Thy plan for onward movement, both
in nature and in revelation, are more
fully recognized, We thank Thee, Thou
who art not far from any one of us.
For all passing away of forms and Ger
emonies; for the universal execration of
hollow Pharisaism, for the growing un-
derstanding that sanctity is never more
TO be measured by mere attendance at
worship; for the spiritual and material
progress of the race; for Thy stately
stepping in human history, making life
seem no longer a thing of chance but
the possible opening notes of a grand
eternal symphony, we thank Thee,
Thou who dwellest not in temples made
with hands.
For all sorrows that break down our
aff1iction that destroys the dross and
makes of the residue a golden chalice
for bearing solace to our fellows; for all
agony that touches us with the feeling
of others infirn1ities; we thank Thee,
though Thou affiict us sore, bending over
us as tryer and refiner of precious
things.
For all great disasters that electrify
us with the feeling of brotherhood to all
men; for famines and pestilences that
turn us for the time from the rakingS
OF selfishness to the works of sympathy;
for sudden death and its warnings that
our own time is limited we thank Thee
Thou who hottest the fall of the spar
row.
For all children thought of with love
before birth, nourished with tender joy
and welcomed to the world with holy
purpose; for all mothers who compre-
hend the far-reaching influence of mar
riage; for all fathers who keep their
bodies consecrate; for the growing feel
ing that the family life is a sacred and
fateful function; we thank Thee, Thou
who art Love.
For all maiden women who with
hearts of flesh sanctified to humanity
seek wider family than home can give
and go forth to cherish the sick, the
bereft, the orphan; for all the helpful
ministrations of those full of divine
self-denial who bury their sorrow to
turn a sunshine face to the world, we
thank Thee, Thou satisfier of hearts
that yearn to be filled.
For the great Teacher, the Emanci-
pator Of mind the Founder, the Center,
the Secret of all that is lovely and of
good report in our later civilization; for
the Moral Monarch, the Prince of peace
before whose mild might the paganisms
of Rome and of Greece shivered into
fragments; for Him whose power is not
shortened to tame the heart of fire. till
the lion within us lieth down with the
lamb, we thank Thee, who hast made
Thyself comprehensive to us in human
form.
We bow in wondering awe before
Thee, apparent in these Thy works both
great and small, save to the fool.
blinded, deaf and unresponsive. Thou
spiritual embodiment of power. order,
life, intelligence, love, hear the breath
ings of our hearts as we sink into ST.
1ence before Thee Our voices die with
in us. Sustain us till we step upward
from this dim, mysterious sojourning
place into the light.
The jack-rabbit belongs to five spe-
cies of lepus which are spread over
Western America from the plains Of
Saskatchewan to Mexico.