Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-05-20
Thoughts in Il Field.

Who indeed, that mas ever epJoycu tnc
sweet consolation and calm of rural home.
could doubt the existence of Godp
What pastoral and idyllc beauty we find
lust now, roaming over the hills and mead
Ows!
Today, while strolling In the woodland
and picking and observing leaves. l found
no two alike and thought how obvious is
the idea of God in nature. He invites every
difference with unity, and always brings to-
gcthcr a large array of various elements
around some central purpose.
The great universe, our solar system, our
earth, or any large prospect on its surface;
or, if we specify particular objects, we may
say that q tree, bird, plant, al animal or
above all, human body, manifests wonder
full diversity of parts, in unity of aim.
There are no two existing things that are
exactly alike They may b. so nearly that
the human eye can discern no perceptible
difference.
The universe of worlds, the stars in the
armament glttering like dew drops in the
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which we love to repose during Our mid.
summer reveries, the birds that amuse us
with their singing during those reveries, the
plants and flowers that add beauty to our
surroundings, in fact, every existing and
animate thing, usually bears u marked
! resemblance to those Of its own species or
kind.
A large meadow of clover probably affords
one of the best fields in which to search for
things the exact counterpart of each other,
firing of my ramble III the woodland l
walked to the clover field and was rewarded
for my search by finding and becoming the
nossessor of that charm at one time believed
| to be so potent against witches, that knights
! of old wore it as talsn!an against their
arts, that "open scasame" OF cupld's citadel
the the four leaved clover.
Science demands power outside OF its
laws to account for the universe. l attribute
to this fact the reason why, after patient and
continued search among the archives OF DO.
tannical lore, l have been unable to ascer.
tain the cause that could possibly make n
single stem so far depart from the form of
its fellow creatures, as to unfold in growth
four leaves, when the rest OF its kind are tri.
foliate in nature
That which departs from the general order
of its kind and that which we cannot under
stand, is wonderful and also mysterious, for
the gre at architect of the universe, God,
"Moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform"
He that calleth all things into being hath
permitted many to remain mysteries; these
classed with the supernatural, mankind has
endowed with potent powers.
The four leaved clover, like other mvster-
les, hath It's magic. Who hath not heard of
the legend attached to this uncommon
growth of the trefoil?
To its posscssor more fortunate than his
fcllo VS. it is very "Aladdin's Lamp" en-.
aiding him to have to be and to do, whatso
ever he will. The trefoi hath its mission to
prove to all mankind its mission of three in
one.
There are three great principles; life, gen
Grafton and obedience, shadowinG in every
creature, the Spirit, the Father and the Son
Thou hast within thyself body, life and
mind the will, the doing and the coed COM
bine to form fact the stem, the leaf, the
flower; beginning, middle and end, and every
three are one.
Shall all things else, the four,leaved clover
with the rest, be mystery and God alone be
understood?
Shall finite fathom intinity?
Shall man comprehend his Maker being
yet riddle to himself?
No! Be content, Thine eye cannot see
all sides of cube at once, nor the mind In
the sefsame moment follow two ideas
Therefore, let not the concct of intellect hin
der thee from worshipping mystery.
AS turned my face homeward and med
itatcd upon my bunch Of clover leaves, anC
rareness of the four. lcaved one, | likeneC
mankind in general to the trefoil, and those
of greater minds to the tour leaved clover.