The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-24
THE EARrH I'VE LIVE ON.

Persons unaccustomed to study the
never look deeper into the nature of
the vegetables and fruit they eat than
the taste Of their juices are not sup
posed to become inspired over a beau
tiful landscape and the actual rela-
and vegetable kingdoms. Such people
imagine that the earth Is a solid, or fix
ed mass of land and water placed in
the midst of vast and countless num-
Der of other planets, still more produc-
tive than this, and all content to eat,
drink and sleep without making any eff
fort to investigate the laws that gov
ern seed time and harvest and what
those laws demand to make men well
and strong to cultivate the land.
All nations in seed time and autumn
tell them that the sun, moon and stars
revolved round the earth every TWEEN
ty-four hours till the whole universe
changes from one side to the other, and
petual motion, and they will appear as
tonished and want to know "How peo-
pie know this as the stars were good
distance off," A philosopher might
make them understand it all. Common
men would become discouraged before
the facts became fixed in their minds
as abiding truths. Yet the whole ma
terial universe revolves like the earth
in twentyfour hours and conveys to
the human mind an idea of the force
required to keep in operation the i'm
mense number of worlds larger than
ours and revolving around it with a
great velocity which no mind can
measure, no thought analyze and when
the facts become clear that the earth is
not the center of the universe, only
one simple quiescent body holding it's
own place in the midst of other plan
cts, the smallest of them all. We can
imagine the power of One who created
them all, and no longer wonder that
His throne is invisible and and 1nortals
may try in vain to diminish His glory,
or weaken the attributes of His wis
dom. The idea of limiting the extent
of such a diety's power, or combining
His mercy to the creeds of one church
seems like dipping the ocean dry with
a small measure knowledge of the
earth and the kingdoms of nature may
magnify His omnipotence His grand
intelligence and sublime power, but
cannot limit it to the capacity of HUI
| man comprehension. The attempt to
do so would be superf1uous, and
| most preposterous idea, and not at all
attainable. Science teaches us many
| useful lessons, and one of them is, that
other planets do not revolve round the
earth. But that the earth itself has
rotation. and like other planets, it
moves in it's own orbit, causing day
and night alternately and the ancient
! astrologists were wrong In their theory
| that the stars revolved around our
| comparatively small earth, making it
the center Of the universe. The chang
ing seasons denote universal law, and
each planet is obedient to that law.
Any other theory displays ignorance,
and lack Of appreciation Of creative
| force
| The whole system Of the universe is
| wonderful illustration of the infinite
will reviewed in it's true light The
| subject makes wise men appear child
| ish in knowledge and understanding.
| But when considered as the largest
planet in the universe, narrows our
| true conception of the Diety and over
| shadows the light which illuminates
| the beauty of creation, breaks up the
! admirable harmony of the laws by
which the earth is governed, as we'll
as the controlling power which keep all
worlds in motion. Natural law was
established by mind so supreme in
| power that all things seem unworthy
| of One Divine thought. How tenderly
| the lilies of the field are guarded. How
| abundantly fed through chemical ac-
4 ton of sunshine and rain, and the ma
| terial substances of the soil. mot a
| sparrow falleth to the ground unnotic-
| ed,'' so declared one who knew the ex-
tent of infinite love and protection.
Science combined with study and OBJ
servation has demonstrated that the
| earth and it's productions are control
| led by natural law. Science has devel-
| oped the combined substances which
| go to make up the fruitful soil, and
| has thrown brilliant rays of celestial
1 light upon the source of all life and
| vegetation, as well as the human and
animal organisms, and given human
| ity the power through intelligence to
| illustrate the hidden pathways to all
| kingdoms and lie has given some of
| His people the knowledge required by
them to open avenues of wisdom by
which humanity has penetrated to the
Holy of Holes where the creative
forces do lie in nature, and is still
stimulating scientific researches to still
more vigorous investigation into the
| heart of natures kingdom, where the
grand mysteries connected with min
eral and electric treasures are still bur-
led and kept invisible.
The agriculturalists have crearer idea
of nature than any other class of peo-
pie. They are in communion with the
soil and it's production and have many
opportunities for the great discoveries
which other scientists search for In
| vain. BY means of the solar lights
which illuminate earth's darkest
places the farmer may see the diversi-
4 fed beauty and sublimity of nature
from all points and can admire the
mountains and the valleys, the woods,
fields and plains. He can stand and