Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-12

call them and their works great lights;
and their authors. being dead. yet speak.
Their works are their mirrors.
Arts are but the expressions OF science
that is, it's means Of grace; means Of
communication from soul TO soul The
poet, the painter. the sculptor. the archi-
toct. the engineer, pour out or embody
their minds and hearts I'm their several
arts. one uses words. another colors, an
other buildings. another structures, or
machinery. SO. they express themselves.
kndle emotions like their own In kindred
Souls. or accomplish their purposes, and
exercise their powers. and put power IN
the hands Of others. and perpetuate their
bcnefccnce.
All creation bespeaks the wonderful
Intelligence and wisdom Of the great Gre
ator; CLEANS with the presence Of the Di-
vine Mind and glows with His love. And
the design that pervades and character
ICES and controls uses the material the
things Of sense, through the senses, to
quicken. 10 enlighten. to lift heavenward
the heart and mind. the divine and I'm
mortal part Of our being.
The works and ways OF Nature, as we
call them. are but the hardiwork and
power OF God warm with His presence,
4lDldNlE
bling and roaring and shuddering under
His control as He breathes upon. or
gently moves the flower. drives the storm
clouds. rolls the pillows, or thunders in
the heavens.
But the Almighty does not mean that
we shall merely gaze with simple adml-
ration at the pretty things that He mas
profusely scattered around ana ABOUT
ms or stand awe-struck by the wonders
OF His might, or wander idly IKE catte,
over this beautiful earth. All Ills WORKS
praise Him. And our souls are meant
like little mirrors, clearly brightly, sym
patheticaIy intelligently, lovingly to
i've hack His loving tones and appeals,
and expressions.
within the little scope OF our intelli-
gence we see things closely associated,
ar following one another unfallngy;
events that seem TO mark a path: And
v.o nronound the ways and laws OF God.
we announce the law, and we point TO
the course Of nature as our Illustrations.
Recause the one follows the other IN
variably. we take the one as the cause or
the other We use the cause and the
effect follows and we count ourselves
masters. Rerum cognoscere causas Is the
essence Of learning Tie energzng pow
or the great first cause Of all causes, the
energizing power Of all law, We overlook.
The ways and laws OF God, causes as
they are established and energized by
Him. it is our wisdom to know, our hap
piness to conform to; our perfection in
all our being. to illustrate.
! The glory OF God is to conceal thing
the honor of the king is to find out
matter. The honor Of the greatest and
wisest OF our race has been to discover
and unfold the laws and ways of God
and TO apply them in using the crude
| material of the earth for our comfort
and well-belng. The mind and energy or
| our race have been enlightened and en-
| larged i'm following the footsteps and in
dications of God, I'm discovering and dis
playing the secrets of His wisdom. So
| the highways Of loyal science have point
| ed Heavenward: in seeking the lace OF
| God. in the expansion OF our souls To-
wards His likeness. His ways are plea
santness; His paths peace, and beauty
and glory.
Finding out the ways Of God by dill
/ gent, but reverent, search, and meekly,
! but earnestly, following, we walk with
! Him: we are I'm harmony with the whole
( system Of things; we are in league with
! the stories of the field, the beasts OF the
! field are at peace with us.
! All these are the pleasing studies and
meditatious Of science. When all men
| know all the laws Of Nature and keep
] them faithfully we have the grand re-
subtitle reign OF law. II Is all vision
arv. maybe. but beautifully visionary.
ana we all work towards it. The grand
discovery and triumph OF human science
! IS the discovery OF all laws and the ope-
| ration of all causes. So man proposes
10 occupy his throne as lord of creation:
! the son Of God. In this way truth springs
] out OF the earth and righteousness comes
down from Heaven, and mans divineness
/ is 10 be established.
What a pictured Man studying the
works Of Nature. and with all his divine
powers exploring them, That he may nnd
/ out the ways and workings OF the mind
| and heart OF Godi How shall we com
pare with this the mightiest engines and
| energies delying for gold and silver and
precious stones! And how shall we com
! nara the rich man with the wise onei
/ These are pleasant thoughts. And yet
! science knOv,ledge-h not made man
divine. 1t has made him highly value his
own powers. but. unhallowed, it has made
| him forget his allegiance 10 the King oil
! Kings. And studies Of God In the mate
rial world have not revealed Him. knowl-
| edge and mower. sought selhshly, have in
! tensfed selfshness. And man uhalueu
has fioundered along. His lgnt mas peel
pbosphorescent mortality
! BEFORE the Christian era the groupings
and searchings of man for high and orlsi
nal manhood were confusion and failure
The age of Augustus was brilliant spleh-
ala savagery. Neither material nor I'M
material neither earth nor Heaven, MOI
humanity. revealed the soul, the mind
and heart of Cod And the written and
revealed laws Of God for man were with.
ont illustrations TO make them plain and
Ineligible and appreciate. The divine
man was law and Illustration. lie was
the word of God: the manifestation IN
mans body. with mans senses, emotions
and passions. Of the very being or God,
His walk and conversation were laws and
Illustrations; His life was the light oil
| men. -, ,.o.-t,.
our day is craving more than doctrine
ana dogma and precept and reason ana
law. II is demanding that the lie OF th9
Christian shall be the manifestation ana
Illustration of the law Of Love; in whicni
little word is briefly comprehended al
law and life. because it IS the very ma
tlre of God: For God is Love
NrutT MAKES 1T FAMOUS.