The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-03-11

TO hold, the knot must be we'll tied,
You know not what rough hands NAV
toss the bundle. II not properly put to-
gether, though 1t may leave your hands
In good order and symmetrical. before
II reaches fits proper destination Il NAV
be loosened in fragment, for the winds
TO scatter or the rail train to lose.
Now. l have 10 tell you that this bun.
die OF life is well put t~ogether-the
body. the mind, the soul. Who but III.
omnipotent God could bind such a Hmm.
die? Anatomists. phvsiologists nbv.I.
cists, logieians. metaphyslcians dscisr.
that we are fearfully and wonderfuIIv
made. That we are n bundle well nut
together I prove by the amount ~ iour.
neying we can endure uIthouta.mses
by the amount OF rough b.ndiIug va
can survive, by the fact that The vast
majority Of Us 70 through life witbout
The loss Of an eve. or the crlpnIjnv ~ /.
limb, or the destruction Of ! INCL. an.
ergy Of body or faculty OF mind. I sub.
poena for this trial that man IN wonder
view, 70 or 50 "a of age. and ,sk him
10 testify Thai a,ter mr. s.-m.--a
accidents and vicissitudes OF a long life
he Still keeps his five senses. and.
though all the lighthouses as old as he
is have been reconstructed or new lam
terms put in. he has in under his fore
head the same two lanterns with which
God started him, and. though the loco
motives Of co years ago were long ago
sold for old iron, he has the original
powers OF locomotion in the limbs with
which God started him, and. though all
me eieetnc wires that carried messages
20 years ago have been torn down, his
nerves bring messages from all parts of
ms body as well as when God strung
them 79years ago. Was there ever such
a complete bundle put together as the
human beingY What q factory What
an engine! What a mill racel What's
hehthousel What a locomotive! What
an electric battery! What a furnace!
Mhat a masterpiece Of the Lord God
Almighty! Or, to employ the anticli-
max and use the figure OF the text, what
a bundle!
Know also that this bundle OF life is
properly directed. Many q bundle has
missed its way and disappeared because
the address has dropped, and no one
can find by examination for what city
or town or neighborhood It was in
tended. All great carrying companies
have so many misdirected packages
that they appoint days of vendue to dis
pose Of them. All Intelligent peonI.
know the importance Of having a val
liable package plainly directed, the
anne of the one to whom IL is to 70
plainly written. Baggage master and
expressman ought 10 know at the first
glance TO whom TO take IL.
This bundle Of life that Abigail. in nv
text, speaks Of lie plainly addressed. By
Divine penmanship Il Is directed Heay-
onward. However long may be the
earthly distance IL travels. its destina-
ton Ia the eternal city Of God on high.
Every mile that Il goes away from that
direction is by some human or Internal
fraud praeticed against II, There are
those who put It on some other track.
who misplace Il In some wrong o-orv.v,
arce. who send Il on or soma n hsoL -
some diabolical MISCARRIAGE IN.
OF that bundle Is 40 we'll knourr al -
and down the upiver,e tho, ,h.r.
a million dishonest hand, wh,oh 80
trying 10 detaIu or divert 4, GO
ever stop its progress In tbs r,ch, IA
reetiou.
Every human beip1, s s.,.n.s
start. Within an bonr o,,ha ,ir.
this bundle OF life 1. mad nm
sault begins. First ~ ali ,her. $50.
.iufantlle disorders that ,Lrsa,an az
body Just launched unon ssr,L,v s~..
Scarlet feyers ana nrsnynortas
and diphtberias and inanapzs, and,h"
whole mack Of epldemics surronrd az
and threaten Its occunsr, snJ
Moses in the arb N hrIrr.has
not more Imn.r,Ied hx a. 49,.
sters Of the Nile than eyerv crsSIs 4.
imperiled by ailments ali devonr,r1
In after years there are foes within and
foes without, Evil annetite toInsd Nv
outside allurements. femptationS that
have utterly destroyed more people
than now inhablt the earth. Gambling
saloons and rummeries, and places
where dissoluteness relgns supreme,
enough in number 10 10 round ana
round the earth. Discouragements,
jeelousies, reyengeS, m~aleEolRnces, dis
appointments, Swindles, arsons, confA.
grstlops and eruelties which make con.