The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-08

The rsths inside that little home rs;di-
ate from the door With IS complete ar
range nent SIS ever :be bou!evar3s Of a
oi:v raidiated from a iriuDpAa! arch or
q fgowercd circle. And VIXEN they
march they keep perfect order: moving
ia straight l,Qes, turning cut f,r Gcth
ing II q timber lie in the way, the7
CLIMB ovsr;s. IF there be house or barn
in the way, they match through it. Or
der in architectural structure, order
in government, order cf move m ant, or.
der Of expedition. So let Us all observe
this Gtd appointed rule sni take salts.
faction 10 the fsct that thints ars not st
loose ends in this world. II there is a
divine regulation in colony or republic
Of insects, IS there not a divine reguls-
ton in the Ives of immortal nen and
women?
Il God csrss for the least Of his
creatures and 81 WIS them how to pro
vide their mea. in the summer and
gather their food in tie harvest. will he
not be interested IN matter, Of human
livelihood and in the suidauce Of hu
man Affairs? | preach the doctrine Of a
particular providence. 'Are not two
spsrcows sold for farthing, and yet
not one Of them is forgotten befora
Go3? Are ye not Of more va'ue than
many sps-r,ws?' Let there be ord :
in OFT Individual lives, order ia the
family, ord in the church, order in
the state. In 81! the world there is no
room for suarchy.
BIT sc live IN Zines when there are
So many cla:hings. Taerc seems al
mes universal unrest. Large fortunes
swallow up tm,ll fortunes. Civ:lizs
nations trying 20 gobbls up bar5aric
nations u 3hssval Of creeds and people
who once believed everything now be.
lisving nothing: The old book that
Moses began and s.. J ,hn ended bonn
bsTded from scisntif, obscrvatories
and college classroons. Amid all this
disturbance and uncertainty thst which
many coed Ieap'en n eds not stimulus,
bus ssdatlvs, aud in my tex l fad
it-divine observation and guidance Of
minutest affairs. And nothing is to
God lsrge or small-planet or ant hill
the God who easily made the worlds
employing his indnity in the wond1ous
cops'1uction of spiders foot.
B fore We leave this SUBJECT let us
thank God for those Who were willing to
endure tie fatig1es and self sacrifices
necessary to make revelation, Of the
natural world. 50 re- enforcing toe
Scriptures. If the microscope could
speak, what story it could tell Of
hardship and proverty aud suffering
and perseverance, on the part Cf those
Who employed it for important dis
covery! It would tell Of the blinded
eyes Of NJ. Strauss, Of the Hlbsrs aad
Of scores Of those who, after irs pecting
the minute objects Of Gods creation,
staggered cut from their cabinets With
vision destroyed. This hour is na1y a
professors study the work of putting
eyesight on the altar Of science is goiD g
on. And what greater loss can one
suf.r than the loss Of eyesight unless
De less of reason? While the tele-
scope is reaching farther up and the
mi. croscope is reaching farther down,
both are ex,laimirg: There is Gtd
and he is infinitely wise and infinitely
good! Worship snd worship him fer.
eVe1!'
And now I bethiIk m7aelf Of the fact
that ne are close TO q season Of the
year which will allow Us to be mora out
of doors and to confront the lessons Of
the natural world, aud there are voices
that seems to say. Go to the ant; go to
the bird, 50 to the flowers; go to the
field; 90 to the waters" Lissen to the
captatas that drop from the gsllery Of
he tree tops. No i,e in the path where
you walk the lessons of in dustry and
divine guidance. Make natural religion
commentary on revealed religion. Put
the glow Of sunrise and sunset into
yonr spiritual experience. Let every
star speak Of the morning star Of the
Redeemgr, and every arom .tic bloom
make you think of him who is the R s,
of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley,
snd every overhanging cliff remind you
Of tic Rock Of Ages, aud every morn
ing suggets the ''dsyspring from on
nigh, which givetb light 10 those who
are in dark less," and even the little
hillock built BY the roadside or in the
fields reminds you Of the wisdom Of imi
tsting in temporsl and spiritual things
the insectile forethought, which hav-
ing no guide, oversser or ruler, pro-
videth Ter meat in the summer and
gsthersth her food in the harvest"