The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
rms the conference ended and II


into loud hosannas of praise as the doors
came forth All. we cannot know the
brightness and glory Of that coming.
we cannot realize the splendor Of that
scene, but some day when our feet shall
tread the courts of Heaven, when our
eyes shall behold its beauties, and our
ears drink in the music of the angel
ehoirs. then we shall know.
The sun has set his signals in the east
ern sky announcing the coming of an
other day. With the first gray glimmer-
ings Of light, the birds are astir. and their
glad songs as they rise to greet the COM
ing sun have filled the air and aWak-
ened to consciousness Adam and fair
Eve. 1t is their first morning. The
freshness in the air, the stir OF Nature
all about, the first faint glimmerings of
light dancing on the walls Of their leafy
bower, bring new thoughts and expert
ences to them. What charm has the
early morningt Nature is ever new and
fresh at that hour. Those who have
gloried in numberless mornings, and
have come to know Nature well in her
varying moods and lenses, know full
well how she never disappoInts the one
who seeks for some new wonder, some
fresh experience, some rarer beauty.
Though we have seen thousands upon
thousands Of early morning splendors,
and heard the voices that burst forth in
glad rejoicings at that time, still we
know how Nature greets us with fresh
surprises and brings us deeper joys each
time as we awaken and go forth while
yet the sun is busy behind the horizon
splashing the eastern sky with his golden
and crimson colorings. And with what
charmed ear and fascinated eye must
this happy pair have listened and looked
as Nature first unfolded her rare and
beautiful treasures before them. The
mystery of the vanishing sun which
they had seen for the first time disap-
pear in the west, the night before, and
the gathering darkness, if it had troubled
them, must have been forgotten in the
presence of that early morning splendor
in the Garden. Together they watch tho
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They see first the streaks of gray light
reach up into the heavens like the fin
gers Of an outstretched hand seeking to
push back the lingering darkness. They
marvel as they see the faint gray lines
change to crimson mingled with flashes
of gold, and then, as the great blazing
sun bursts into view, their wonder gives
place to great rejoicing.
1T was but yester night that we saw
the sun disappearing just as the Lord
and His Heavenly host were leaving US, ;"
exclaimed Eve, with new expectancy
and hope in her voice, "and surely the
coming ofthe sun again will mark the re-
turn to US Of Him who is our Creator and
Lord
Hardly had she ceased speaking, and
before her husband could frame the
words to express the thoughts that were
flooding his heart, when there burst upon
their ears a new and glorious sound.
1t was not the songs of the birds,
it was not the music of the rip
ping, splashing waters. It was tI1s
harmony of multitude of voices
lifted in praise of Him about Whom
they had just been speaking and
Who had been felt as a conscious pres
ence all through the night. Down the
shafts Of light which came from the
cleaning sun foated the Heavenly host,
and they came to rest in the Garden near
the place where Adam and Eve were
Reverently the man and his wife bowed
themselves to the ground and listened
while the angel choir finished their an
them of praise, recounting the wonders
of the creative days and rising in volume
and harmony until in one grand burst of
melody the story of mans advent was
told. In the impressive silence which
followed, the hearts of the Worshfping
pair were prepared for the message Of
the Son, who now advanced and touched
them on their bowed heads and babe
them rise.
Thou hast just heard the story of erea.
ton as rehearsed by the angels in their
song. Six days did the Father and the
Son and Holy Spirit labor in bringing
these wonders to pass, and this the sew
enth day-the first which you have.
seen begin in all its beauty-it is
the purpose and will of the Father
to bless and sanetify. Every seventh
day hereafter you shall observe as a
holy day. It shall be a sign between you
and God, that you may know that am
the Lord that made and sanetified you
This day is set apart for your physical
and spiritual good. On this seventh day
the Lord has rested from His creative
work, and SO shall you rest each seventh
lay after your busy week of toll It is
fitting that this beginning Of days to
Tou should be set apart for the worship
and service Of your Cod The Son
ceased speaking and the man and wom-
an bowed themselves and pressed the
hem of His clustering white garment to
their lips as sign of alteration and sub
and as they did so, again the
angels lifted their voices in praise.
4 Thus began a day of sweet and rest
Jul fellowship with God and His angels.
The man and his wife learned their first
songs of praise from voices that had
been trained in Heaven. All through the
leat Of the day they rested in quiet Sc
fusion, intent in their hearts on the
thought of God and trying to understand
Ill the wonderful things that had come
% pass, and in the cool of the evening
1our while the sun was dropping to rest
hey walked through the lovely Garden
paths with the Lord as their Companion
md Teacher And as the Son and the