Milford chronicle., 1905-06-30

+ stretched my head above the clouds 81
] that l could see upon the other sid
5 Of the world could see the thrones o
/ the Caesars lift themselves and theE
! t0tter and fall. l heard the angels
? chant the song Of the Nativity above
I Bethlehem OF Judaea. have seer
Athens rise in her power and the Gre
clan sculptors and the poets wax and
wane and die. The old mound builders
used to pitch their wigwams at my
feet. Backward, still backward. into
time 1 go. Long before the coyote
call was heard among the hills or the
grizzly bear grOwled at the Indians
who afterward took their name I lived.
Though / have lived at least 5000
years in the past, 1 am living still
Furthermore, l viii cOntinue {" live
centuries upon centuries after 3our
voice has died away. I shall SPEAK
to your great-great-great-gre great
great-grandchildren as I am now speak
ing to you" Oh, yes, the old trees Of
Mariposa grove teach nothing If tll@y
do not preach to us the eternal pur-
! poses of God or of God working
through the centuries.
Thousand Years Nothing.
A thousand years in Gods sight are
but as yesterday, or as watch in the
night. II the trees Of MaripOsa grove
teach MS this, how much more must
the libraries Of rock among the shelves
Of Yosemite hills teach the same les
sons. We look with wOnderment upon
some Of tire vases or the household
pottery used by the American or Mex
lean abOfgines. You say, They were
heated in fires thousands Of years ago.
Yes, but have you ever stopped to think
when the fires were lighted by the /
hands of God which hardened yonder /
rocks? Have you ever stopped to /
reckon how odd must have been those /
pencils OF Ice which wrote yOnder I
chapters upon those hillsides and f.
which, millemiums ago, as glaciers,
polished those walls until today they
reflect the ligr1 of the rising sun as
FURNISHED mirraBs2 Can you see with
naked eye the star as a signal fire
burning ON the picket Line at the far
thermost outer edge of all stars2 Can
you, a3 mere baphazaTd guess, state
the direct distance between this earth
and thaa star? Can, you go up ABd up
in imagination until. you see The zenith
for a foOtstoOl and the nadir for a
bright jewel in your oOrOpsst.. Then, if
you. can. You may estimate how Long it
took God. in his etegnal purpose. to- pro
duee vOuder rocks and how long that
eternal purpose shall live afieT tine YO- {
semitic valley itself shall be eEenETted +
in the furnace of tha. eartlTs' last con {
aagration- II these rocks teach us shat q
thousands and millions OG Years in !
SOd's sightlare as but a se0OnH of time, q
10 You not. believe pEe' can trust to- his t
,are the few years we are upon Glis )
llanet?. Ii God caua use thH' ages for
may we not be. satisfied to :
ct him do with us az he will. for the s
,hOrt space of threcseOre gears and +
en-. which is mans slotted SPAN UpOn G
,arth? "G0d is spirit, infinite; eter- .
lal" Yes, the everlasting rogks Of YO- f
'emite Hrove'it These rocks shall echo
he judgmeht call I'M that day, when !
he angel shall stand with one foot
lpon the land and toe. other 10Ot upon J.
he sea, and. swear that time. shall be co.
10, longer. But while time. endWres,
verywhere in YOsemite;. NOII may ind, q
IS l did, Cad spealing. GIuli DleaAing p
iOd. drawing us to, his love;
And so Yosemite; beautiful Yosemite,
With snow capped hills and with sweet
cented valleys at thy feet. / wave
0 thee afsrewell4 Thou dhlst make of
ne a better man. Amid thy columns
was as 6iI mad walked with the Di-
ine Maker of the'uniKerse. at the dawn
creation By die luilabies Of thy
alling waters 1 slept to- dream Of the
iOd Of ms childhood. From thy mir
Ored pools; Il hava, seem there reflected
he misdeeds of my past life From
by trails Hhave learnsd that il is easy =
D follow the strait path liz y0u do not r.
)Ok down. but straight ahe0d in the Z;
lace where the pedestrian oRght to 60
Lappier have L 7irned bark to my OwnI
ONE and my oGui worR, a better maRsI
ecause. the Christ Of the NazarenaA
ills who welcomed. me among thy
eaks issto, continue. eO' be my guide anil
le lowlands. Farewell YOsemitA,.I
rand overpowerihG. crushing, vat
entle' and tander. Farewell, friaRdt:
lrewslli,
[C1lyriglits. 1905. by Daufs TSlopschsF