The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-21

for he, oh too often, is Indifferent 70
His voice The voice of the Son speeds
forth to the uttermost bounds OF space,
and the moving Spirit of God operates
nightly upon the waters and separates
one body from another. And this
armament the Son called Heaven, ana
the return of the Holy Spirit, and the
bursting song of the angels marked
the close of the second of the creation
days
The third day brought the dry LAND,
the springing grass and herbs, and the
spreading, fruit-laden trees. The fourth
day added its wonders of starry heaV-
ems and the sun and moon: the NTH
days its living creatures IN the al
above the earth and in the waters
upon the earth, and the sixth day was
marked by the cattle and the creeping
things and the beasts of the earth IS
suing forth from the creative hands OF
the Son. Each day brought new glory
and honor to the Father Who had
planned. and the Son and the Holy Ghost
Who had wrought out the Divine VIII.
Each day brought new wonder to the
angels as they oeheld all the mighty
works OF the Triune God, and each day
gave them inspiration for newer and
better song of praise.
And on this sixth day, with the earth
radiant in its verdant beauty and TEEN
ing with life, with the glorious heav-
ems stretching their encircling splendor
about the earth, and the newborn sun
shedding its light and warmth over all,
it seemed to the angels as they beheld
all these marvellous creations that
there remained nothing more to make
them complete. But they were not
Within the circle of the Fathers coHn-
sells; they did not realize that all this
was but preparatory and preliminary
to the last great act of creation. The
Son and the Holy Spirit had Withdrawn
to the Palace. A mysterious silence
fell upon the angelic hosts as they
waited and the Son tarried within.
spirit Of expectancy took possession OF
all Surely some great event was
pending, some marvellous climax was
approaching.
Suddenly the Palace flung wide its
doors and forth stepped the Son and
His inseparable companion. On the
threshold stood the Father and He
whispered, to the Son as He released
Him from His loving embrace: BE
sure that Thou make it according to
the pattern shown Thee.
The PROSTATE angels wondered what
it could be, but ere they had time 10
question, the Son called them to arise
and to go forth with Him. Forth from
the Realm of the Eternal and Almighty
One proceeded the glorious hosts and
journeyed until they came to the new
born earth. They looked and saw that
everything that had been created was
good. Amidst the charming beauty OF
fresh. young nature they all came to
rest and the Son spoke as follows:
1T is but fitting, oh, We angels, that
you should know the purpose of our
visit hitler. The eroWning glory OF
creation is yet to be realized. God
hath purposed within the counsels of
His own will to make man in His own
image, and place him here upon earth
that he may have dominion over it and
rule it in righteousness, even as the
Realm of the Eternal and Almighty
One is governed. It is His purpose that
His Spirit shall be in man, even as it
is in you, and sends you hitler and
thither in fuIfil1ment of His will But
there is to be one great essential diff
ference between you and this new crea-
ton, man. He is to be given the power
Of choice. He must choose whether
Gods Spirit shall rule his life, or
whether mans spirit snail usuep
the place Of God, while you are pure
and holy through the limitations which
God has placed upon you as Inhabitants
Of the Realm Of the Eternal and Al |
mighty One. All that this GROWING
act of the Fathers creative power
means it will take the events of the
ages to unfold
AS the Son finished speaking the an
gels again bowed low before Him in
loving. reverence, and they heard Him
say: Thou shalt tarry here while We
go yonder to perform the Fathers
will
Long it seemed to them they waited, |
but at last We're heard the footsteps OF
four walking in the garden and
the voice of the Son speaking His
blessing upon the man and his |
4ne1pmeet which had been formed
from the dust of the ground. BE
fruitful and multiply, and replen-
ish the earth, and subdue it; and have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the birds of the heavens. and over
every living thing that moyeth upon
the earth. Behold, / have given you
every herb yielding seed, which is
upon the face Of all the earth, and eY-
cry tree in which is the fruit of tree
yielding seed; to you it shall be for /
food, and 10 every beast of the earth, |
ard to every bird of the heavens, and |
to everything that ereepeth upon the
earth, wherein there is life, | have
given every green herb for food" And |
having again blessed them, the Son
and the Holy Ghost rejoined the walt |
ing angels and returned to the pres
ence of the Father, where the Son was
heard to speak of the man made in |