The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-03

One who had prepared ail this, who ilau
thought II out and planned 1T by HIS
wisdom and understanding
Everything from the highest to the
lowest was OF use. The ir trees were
dwelling for the stork; tho stony rocks
were q refuge FOR the wild goats-every-
where there was use and bounty, food
and life. shelter and happiness, given 10
man and beast.
And on all sides he saw beauty, IN
shapes aud colors and sounds, which gave
him pleasure deep ana strange-lo knew
not why. God seemed to him TO densht
IN His own works us painter III
picture lie has drawn, or MS gardener
In the flowers lie has planted.
But then, beneath oil and beyond nll,
there came TO him another question
What Is life?
The artist paints his picture, but IT
has no life. The mechanic makes his
machine, and, though, 1t moves and works,
It has no life. Tho gardcner-he can only
SOW the apparently dead seeds, and, II
his flowers have life, lie has not given 1t
to theni
WHO Is He that glveth to those seeds
q body, and ITO every seed Its own
body" its own growth Of leaf and form
and color? God alone. And what is
that lifc which He gives? Who can tell2
What Is life2 What is 1t that changes
the seed into flower, the egg into O
blrd2 1t is not the seed itself, nor the
egg itself. You may look for 1t with
all tho microscopes In the world, but
you will not find It, Nothing Gun be
found by the eye Of mortal man to uc-$
count for the growth ana lifc of any
created thing
And what Is death? w hat does the
live thing lose when 1t loses life! This
moment the bird was alive; n tiny pellet
shot went through its brain, and now
its life is gone-but what is lost? 1t is
Just the same size, shape, color It
weighs exactly the Same 1t did when 1t
was alive What is that thing, not to be
seen or touched, weighed, described or
understood, which 1t has lost; and which
we call life? s5
y lhuI OSSPd lIAo StA1LiSs
had an answer whispered to him, q hint
only, and, as it were. in parable Life
is the breath OF God 1t Is the Spirit
Of God--that Spirit which moved upon
the face Of the waters in the creation
dawn, and Who is still the Lord and
given Of life. When He takes away that
breath, they die and are turned again
to their dust When He let's His breath
go forth again, they are made. and thus
He renews the face of the earth.
That Spirit OF God is not the universe
itself. But He is working in all things,
giving them form and life. dividing to
each severally as He will. All their
beauty, their powers, their instincts,
their thoughts Tin all save brute matter
and dead dust)-from Him they come and
to Him they must return. All order, all
law, all force. oil usefulness come from
Him. He is the Lord and Giver Of Life.
in whom all things live and move and
have their being.
"a Let US, then. at oil times, and in all
places, and especially on this day, res
member that all we see or can sec Except
SIM, is the work OF the Holy Ghost, the
Spirit Of Cod. And remember. as we look
on the world around us. that 1t is what
the Psalmlst saw It to be-a sacred place,
full of Gods works and anlma ted by His
presence, shaped, quickened and guided
by the Spirit of God, the Lord and Giver
OF Life.
20 Lord, how manifold are Thy works!
In wisdom hast Thou made them ALL"
1t must be borne in mind that the
Immunity bath to which the packers
we're treated some time ago did not in
clude their brands. of pottcd meat.
II -------.---
There Is some ground for believing that
the Presidents position just now is to
keep the public mind off the little matter
OF tho ratio bill.
In these exciting invcstlgatory days,
what possible show has Guatemaan
revolution with the telegraph editor?
senator smoot will have the distinc-
ton, however, OF leaving the Senate
without having been called q liar.
It's the same old concern that main
tanned that United States soldiers should
thrive on ombalmed beef
Z 80, Sal .
The whole question, after<all. Is simply
as to what kind Of steer the packers have
been handing US.