The Newtown bee., 1906-03-09

and His power! The barbarian, whose life is dark, cramped, cruel, who knows only body, only cold or heat, fatigue, hunger, lust, even he is under the con- SJant dread of offending the Creator, under the consciousness that he must render homage to Him. The man of the present day, with present-day lnclinationS, goes along year in, year out, seeking his own, selfish, hard, un- charitable, vicious, debauched, yet he in the hour of danger, in storm at sea or upon bed of pain. he immed- ately attempts to approach God with applications for mercy. Like the savage his whole personality IS under the conviction of d divine lOrdShip and guidance, his thoughts always acknOW- ledge God though his life is vile; therefore sin cringes in fear before him who requires worship of all. The righteous man growing in knowledge, being perfected in symmetry,
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 and all that surrounds it, he is under the persuasion of reSiStleSS force Every yLhlng he sees, hears, feels, speaks of eternity, and every object or being becomes d temple through which or in winch he must worship! He looks upward-there is the blue sky, blue be- cause man cannot see far even through air, arched like the dome of great cathedral, arched because mans vlSlOn i is short: he cannot see beyond, but he knows there is One beyond, and so he worshipS and is inspired as he looks at the many tintS of that magnificent canopy, with it's dreamy snow-white | hyy| ffo h.,SN ,fr,l ,fspr1 l,v night. He looks at his feet-what a great ball of earth is this world; how cold, how silent. how lifelesS, yet how warm, fertile, and full of life!-it moves in mysterious ways according to million laws, ministerinK to every condition of stability, growth, comfort. 1 a it are treasures untold and yet un- known, and stored away in it's rocks and dust are also the secret of all past ages Each layer, as we go down toward the center, is like leaf in a book, chapter in history, represent ing decade of ages. The shells, fos- and how. We can read then in this old earth the history of progress and change for millions of years-when and how vegetation began, what animals existed long ago, and at about what time, and how man came to be. This earth, therefore, is one of Gods spell ing books, reader, a work of science, history, philosophy. How marvellous is not His wisdom as we read it in even StOne-what history behind each stone, how beautiful it's texture! How infinite the resource of One who could fashion of clay human body (clay in reality, not by way of figure of speech, for human body decayed is handful if fNvIN t1< l~{ b. ~( FrpI ot dust body so complex, so nicely adapted to hundred thousand differ ent laws and different funcJions. And then this body of ours contains mys- terious power. We are a union of mystery with matter which is also my ySteriOuS. We can walk, talk, sleep, feel, think, aspire: we know and we dU not know, we are hampered and yet unhampered: we are after ail like Him who created us, of infinite nature not to be contained by body, not even by this world.
 Who will not then worship as he looks at the earth, with all it's treas ures, with all it's wonders, it's great mysteries?
 WE STAND IN AWE BEFORE THE WORKS of His fingers, we halt dumbfounded as we leel HIS presence In us. HIS wisdom is evident, His power convinc- ing, and through the influence of His ever r-present spirit we are made to be assured, made to know the way of life. Who then will not worship in this temple made by infinite hands! Who then will not bow down and render homage to his Creator and his suS- tainer. These fields, forests and mOun- tainS are more beautiful than painted windows or frescOed ceiling: these riv- CTS and brooks sing a more divine mel ody than do our organs; these bodies of ours are Gods holy places!
 Those who are not moved by music have failed of an appreciation Of xreater harmony running through the whole universe. Those who do not see in scenery suggestion and beckon- ing towards the future are not able therefore to take far-away-look nor