The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-04

most WOuueiiui SHulDb VI SoSPSi
restorati which is to be found III the
spider reproducing one of its broken
limbs injured in battle. 1t is the gos-
pei symbol which says, Though a man
has sinned seventy times sewerage,
though he may have sinned seven hun
dred times seven hundred and has
seemed TO smash all his earthly gospel
usefulness foreyer-yet by the grace of
God that sinner may be spiritually re-
created and do valiant service for the
Master before he dies"
A More Wonderful Fact.
Now, spider has marvellous power
of recreation in many ways. Wonder
full is the spiders ability to fix bro
ken web If on account of the rain
falling stone snaps some of the threads
and entangles them like a snarled mass
of Irvine, the spider waits patiently
until the storm Is over and fair wealth
err is at hand. The spider cannot af-
ford to w.j;:A any of her precious
thread, but she always has enough
thread to Go h = legitimate work. Like
always enough food for each day, but
not enough food for two days in the
one gathering, so as soon as the clear
weather comes the spider gets TO work
to repair the broken web, and one Of
the best signs of clear weather is the
activity of the spider at work. Won
derful also Is the cleanliness Of the
spider. When the winds sweep the
dust in great clouds over her web at
once she goes to house cleaning The
spidsssknows what good many house
wivesdo not know-that it is important
to keep herself clean as well as a clean
home With all her hideousness she is
as particular about her looks and as
neat as a kitten which is continually
washing the fur with her tongue as she
Durs by the kitchen stove, but more
wonderful than all is the spiders abili-
ty to reproduce an injured member of
her body If one of her legs is snapped
off in battle she Immediately proceeds
to grow another leg. The new leg may
not be as long and as strong as the lost
leg, but still 1t Is a leg and with it she
is able TO go on and live her life and do
her life work. oh, that men and wO-
men who have been wOrsted in the bat
tie of sin could realize that when they
are saved by the grace of God Christ
will recreate them and renew them.
and at once they can and must go
forth in the Masters service and do
something for him.
The arachnoid group, to which the
spiders belong, can be traced back as
to their name to Grecian mytholog
ical maiden Arachne. She was of NOR
tai birth and was known far and wide
for her wonderful skill In weaving and
embroidery. One day she challenged
Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, to
trial of the liberal arts. Minerva. In
the guise of an old woman. tried to
dissuade her in vain. The goddess
then threw off her disguise and the
competition began. Faster and faster
went the fingers. Arachne, In her
pride, wove in her cloth picture of
the failures and the righteousness and
the sins of the gods. as some of us
lIy u JUSTLY oui SluS ny CoulpliiIlius
of the injustice of our hard lot Miner
va, angered by Arachne's presumption.
changed the haunting maiden into the
form of spider, so that, despised of
all mankind. she might go on spinning
and weaving forever.
Oh. is that to be our fate? Shall we
blaspheme against and turn our backs
upon the Saviours pleadings for the
higher life and have him say, Depart
from me, for l know you not?" Or
shall we he like a spider which taketh
hold with her hands and is in kings
palaces? Shall we not dwell in the
kings palaces of Gods love? Shall
we not stop living in the dark cavernS
of sin? Shall we dwell in the kings
palaces of Saviour's atonement.
where he will guard lis and bless US
and keep us forever with him? 1t
rests entirely with us where we shall
dwell through eternity. For today the
Divine King bids us come and dwell
with him in his earthly and heavenly
palaces.
Copyright 1907. by Louis Iilopsch.]