The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-12-03

not suspend one of his laws without
stopping the universe. hut do we not
suspend or overcome the law of gray
itatiOn every day? Every time we
move a foot or lift a weight We tenn
porarily Interfere with the operation
of the most universal of natural laws,
and yet the world is not disturbed.
Science has taught US so many
things that we are tempted to CON
clude that We know everything, but
there is really a great unknown which
is still UNEMPLOYED, and that which we
have learned ought 10 increase our
reverence rather than our egotism
Science has disclosed some of the ma
chinery of the universe. but science
has not yet revealed to us the great
secret-the secret of life. 1t is to be
found in every blade Of grass. in every
insect, in every bird and in every ami
NAL, as well as in man. Six thousand
years Of recorded history, and yet we
know no more about the secret of life
than they knew in the beginning. We
live, We plan, we have our hopes. our
fears, and yet in moment change
may come over any one of us. and this
body will become a mass of lifeless
clay. What is it that. having we live
and. having not. we are as the clod?
We know not, and yet the progress of
the race and the civilization which
we now behold are the work of men
and women who have not solved the
mystery Of their own lives.
And our food-must we understand
it before we eat it? If we refused to
eat anything until we could under
stand the mystery of its growth, we
would die Of starvation. But mystery
does not bother Us in the dining room
Only in the church is it an obstacle
| was eating a piece Of watermelon
some months ago and was struck with
Its beauty. | took some of the seed
and dried them and weighed them and
found that it would require some FIVE
thousand seed to weigh a pound. And
then | applied mathematics to that
forty pound melon. One of these
seeds put into the ground when warmed
10y the sun and moistened by the rain
goes to work. 1t gathers from some
where two hundred thousand times its
own weight and, forcing this raw ma
terial through tiny stem. constructs
a watermelon. 1t covers the outside
with coating of green, inside of the
green it puts a layer of white, and
within the white core of red. and all
through the red it ScatterS seeds. each
one capable of continuing the work of
reproduction. Where did that little
seed get its tremendous power? Where
did it find its colOring matter? How
did it collect its favoring extract?
How did it build a watermelon? I'm
til you can explain n watermelon do
not he too sure that you can set limits
to the power Of the Almighty or say Just
what he would do or how he would do
1t. l cannot explain the watermelon,
but l eat it and enjoy it.
Power That Is Infinite and Divine.
Everything that grows tells ike
story Of infinite power. Why should l
deny that a divine hand fed a multi,
tude with a few loaves and fishes
when | see hundreds of millions fed
every wear Iy a hand which converts
the seeds scattered over the field into
an abundant harvest? We know that
food can be multiplied in a few
months time. shah we deny the pow
err Of the Creator to eliminate the ele-
meut Of time when we have gone so