The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-16
Wisdom.


The hand of God clasps the
hand Of man, fear blends with
hope, and faith springs up IN the
human heart. Behold, the be-
ginning of wlsdom-in man.
How can he forget the Lord his
Maker; who hath stretched forth
the heavens, and laid the founda-
tiOns of the earth. Who hath
ordained the moon and the stars,
and the armament declareth his
handlwork. He hath set a taber-
nacle for the sun, aud there is
nothing hid from the heat there
CT. Man walks on verdure, and
gazes on the beautiful blue. Be.
holds the mountains, and rivers,
forests, and cataracts, trees, and
flowers, from the mighty oak and
spreading elm to the violet and
lily of the valleys. His eyes roam
over the broad prairie, and pierce
the deep ravine.
God has formed man for the
beautiful and sublime; for he
breathes the fragrance, listens to
the music, and beholds bright.
ness and symmetry. He appre-
GATES with awe the grand and
awful; while the graceful and
lovely make HIM rejoice.
Truly, imam is fearfully and
wonderfully made, " Through
science he searcheth Tor the vein
of silver, and the place of gold;
for the brass IN the stone, and
iron IN the earth. He seeks
precious stones, and dare COM
pare Gods works with his WIS =
dom. But wisdom cannot be
found, for the price Is above
rubles, and 1t cannot be valued
with pure gold. Wisdom is not
found IN the land of the living,
and man knoweth not the price
thereof. God, alone, under
standeth the way, and unto man
he saith, "The fear Of the Lord,
that Is wisdom, and to depart
from evil is understanding"
Man is equipped with con-
science. and he may find the Sc
crets of wisdom. "If his hands
are stretched toward the Al
mighty, his face shall be without
spot, and be shall not fear; be-
cause there is hope" Wisdom
is crystahzed IN character. A
word, an action, lifts the veil and
shows the man. "Jesus wept. "
The resurrection breathed in
that moment of time. From the
Fall unto the Cross, man was
touched here and there with the
mystic glory of supernal wis
dom. From that crucial hour it
has poured forth, and covered
the earth; until peace tloweth as
a river; and righteousness as the
waves OF the sea.
job declared unto his three
friends that silence would be
their wisdom, and that he was
not inferior to them. In the
presence of God he cried, 81
abhor myself, and repent in dust
and ashes" In the face of the
Lord his God he found wisdom.
The prophet Isaiah found it IN a
live coal flom off Gods altar.
Jeremiah, IN fountain of tears;
Ezeklal, IN a wheel within a
wheel; Daniel, with mind, heart,
and life filled with wisdom, IN
rapture exclaimed. "lhey that be
wise shall shine as the brightness
of the armament, and as the stars
forever and ever" Surely,
"man may be an angel, If divine. I"
Woman found wisdom in an
empty tomb. She was first in
the transgression; but she was
first at the sepulcher. And the
spices which were not needed
has filed the earth with the
fragrance of faith in a crucltied
Redeemer. Woman was lifted
out of obscurlty to become the
mother of the Prince of life.
Thus, was womanhood exalted.
In the great movements,
through the centuries, the touch
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