Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-01-16
THE MILLS OF THE GODS.


The glacier is one. In its snake-lik'
but tireless flow it grinds from tbs
primitive rocks that which will By
and by become soil. The rain and
/ the snow are mills Of the gods
Through them not only is life sup
ported Oh the earth, but from the
mountain sides the earth and the rock
are washed away, to make fertile the
valleys. The sunlight is still anoth-
err Through its noisIess grind the
earth and the air grow warm, flow
ers spring up and the harvest fields
grow golden. The rivers are mills
Of the gods. IS they grind their way
they become the artedies through
which the life OF nations, and more
especially OF cities IS sustained. The
ocean IS The hlest min Of all Bu-
TO rsteady e-nllng al life wound
cease III The @ the eareh itse1
uould II day but the corpse
of q world E1e nails have been
forever grlnd-lg since through the
first one The gases which roated IT
space we're drawn. compressed and
This planet was rounded into form
The matrix in which gold and silver
are impregnated was cast in one OF
these hills: in another the coal mea-
sures were pressed; they have never
ceased TO run since before that day
when the vapors rolled back and re-
veaIed the newborn world. They
are grinding away on the earth. with
in the earth and above the earth
When thirsty we drink a glass Of
water and bless the fountains which
feed the streams up on the mountain
side. The real fountain is probably
the Indian ocean, and the cup OF
water which we dring perhaps made
a part of the water in which whales
were playing two years ago off sum
atra- IN an elevator in one Of the
mills Of gods. It was picked up from
the hot seas. the trade winds. which
are part Of the motive powers OF
these mills. bore 1t northward: as
the earth revolred. the wind which
blew straight was made TO seem to
bend 30 the east: the cloud-a hop
per Of the mill-which received it (
rom The elevator was carried over +
.hese mountains. in the cool cham
,ers of the air by the cold. the cloud I
vas concentrated. and the moisture /
ell upon the mountain tops in virgin .
;now. Under the grinding of the .
summer sun the snow turned TO wat
IT; the assures of the immortal 4
-ocks opened their gates TO receive
I: from them it found its way TO the
surface lower down; and these made
he source Of the creek lower down;
md these made the source of the
.reek or river from which our thirst
5 quenched.
So these mills grind out their mer-
les perpetually. and man accepts
hem, sometimes gratefully, some
ines indifferently; but no mortal
Intelligence can begin TO estimate
heir benefcience, and no graduate
an make anything like proper ap- {
recitation OF them. The mills have :
cen grinding on human hearts for
}. three thousand Of years. and it ;
the hardest work they ever tried. {
he human heart is like ores made 7
sbeInous by zinc and antimony. To 5
y TO save the gold by any usual mill
recess, the precious metal passes q
T with the base; TO try by fire and 1
ie anthony votalizs and carries the 7
I'D away in its fumes Ignorance =
ID superstition are the base alloys I
the brain. They can be worked e
nd the precious metal saved Of h
,urse: but millions Of them are SO K
W grade that it is doubtful whether e
Z percentage that can be saved. viii q
stify the expense. until the coucen- il
ating work Of the mills OF the gods Il
ep their crushing and shaking ia o
IS running on them for few more
ousand years. The only hope is. b
ose mills are running. We can IL
ar them in the brooks and in the &c
nds: we can feel them in our souls. o.
a here and there the emancipation b.
a soul. the appearance Of a olsen fe
allied mind is a signal that through IA
,se mills. from base ore little III
d was saved-Goo6win' weekly. d.