Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-10-17

1. That l AM;

1. That l AM;
2. That l am alive, HERE, on a
wonderful BALL, that rolls around a
brilliant, light-giving STAR which we
call our SUN;
8. That on this Ball is plenty of
room, and abundant provision and OPP
portunties, for hundreds of millions
of people like myself;
4. That everywhere about me are
signs and proofs of INTELLIGENCE
as in the relations and movements Of
the sun, moon and planets, as in the
formation of continents and seas, o.
mountains and rivers, deserts and
fruitful lands; as in the construction
and endless variety of plants and ami
mails and the abundant provision for
their life and growth, each adding
something to the value and perfec-
ton Of the whole, so that even the
names Of the qualities furnish a Ian
guage for the expression of all moral
and spiritual ideas, and even very
largely for our ideas themselves; an
INTELLIGENCE seen also in adap-
tation Of means to ends, as in the
gills and fins for creatures that must
live in the water, wings and lightness
of frame for those that live in the
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ears to feel the vibrations of the air,
hands for a multitude of uses, the
legs and feet with their marvellous
articulating joints for easy locomotion
the perfect and Wondrous arrange
ments for reproduction, the intricate
and astonishing system of nerves and
brain, the glorious wonder of father
and mother and child, making possible
the family with it's endless opportun-
tiles for mutual service and for CO.
operation and for education in every
direction: The power of Thought and
VIII in human beings, and the infal-
lible instincts of the animals and even
Of the plants.
All these are but parts and hints
Of an Infinite INTELLIGENCE that
! KNOW to be in everything and
everywhere.
5. That everywhere about me are
manifestations of POWER; as in the
revolving of the earth every 81 hours
and in its going round the sun once
every year at the rate of more than
80 miles every second; as in the lift
ing up, in a single day, from the sur
face Of the seas billions of tons of
water and distributing it in the form
Of rain over thousands of square
miles of the earth's surface, to water
the ground that it may give seed to
the sower and bread to the eater; as
as IN the lifting into the air, every
year, millions of tons of wood in the
shape of forests and orchards, as well
as millions Of tons of vegetables and
fruits and grains with which to feed
the world; as in the grinding down
of the mountains by winds and storms
to make soils that produce the infn-
tie variety of growing things; as in
the movements of glaciers and ice
bergs and Of mighty rivers and catar-
acts and the vast and tremendous cur
rents of the ocean; as in the brains
and nerves and muscles of all the run
ming, walking, swimming and fiving
creatures; as in the earthquake. the
volcano, the hurricane, the constant
activity of Gravity, of Electricity. and
of chemical action, and still more
abundantly and potently. in the a.
chievements of mind, as we know it
in ourselves and in the whole race of
mankind.
All these things are but parts and
hints of an Infinite POWER that I
KNOW to be present everywhere at
all times.
6. That everywhere about me is
BEAUTY; as in the morning and ev-
ening skies, the forms and colors on
the mountains, the smiling sea, the
flowing rivers and the ripping stream
the pIumage and the graceful motion
OF the birds, the colors and shapes
OF the myriad flowers, the graceful
forms in thousand forests, the colors
and variety of the landscape, and the
spledor Of ripening fruits and of the
golden grain.
The rainbow comes and goes. and
lovely is the rose;
The moon doth with delight look
around her when the heavens are
bare
Waters, on a starry night, are
beautiful and fair.
The sunshine is a glorious birth"
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