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GLASSMIRE, Proprietor, Corner of Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot. ter Co., Pa. - . • • 9:44 A.LLEGA.NY HOUSE; • s BAIMIL IL MILLS, Proprietor, Coleitoirg Putter Co., Pa., seven miles north of Coo- Ampart, ow the'W•llasille Road: 2:44 '"- I#.:ft,l":4Eito.:viltl,' - ',.:; -, .' ,,,,, • _Per, tits Prater Journal, • AtTUMX.. • ' ; .• The bright hues of Autumn:AM adi!iir v id The format trees looklngforbtrOp Vor southward the dim iunjs_wit4um.; Through dark clouds that . omOt a.:stolra:" • • .• • ; The "last rose of Summery: has.perished t , • Regales us no more with pbtfuine:; - Those beautiful licenes we nave cherished,` We fancy hire' faded tee soon. The cold Winds are ruthlessly Ringing The remnant of Slimmer awaY; .The warbles are gone -with Iheiesinging, • -•- ,To warm Isles of beauty away., • would follow- where frost nertiblighteth Those tales of perenni4l 'blown.;i L.: 1" Where the Nightingale ever delighteth, • To pou r : Lis sweet strains to the moor.-. .; The.streamlet may wander as,gaily, Sing as sweet o'er its pebbly bed; ,• . But thither I wander ooh daily , • The primrose and aster are dead. ' No cool Wood-land bower delights rae, To rest ou its ofoss-covered seat, " - Or joy-Stiring wood-tbrush invites ma . . To list to his melody sweet. .• • Summer is • I sigh when the Summer la waning, When: Autumn -takes up-the sad=-strait' Of short days, naked woods atul dull raining, Looking out through the cold window-pane. All Earth-born enjoyieenti •are fleeting; Why then should I sigh o'er the tomb, Where the lovely ones gone are but sleeping To wake in fresh beauty and blOom. • • , • Sigh not I though No, though it be drew:y and long; We have garnered since Summer's bright coin- I 50 To cheer us through every storm. • Reverent thanks to *tit Fountain of Lore Wbo those blessings so freely bestowed; His arni is around gad above; His sunshine illumines onr road. • EtICILDOCA Pc, Nov. 1852. . If. 3f couratimtal. The Study of Nature us Con fleeted 'with Mentul Improvement. - Delivered before the Potter County Tecieh ers' Association on Wednesday Eve ning, Nov. 16th, 1859, by Pastor 'of the presbyterinn 'Church in COudersport - , " The human mind," says Dr.' Todd,' " is the brightest 'display of the power and skill of the Infinite mind with which we are acquainted. It is created and placed in this world to be educated fora higher state of existence; and the object of train : . ing such a mind should be to enable the ul to fulfill her duties well here, and to stand on high - vantage-ground, when 'she leaves this cradle of hefbeing, for an ot6r nal existence beyond the grave." 'The means and facilities for , the development and cultivation of the mind, God has pro vided. The great Book of Nature he has s i read out Wore us, and the law written in our hearts, as well as' stamped upon every page of liatirre's book is; "read and be wise.'- "Know thyself," said the reek ; says Nature, "ktiori God by Stud ying his works;" and to jncite us to seek after this . knowledge; there were iropisnt ed in the human mind, desires and long ings for something higher and better than that which we now enjoY 7 —disiree which aro not met by the things, of sense, but which can be met and .satisfied only by the possession and enjoyment of this high er knowledge—the knowledge of God, and the enjoyment ofhis favor. The Mind of , man was not made to be Tully satisfied with the things which relate solely to the preservation a,f his physical being and the gyatification ig his animal desiies,but the fact that be possesses =a, reasoning, dr phil: osophic nature, which finds its true scope for exercise in studyinn. e into the myiter ies and the wonders of the universe, and in searching for the first and final causes of all things, proves the superiority of the intellectual •over the sensual part of his being, and indicates to him, the source or sources whence his highest enjoyment is to be found, and -the way by which it-is to be secured. To know and to. enjoy God, is the source Of Mares highesrand truest happiness, - and - this - knowledge is obtained by the studying of Him in - his works and in hie Word. Although it was not intended that imam .should find-=his highest good in the things which Oerish, yet God-bas adapted the natural worldto his nature and wants, as a creatire of sense and reason, and - made• it tipable of partially satisfying his desires to - ordet to lead bite to investigation, EiesTnew se= quisition of knowledge Wady .repayelhe mind for its efforts made to obtain d, and thus tempts It along in its search after truth. Unlike inany butnenipreduitionn; filled with dry propositiotte,- - abstiact: ren sonings and orasyspionlatiotin; Web often tend to darken knewledgeitid . oon; veal the trial, : it, the Book-of - Nature richly illustrate on evertpage r ininfinite diversity, presenting. no- two- views - alike, but like the kaleledscope r iarying':the picture and - re-sketching the scone at. ev ery turn: Thus ,would God 'make the 1 study of -himself in nature, one of the EMENN, ') i.-....;Tv_:,;',:,Ai. MB Mill .: r.`•. IMISSE EMIME MENEM *00e 4 .:,i.01ii . e,.:'?t;#44 . :PL1Nk:P61_04:34.:,.40, 404 lioifttiiioi9t MESE ME WERE A LECTURE _, . _ _ . .._,,,~~ y .,,*n~.;>.e^.;~:-,.5.:.:c0~.a. ~0.~. } ~"Rr.:.,. ,'_•..."^'..ra--;.iS:k:'~u~i+r~:-..:5 g -,11,41;14..ty. ....,..1... 4 la : 144:4z -:......L ' -,. tir,,itta ..i. .4 4lL.!it ? ,:i. L t" , " : "Z i i t 'T: , 1, IF4I :tir.it., ' ll' bti:in . •x i . . 0 10' U .X1.' . ...4 . * 4l i . f. r ,7.‘11 1 ,7 ,1 ::::11 . .PiL, C ,:: t. ' " , L 41442. r . '' ' ' ' ''s tt.t.i.h. . '` 'l ;i_DPilt.: ' 1 J4)1:: - . 7 .:i1, . ! L — :7; :...'Ti . .l !OS*.C :2 LI 1 , ...r.:.:: vl !: ilr -,..i ..,...p.......,,, ~,,T3AV4 i 4 • V.; i ;i: . • ... - . IV - ME ' d A ' 0017111010,01tT u . .. 1 „ CEdu etijoy,6l:-.3-veile• eskiihes =the earth with ibmiutj; ltilpleate the eye and to feast the testa, iwcieler to induce ..7 turldietttei theTeMplefueStience ,where are attired infallioniablertraittiet. iifflinotiledge - -: , ' • f • -; notice briefly, the bianty, , Cider,. arrangenietit -, tif2parts; entifidaptstietisef Means , to rends;; as. - seen' inj theVreliteee works; - Ago& loves;:betuty, - ,an - d -- ;belis imphiiitedsbesituelove irrlisintefiligent creatur.S. with 4egeiatitor; Axe bnly-to saiisf36-t4eir `itrnrl „ •:tyanta; but--.alsote ini ulster •to their highiiintelleetititilesires; . -and thebeaC-.. tramkeherais Oflslitareiereseareely - leit .needful:. to: - - highest enjoin] en t - -as • tptritthitheings; than afetturfruitiisfih6 earth tw.thcirphylicel existence.f- - ! Let ns tirstat'the , previsions” which God.. .has devised for; cloth - 1601m; earth with vegetablei beauty. , l The mind does • not love *Maness and uniformity; and. hence • I stiteereetor has, provided an- almOst ins.; UiteLiarhityOf plants aid trees, to gratify thieloiremf dieersity.- - Jhere - are .no tWo • apeeieietif planar, :or even. two individuals - Cfsbe!,atitne , .speciei,',l'Which. are exactly alike; but:they- all - differ each other, shade, mi*tnres . color, inform, size or arrangements of parts, so' as to .furnish an: almOit: infinite variety - of sepaiate and distinct-objects 'for the eye to behold, and..the mind to emiteMplate. ,• Looks'f the means:he haedovised for the -propagation •of plants, by which to per petuate 4erdure - and- beauty. - When - he formed.the grass and .the tree, he ordain ed. that they , should each bring forth seed after its , kiutl, that 'no plant or tree might be wholly lost or. dee l troyed... • What an abundance of seeds-each-plant produces; 'which showslow much God loves beauty, and low .ready. he is to gratify thit love in his 'lceetiturei. -.Notice,-too, the_ pre viaions:he has made foram dissemination of the seed. The seed of the .maple is provided. with a saute; or. tp pendage, •by .:which.: it is :blown -by the wind to a- distance. The:dandelion, the thistle;the milk-weed ; the garden lettuce. and many . other - plants, -produce • seedi .having. a parachute, "by .which.' they: .l .lre bernebv,the.wind :to distant parts; o'er hill andlitle,-- and scattered ;far: and: wide. The sevisiofithe berry areimbeildeilittS juicy Which '..furnisheifood for birds and 213iinalE,I.and:bytheinerii7disitriblited: The burdock,, the. hohnd'i-tongite and the tickseed, produce..fruit; capsules.pro , vided , — with a*oe or hooked prickles which -catch-upon. every :moving object that touches the.tn;._and _thus they .are borne away to be.depesited in fresh soils. The.mechanisue of the touch-me-not is most Wonderful.. -capsules. are, fur nished with several strips or longitudinal bands,.which serve-both as a covering for the seed, _and es 4,means for'theit.dissem ination. When theseeds are fully ripe, these bands or:strips have.a constant 'ten dency to . into spirals-, so tlatithe least pressure, or touclumpon ;one of -then), Alit turbe besq nil britineof •pressuratustaitl ed by the othersi'Whert. they instantly lapse, .and 'seetter the seecLin' 'every :," ' . In-na work of art da we more plainly see the proofs of design than we do in the means which (rod, has: devised for.oloth ing the earth with Verdure. - The kco motive. displayi -great - i ngen ui ty and. skill in its contrivance. and construction, .but it is an awkward _and clumsy affair after all.: With intelligence to .direct, it can do some things, very: well ;- •but.. the little touch-nie-tiot may defy human,iogenuity to contrive abetter apparatus than it pos sesses, for,the sowing of its: seed. - The W#CII is _avery ingenious piece otwork manship, and.can, lie made to keep very good .tints;, but, there is nothing lathe works of art, whirl' is se beautifully adapt; ed to the end it subserves, as' tixalittle parachute of thellandolion and the thistle. Moo paint their , homes •to improve their looks, - -And -ornament them .with. carved work and mouldings to contrast with naked corners; they ,bang up iiicturcs in Main spaces to give beauty tatheir dwellings: But when -firod-, would .conceal : anything offensive to the eye, as _a: barren knoll, a rock or a stone, in thisohis earthly•habi, tation; he covers it over with moss; and verdure of :many a. form end hue., .The little invisible mask-spores,. flying,through the air, are. caught by-the rain drops and brought. down ,to the earth. One of these little.. seeds falls upon a re*. and _veget ates, forming a little plant, no larger than the head .of a .pin, aid TO ambling a-black speck or : -stain . pf some colored, fluid., The sun scorches. and Jrills• heres firmly to, the. ',rock, - Making '..an -ev tremely thin, ioit forAhegrowth of anoth er tuces-spore ef, larger:species,' Arlath , sr rain..brings- decin other ,seddlovhich 1 the prepared. soil -and,gerinini aces, and dying Wave another layer:; of earth loin& so one_afto *bottler -layer is formed,. till iatinui the rockbecomesfiem ptetely-co**ed.with Ihoss,',Witiathiek mass of dirt underneath, ttPott-Which oak er seeds of plonogamou,s,-, plants, breaght by .birds cr wind, lodge and . grow ;• mid ( often times-we find -trees' groiring • • upon - naked "rocks= probably j V.l tji .1 IMEMMJI EMM MEM ESNS taiwured . hh-wlth their. I t oots= - :tending over tbeirlidee into the vitribi-- Thus would the i - Atithok of •Notate' &metal • what is barreirtifid•ansightly f f.that he May cause beauty : ad& voirdurci'lto gt 'tit, to delight the eye; and4oaupply:tli • NVACItirOf his ' erelinfregl t't Whenvone.p " t-,,ilies:it fir niihei soil air tiell , ii , nut 'merit forthe grouthvnfimother spt;cativ , - -Thir fungi_ 60w:dead treers the mold jution deetyitig teattei, the tint upon wheat. and thilclew wpm iilothV ire 'all vegenibles whose seeds or apored,) constant ly , fiCeleig:-:in. the at inhiphere;:lodge and =growwherever they 1 1 fin&itsoil or substance ad pted tmtheni. Their-design seems to ba,toopover'np and conceal dead or inn' shbstances; and also to iemove the' poison& s matter gen erated, by , absorbiim it ad giving it to the atinostihere to be' earr ed away, lest the tiosious:vapors shall e ort their dele terious influence' upon • ot er , plants, or upon animals. The ' toad. tool and the puff:ball,' tyro is' uns'iglit y, lack.lusire li i i looking plants as we find, re more - euil: oils ,and wonderful in_ t eir formation, arrangement of parts, an design, than anything. which man can c nstruct or con-. tiive. ~ Tney grow only in soils that con tain id excess animal or egetable sub stancea' which. need to be removed, for the benefit of the remaining ..plants. They are little messengers to perform nature's dirty work, purifying, and cleansing: the soil, and niinisteritig to the health and growth of tither more beautiful and hon.. °ruble species of plants. hat they may I not cease to groii, when a d where they are needed, they are 1 prot tied with the means for their propagatimi, to an almost infinite extent. Thu smoke, which issnea from the puff-ball when prssed, consists of infinitely small seeds or 'pores, each of which .is capable of Drodheing another plant of the same specieslyielding Seed after its kind. . Thus it is throughout L e entire vege table kincciotu,--whether i the visible or in the microscopic worldr—e ch tree, plant, molder mildew is provided ith the Weans for its propagation, and its eeds grow and vegetate in the place, and t the time ap pointed. for :them; to giv beauty; • food ancLhealth.to some other lant, to: crea ture,.or to man. They a ' all beautiful, curious and. wonderful.in ti eir design end in their 'ado ptation- of , menn a .to Abe. ends which :they suhserve. : And they know their _appointed, titres. _Men mark the changes: of the scaeons by the illuanse.er by signs; but the little seeds which lie concealed beneath, the Surface, know when it is time to spring feith better than the almanac. The embryo! plant or tree sleeping in the germ of (id seed needs no one to tell it when to sivae to unfold its 1 leaves to the breezes, and o perfume the air with its sweet -eslialatio s. It knows the difference between 4 )1 veuiber rains and April. sbowcrs. ~ The vernal winds and summer sun can aivak n it from its hibernal sleep when ['tithing else can. The flowers know when to puti orth their pe tals, and they are all, beg tiful in • their time. They delight the e a, they please the..well, they infuse joy I into the soul. They unfold their lealves and look up to receive God's blessing.he sunshine rejoices then, the rains tva h their faces, and they smile with leant ,and send up ailed praise to their , Ila - ke made everything beautiful Thu world U full of the di siisdotu and goodness. ' Notiee . agaia, the tUagnit and magnikeenee of - God's pared with those of nian. . wis,hea to build a palate, be masons and carpenters; "vvh chiseht, ,planeis 'and, augers, implements erect " th magnificent itraeturetalm, °Of/ 1 4' 64 (44 and OPat'qln riot. onlyr:fukuts o hed all the in its CourtrUction, but :'s een paret a place upon which" . set it.' The ' little coral insect prompte. -by' instinct, ti ••-•• - and wiihinglor a habitatip to dwell in, buil& his'l ittl e ' limestone Ol l 7-scarcely a idlf: or an ' inch in.' leogt, Upon the t sand'it ibo batty& of the ,ocean. His progeni=thiy being very - a : 'ial creatures and fond ofsoetety-cpustrn t their dwell lbws byllic side of, the first acid attached ' to it.' This forms alittle elm ter of lioui6, Which gradually increases :el it beconies a - Tillage, and then a aity. hey continue tnb4ilq, e xtending L and ' en a rging their doininiOns' outward, - and ' pward, and strengthening theik faunae' o na to they rise, ' till a ft er' ninny thouui o or ' Million of theY reach the stance f the ocean;; whop-they cea'ao Le bui:ld,hi her, but con= tiaitelheir,operatiensOutwar ,anciAii,and On. iyiiiiiiiie, ;_fortniai an ii mense coral , rock; resting alien the Votto of the beean'l and mein "nits :surface:, Notice now . i I I the iliffeient Ogenees Ood'e ploys in thia magnificent Work. -, The littl coral insects' 1 build the masonry and lay th, fenndatioar. Thalrnies•of the sca::wash a an the , roe; diri and leaires and floating:sibit4reti; which AeiaYing, form the beghining Of 'a soil.:':Sea•plants•Jaaw gran , upon i; a"i dying, - .4014 - ,tp;iheltiicknes ,;of 'soil. Other - plants gtOsi 'rind so . i `lot' & , Sic During all this time, I the i 1 sects' are , at, =MI y ~:.~ 11 ~.1.: • :. 1i 0 Ht I•-•!,.. d., .... •,,-...-., •,..: ; 2., 7, 1, , :,,, : 4 ,....;) .';;;;.,.:,-- , - ~a3; 1 . :~.', 176 411' irays- •'t •Efk**os'.ir;::-: VrarkiL'enlirgint . th r- boutiaties. ,Ilie plantit increase to rn4Mber - aid variety, contibualltaddinglta-tbe- toil. : ,, TbAirue the island becomes *.tleating place for sea t birds. Paraebittio ~ seedy 'floating upon itha wings Or tbeli!nd Nut distant Coati tries, -fall 'ripen' this inditiebt Wand and vegetate:. Ilirdaltrmi distant inhabited lands flying over the wi - de waste bfiratehr, bring with . them ' sCeds of- various 1 plants and lives, from-which &nests Spring up, and at length after fige.9 b - arf rolledtway thisisland becOinesantininbabiteti*ildet. , ness `of ' luturious 1 vegetationlv After" i tittle a sea-faring man, seeking his fortune on the stormy- deep, diseciihiSittfiiN wild Iraste.in: mid-oceani and . ; carries back the news to his native' country: A 'colony is now sent to the island- 7. a nation springs • into ekistence+a 14ifig Di appointed,- and he builds his:palace, Now which-is the More grand and magnificent work, that of, the king, or that of.thel king of kings . in , prepar4kg a place fer,h4vice-gerents-pal lace? , •1 ,' 1 ' ; . IC-whatever department of the creation iochooie - to direct Our attention, the_more we see and knew-of Nature's works, the more we shalt find' to excite - our wonder and , adatiration: We might -also glance tbrnugh.the aniwal kingdom and. Observe *perfection - and beauty of the strimture, arrangement and diversity of parts, in the aniwal frame— T the adaptation of means to ends to effect loco Motion, sensation, and the preservation of:the •life• and health •oi• the body, by the absorption and*removal of poisonous and deleterious substances, and.the'supply of new materials for build ing up the 'waste places in the system— the nerves, the tissav, the bleod-Vessels; the brain, or. the heart. I .we might look at 'the universe above us, and notice the immensity Of the heavenly orbs,• their number, • and the exactness and precision of their revolutions. We might descend into the bowels of the earth and'see how God' Planned- and constructed the• globe upon which we live. AS we are walking along the road; our eyel alights upon a Stone having in it the print or a shell or scollop. = The question naturally.arisesin the thoughtfnl;ntina, how came h there? When, was it. formed ?-, Pew Many years or ages is it; niece that print was occupied by a living; moving animal Where.was it born and when ? What catastrophe or upheaval of nature bronght it to its_un timely end ? The philbsopher, by the careful study Of the various rocks and formations, and layers of earth, is enabled to trace—with sufficient ;accuracy for cre dence—the _footsteps of the Almighty, from thetime he said, " Let us make man, ' even, up' to the j " beginning," when " the earth was without form and void; and darknese was , upon the face of the deep ;" and as it will serve illtistrate.,theleau ty, the grandenrand Magnificence, as' well as, the wisdom, power and benevolence of tlio.Creator, permit' us to give tbo theory of the creation of the globe, as developed by . Sir klumphrey, Davy. j " The globe, in the first state. in ,which ;the imagination can venters to consider it, appears to have been a fluid mass, with.rin immense at mosphere revolVing in space around the sun. IBy its cooling, a portion of its at =sphere was probably t condensed into , water, which occupied a part of its .enr faae. In this itate no &row alit°, such as now belOrie to' our systent, could possi bly have inhabited it. The crystallite rocks, or as they are c:all4 by geologist's, tbe primary rocks which contain no yes tikes, of a former order of 'things,. were the result of the first consolidation. On . its snrface. - Upon . the farther cooling , - the , Water, Which More or lees had - covered it, contracted, depoiitions took place, shell flab and coral insects Were created and be gan their labors . Islands appeared in the midst - of the ocean, raised from deeps by the -produotiv'e energies of millions of zocphytes. These ;islands became fitted to bear a high temperature, such as palms; and various species'of . Plants, similar 'to those which now exist in; the hottest porta l of the earth.`-; The submarine rocks ,of .these new forntatioits of laid became.cov- 1 ered with aquatic Vegetables, on . which various species,' of shell-fish, and common fiat, formed their .nouriaboient: As tbe temperature or tbol globe became lower, species' of oviparo us reptiles 'appear to have been, created to inhabit it; and the turtle, crocodile, and various gigantic epi thets ;of the Saurian, or Lizard kind - Seem to hake haunted the, bays and waters - of the 'priiinitive lands; But in this state of thlngs,rthere appears, to have been'tio'or der of.events Minilar to thiPiesent. = tn. mem ioleaniC exPloSions seem to laie l taken: place , accompanied eleiationsl and depressiona of the isurfamtof theglobe, picodueingoiountaies anticausiiig new and , extensive depositions of, the. priniatiVe Ocean ) . The remains -of living beings, tilanti; &Ida, birdi,ntid oViparotis rePtiles, are. found in the strata, of route which are tho monuments 'and evidences of these ghinges - ._ When these revelptione became less frequent, and the globe - heel:dub eta! more cnoled, and inequalities of temper:L.. l taro - were - .established Winona *of. the ' niere,perfect animals be came inhabitants ; su et- as the wamutoth , ' " He bath in Lis' time." plays : "ofHis do, grandeur rorks as Co& When .a king Beads Out, his ), 'With axes, and various ey. doiasider . a nsiyn Of great Yet God aa . terials used how lie 'pre= ; ; j MM=4=== • 4 I 'L _ ; 11. EE .3.;5..?1, - ;!;,;i1• 4 , MI 1 . i Mil MOSIEZIE M====ll== ;! i t 41 ,` "e:;144 ~, ..„.„ ja , 14 -, ".',...... ..` 4 ,. - , 1 1 , 4 ": ' • :' ' I ' :.'''. .... ;-; =OM •" ' • I , • Ir , • /trait" - ,41;200 ‘' - 1; " • melPlODY'rs - latat, Intintst-Vaa k _kitlfMnittr matti many et ammo inefellf oc_ankt _'- , . 4 4* : ; , Idveh ireixszseivelontcatbittpailth and.foir nieces:imams etf. netincihr44. par do - have beeniereitteklAnff‘eferi away-by the physical taistletinestOkhe globe, I beforn.the syskrin.ef thiNgt *IOW so permanent as to ULAN:worn Verstinit . In none of these fourforauttlinei hiiiiip fossil remains of men t or any ;.of Mititteass neon discorereff. - , At last tnaultoefOt. ed, enitaince that _pried; AlterstiOall#ol little_ alteration in.; _the-physical ebaonit. stances of the: globc4n- , The siorciltbet i ons discover of creation,:the. , .moteamestaggii• ly dotte •nitifortaity of_Alesigieppette do pervade every department:- Wiliam/o*- , I - here, the : hysical world gradestly ISlrk , .ed and prepared fee on." - ,i. - , -t :::'''. Tut why, it might be Askett,..4ia 44 spend ;so Lunch timsteAd labaveAlPill :lOW such, an outlay, Of, ~.ineane, nallingillW!PlP• quisition so much wisdom. anffpcurecenti , skill tithe construction-or this,: visible creation which is to lasi;' , :fot eOr -elka 1 time ?I I INhv,did he make every!litat sii beautiful and perfect/ :. Why ,Ililljte-40- vote so much time and labor t0 : 40414 and ornamenting thiv[bivifactatoal , whiek, is to be burned ugL Yfl)! 11 d" . not kiiiiik-, , pier and . , plainer world; t withont , g4irea, . witimat singing birds, - witheit-. &err* sunsets, without so many cgriousand sr*. derfizt things in tho bowels. of.the,enetk --would.-nota plainer world irithnntgal' extra have answered the purpOse-erelicirc lived and perishing creetures,liki 9* . selves/ Why did hi hip thefounffitimm so deep,, filling _the . earth N tt4 - *44* of gold and silver, and erystAkgank,etni rocks !laid in the , mostperfect order -eii symmetry. Why did he create the abell; fish and the coral insect, which died - mil. lions Of years before Adam saw the ligho Why did he make the idly of the meadow, and, paint it with his choicest Cele*, and the violet, the queen of beanites ? .....Whi did befit up such 'isplendid . iiict beaiti. ful .world? rer the same reason, donbt., less, that the affectionate trite; keeps : be t ' house meat and tidy—Aurae:tang : it with conveniences and comforteitere then'ilii alone' can enjoy. - She 44 ii,,Tto please herself, 'doubtless, but morn especially iiii Please her - husband'. whom she' 10ra.... God,' , Likewise, loves - his erainahltet be has prepared-this-world for :their habits- tion.. lie supplies it with everyilai g, ett need for our comfort. aid enjoyuteni. xi has made provision for every want Of our complex nature—both for, our phycieal our .intellectual and spiritist being. - 'Hi given rain and sunshine, . and fruitful'se* 3 sons supply the wants of our animal nature. He robes the earth in beauty ; tO gratify our higher intellectual desiresittiff alit* He called into requisitiontis wisdins 0,04 . his tilmighty power in contriving - not 4 47 ecuting the fraitework of our "..glabe,4 furnish "aliment for our realoniii,:eiff philosophic natures. Hi sentliii Ifitn, into the world to work opt tier '''reslenip. thin and to minister to our wine's, is, spiriinal and immortal beings:;; Tiii.o would God manifest miff:ea - mm*o4W himself to his creatures. '' Though "vie . 1 1 I 744411d may not behold his ineffab cgory .. , _ Moses, yet we may behold him in ;iither: aspects and manifestations as M . esei,, - 4g not.,! Thosa things whichAke: : pr ophets' and kings desired to see;' hut did 'not sot; and.. ihose things' they desireitto heir, but did not hear,, we are permitted lioth',l4l,, seefind' to hear as they' have beeireVeiit.: ed to us in the gospel - of niii:sio; ijid as unfolded - to our view , by the light of science. Wo may behold the:grate:an t the wisd om, and the omnipoteien of:Godi though! : less dazzlingly ':displayeff,tbeit was his manifest - glory ethibit4 - tti.'sii.: ses-i-whenevir we will,.Steti ii : eVorif 01... , . jeit we contemplate. . :-. : . One of the old philosophers wh i l e di it cos coursing upon the 'wonders, aeit'thi, - bou (Maness of the iniventiof istnie; suddenly• stooped down and laicibis)iiqff upon the ground, end, addressing bia ( pkt= pits,' said-=- 4 there are objeota'eneiglibei heath my, hand to a occupy - ma n, his )ifik, time to study , out.' - But therp.iti ion*, perhaps, whonrould smile iiutil4 - iti, mark, and Wander what ilie ; philosopher had beneath his . hand that weesielyery . curious and 'wonderful: - ' There'lis t great'. difference 'in inen's taidesialitili "ICI* their capacity for thitlippteciatioo4-41nif beautiful nod.' wonderful in l 'inttisr*4.' There are some men who tiarfi'isiiibiiiik doubt, but 'which . arts no. tdrieil l tip!'liist shrivelled by selfiehieas, ' 'that 'they; *, see rto 'beauty in .. anything' . whieli, does:e. notleoli yellow likaltold,-, end Iliiiytatt hearl no mniii id aatati, which lose nor ring like. silver.,' But 'than - eihri'iiiiiint: nettling in attire to' love'and baeibniiii4 and in beholding it, are not litidlii,liti* intake's Gad, :are poor infotitiunte citi,. eje l The ere:' brutish—WO:bay(' - .iiii*ed!' thei 'ininhOod. They are mere sidnipitii! : hit • vic 'g Proititiated this. naleirctiolilligitf via& to"sensuality, and to the liiiiist'ilir most gaielling pursuits. Bitfilifireisie t . those of.very limited neitiot i ficiattitini4tk irhi'eau - noiiiiiliainiiditig iiii`43o3d ',.iii is' . lure: Still' the . ph il itophir'hainotilitik whibai begun to 'ree tbe iifinitiffeeifl4. l being, the extent of his - Cadent' end 'di' - ~:.i = .~~ .rY ~: +r ~ ; 1 n 1. i; n 'i wAr OEM Itt
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