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Entered according to Act of Congress, in J une, 1869. by J. W. Bukkk & Cos., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Unitod States for the So. District of Georgi a
Vol. Ill—No. 43.
ALMOST WELL.
'W -
ATE is almost well. See !
ilj&ljn she can R i fc 11 P > u er bed
and look at pictures in a
book. I will tell you how she came
to be ill. Her father had told her
she must not go Avith wet feet, and
that she must not sit in a current of
air. Kate heard, but did not heed.
She Avent out one day with thin
shoes on her feet. Soon she found
that the sideAvalks were damp. Then
she ought to have turned back and
got her overshoes. But this she did
not do, nor would she. She went
on and on, till she met a young
friend, avlio persuaded her to take a
Avalk with her in the park. Here the
ground was so moist that Kate A\ r et
the soles of her shoes a good deal.
Then she got into a car to ride home.
She was quite warm when she got
into the car. Both doors Avere open,
an 1 the wind swept through. Kato
took a bad cold that day ; the doctor
Avas sent for, and it was found that
she had a fever.
Six weeks she has been kept in
her bed. Now, she is so much bet
ter that she can sit up and read.
INFIDELITY AND SCIENCE.
the debating society, at
'op' his entrance upon his first
year in college, or perhaps
at the office or workshop where some
bold free-thinker ventilates his doc
trines, the young man meets his first
temptation to believe that the Bible,
so revered in his father’s homestead,
is out of tune when compared with cer
tain key-notes of science.
Whether liable to such a temptation
or not, here are three things which ev
ery young man may write down as cer
tainties in his note-book:
First —No one can speak thus against
the Bible unless he hates it. And any
man that hates the Bible is a bad [man.
You know hvt as well as I can tell you.
MACON, GEORGIA, APRIL 23, 1870.
KATB IS ALMOST AVKLL.
Secondly—There is truth enough in
the Bible to bring any infidel, no matter
whom, to ,his knees in a storm at sea.
It brought Shelley to his knees on such
an occasion, though afterwards he got
over that bravely. In the hour of peril
infidels feel that the God of nature and
the God of the Bible are the same.
Thirdly —ln their skirmish work
against the Scriptures, scientific infidels
have changed their ground repeatedly.
The reason of this is, they cannot hold
it. Their only successes have been in
the flush of first impressions. Like
boys who steal unripe fruit, they get but
little good of it. But if they leave the
fruit to ripen on the tree of knowledge,
they know it will be ours.
What a picture is science at the hands
ofLyell, and Darwin, and their class!
Whole No. 147.
They do indeed extend the bounds
of knowledge. What new proofs of
creative design ! Wlmt iicav incen
tives for worshipping the Designer !
Well done, ye Solons ! Search out,
and dig aAvay, and think it over. We
are not afraid of geology ; Ave like it.
We believe in its revelations.
But this is only one half of the pic
ture. When the mysteries of design
are seen to shape themselves to God-
Avard, and science begins to see in
them, in large letters, God is cheat,
she shuts her eyes. Light and no
light! Wisdom and Folly! Why,
priests of nature, you lose the flavor
of your beautiful discovery. The
heart’s devotion is more than half
its charm.
Some of our youthful readers will
be Avise in the walks of science; we
hope they will take the Bible as the
best hand-book of naturo. For evury
walk in life it is the safest guide. It
is the best study lamp. Some haA r e
thought it says too little on certain
subjects ; but it has never been found
to say too much. It has never yet
been known to commit itself against
the settled facts of science or history.
Can you tell me what this wise and
masterly reserve proves?
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On Cats,
A famous place for cats in this
country is the city of Alexandria, in
Virginia. Some years ago a young
ster of that city Avishing to have some
fun, went through the market and
privately engaged each market man
from the country to bring a cat next
day, as he said he Avanted a good
mouser. Every country house had
a superfluity of cats, so the next
morning each market cart carried a
tom cat into town. The joker did not
make his appearance, of course, and the
market men, after waiting for him until
they were ready to go home, indignant
ly turned all the cats loose in the mar
ket house. The cats lived on the offal
of the market house, and greAvaud mul
tiplied until Alexandria became as fa
mous for cats as Cincinnati is for hoe .