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Show H mi: luitn ituiis. H Tho laws according to whloli atruos H phcrlo changes aro ulleoted are ap- H patently among the mst dlflloult to H ascertain. Tho ttuJont cf unturo la H putiled to ivcoount for tho dltleronoo H In tcmeraturo In Ihu samo locolltj H during the t.mo e-aions of the year. H Oce la nt n loaa to undirttaud wh H the spring should bj lute oue ytnrnnd H early another, or why snow mid inlu J should I u copious one j i or andalinost J (all during the corrcsriondlng ronoJof H tho next. That the Uhh on which H these ohangei depend aro bitlmper H fcclly uudcrit-ol In uvldencoil by the B fret tbatuiarly oil "fjuaiiU" irovo H most unrrllal 1 M The iinpbllcsopliicnl J oUervi r Is likely to asctlbe It ull to B Juncc, which, liowcv.r,!) no oxphns B lion at nil; nlillu thotii wluae minds J pemlratu a llttlufartlur lercelve that B there mutt t o lawsgovirnlug even tlu BBBfl weather i suirs ot whloli the utino BBB pberlo thaugea are but "natural" BBBJj BBB It Is Interesting to notice fie position BBJ t the writers ol tho Illblu upun tills BBB mljict. Theae wore inun who In many H Instances give evidence ol a in st re. BBBj uiarkublylntlmatel.nowkdiraoi nature BBBJ ia well ta lumlllurlt) with ttio Cruitor BBBJ If uttuie. They wiromeuof all do BBBik greoa ol learning an 1 social standing, and various gilts and accomplishments. Among them were poets, blitorlsns, lawgivers, kings, shepherds, orator, tlatfstuin, but all agree In representing represent-ing the weather and lis lawa ns under the control on J sujerlnleadonce of UoJ. A few quotations will Illustrate till: Hlng unto the tanl with thanksgiving .... who covers llio honveti wills clouds, who prepuros rain for tho enrih, who niskesgrss grow npoii the inoun-bilns. inoun-bilns. , , . lie else nnwllkn wouli llescnitens hoarfriMt llkeaslnwi lloaism (iirlh Ills Ico Itko morsels; who ran aund LMIoro Ills cold? l'salliia cxlvlli 7 17. Ut us fear tho I-or.I our (loJ, that f:lveih rain, both tbu former an 1 tho Iter, In Ills e ison. Ho rnsorvclli tmln us tbo npjioliiiod wcoks of trio harvest. Jer. vi SI. Heltmlo disturbances aro In the same way teprcsentoJ as being under tho l.orJ'a control: IIo rsbuketli tho sra, an I makoih It 1r),iml dtklli npsll iho rivers. Ilaau Ungulsbi'thiHnd Oriuul, ami itio II jwer or Irfuanoii langiiisboih. Tlio mountains quske at lllm, and llio hills milt, anil inoeartli Uburnotlat Ills presence, ye i tho stolid, an I alt Hint dwell therein. Ylbocsn eland bcroro III indignation, and who can abide In tho non-eniMs tt lllsanger? Ills fury Is pourcil out like Ilro and Iho rocks are Ibruvrn down by lllm. Nth. It I a Krom Ilia New Tularnent writers we quote: llomskcth Ills son rlso on tho evil and on tbo good and ficndelh rain on tho fust and unjust. Ma til. VI 15, Xovtrtliolm Ho left not ltlmsol! without witness, in ittst Ho did good, andgaveusraliifromiieiiveu and Hull-tt Hull-tt seafons. Acts, xlvi 17. This philosophy may nottxj lain the Immediate causes of rain, snow and frost. It Kates that an ojvn field lo diligent research. Hut It lerlaluty gives the most satisfactory Account of the (list cauto of It, thesource to whloli honest Inquiry will ultimately losd the student, and It gives Iho devout heart amplefooJfor coutimplatlou. Uod's rule extends to all departments ol Ills wonderful creation. In Ihlscountcllon Itmsy not be cut of tho way to recall the met that the closing scenes ol this dispensation are by ancient pro litis described as re markarle lor unuaual almosphcrio disturbances. To refer only lo one cf them John the llsvelalor (chap. 10) describes these scenes In a remarkably vivid manner, tiader the representation ofseveuaugelspjurlng out the rials of the wrath of Uod upon the earth. Thrsu vlsls aro represented ns allectlng tbe ssa, the rivers, tho tun, etc. The result aro to bo seen In epidemics, excessive heat, drought, tlaode, earth-quakes, earth-quakes, as well as warsaud commotions amoni;the Inhabitants of tho earth. The language use I by tho llsvelalor reminds so much of tho blitory of tho exodus ol Israel ironi Kgypt as to warrant tho expoclatlou that tbu wonders performed there will be repeated at the end of our era nn a much larger scale. And when It Is understood that tho Creator governs In all thing', the j redlcllons given In this respect risuuio nn Inqorlatico that should command the altejtlou of the whole world. |