The child : its spiritual nature / by Henry King Lewis.

  • Lewis, Henry King.
Date:
1896
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    higher, and the body comes to be regarded and treated as the humble servant of the soul. But now, gentle reader, while we are contemplating the little child, we may ask where is God most truly seen ? You say He is seen as He rides upon the storm;— as He flies on the wings of the wind. I say He is perceived in the still, small voice. Do you see Him in the midnight glory of the starry heavens ? I see Him more in the tender twinkle of a little child’s eye. Do you trace His voice in the majestic roll of the thunder, as it reverberates from cloud to cloud ? I hear His utterance, not distant but as a whisper in my ear, in the loving tones of a tender mother. Does the manifestation of His mighty mind impress you in the scathing flash of lightning ? I think it is infinitely nearer to me in the flash of wit which sometimes may be seen darting out of the clouds of ignorance of the humble peasant. The lightning may shatter the nerves. The earthquake may shake the clay taber- nacle. But God is not in the earthquake. He is not in the thunder, to the highest part of our being He never can be. The soul has no eye for physical light- ning,—no sense for earthquakes,—no ear for thunder, but is most susceptible to appeals to conscience,—to its affections—to its mind. The subject which it was proposed to discuss, it is hoped has not been unfairly treated, in view of many accepted theories of human nature and misconceptions