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Article LANAH, A TALE OF THE FLOOD. ← Page 5 of 11 →
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Lanah, A Tale Of The Flood.
of earth ' s sons , I ' 11 name with him each star ; grows there a plant beneath the moon whose properties I am unacquainted with ? The ductile metal ' neath my skill becomes the useful instrument of life . —Go , visionary ! Lanah is too wise to be deceived . "
" Oh the pride , the accursed pride of knowledge ! Deeply deeply earth ' s children feel the serpent's curse ! Worm , " continued Japheth , addressing Lanah , — " what is thy wisdom opposed against His word ?—Thou canst name the stars , but canst thou tell what power sustains them in
their spheres?—thou canst describe the virtues of each plant , but canst thou tell the mystery of its being , or why the perfume of the violet differeth from the rose ? —thou art skilled above men—the sciences our father Adam
taught thou hast remembered ; but that Holy one , that crowning gift to man , the Creator ' s name and awful worship , thou art a stranger to . Brother in promise , —canst thou abase thy nature , and rejecting the faith thy fathers followed , bow to idolatries of wood and stone ?"
" No , " replied Lanah , proudly , " the inventions of man's hands I scorn as you do . Tubal was a man wise beyond his race ; he lived and died : —I ne ' er have bowed my head to kindred earth , nor will I reject one fable to take up another . On yon mountain's peak lies my secluded home :
Leah expects me ; she is of your race , and worships as her father taught her : wilt share the homely feast , and tell her of her friends ?—she will rejoice to meet thee . " " Willingly , " answered Japheth , " my soul yearneth to behold ancl warn her of the coming wrath , that the hour
may find her watching . " " Be it as ye list , " i-eplied his companion , and together they ascended the steep path that led to the mountain home of Lanah .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Lanah, A Tale Of The Flood.
of earth ' s sons , I ' 11 name with him each star ; grows there a plant beneath the moon whose properties I am unacquainted with ? The ductile metal ' neath my skill becomes the useful instrument of life . —Go , visionary ! Lanah is too wise to be deceived . "
" Oh the pride , the accursed pride of knowledge ! Deeply deeply earth ' s children feel the serpent's curse ! Worm , " continued Japheth , addressing Lanah , — " what is thy wisdom opposed against His word ?—Thou canst name the stars , but canst thou tell what power sustains them in
their spheres?—thou canst describe the virtues of each plant , but canst thou tell the mystery of its being , or why the perfume of the violet differeth from the rose ? —thou art skilled above men—the sciences our father Adam
taught thou hast remembered ; but that Holy one , that crowning gift to man , the Creator ' s name and awful worship , thou art a stranger to . Brother in promise , —canst thou abase thy nature , and rejecting the faith thy fathers followed , bow to idolatries of wood and stone ?"
" No , " replied Lanah , proudly , " the inventions of man's hands I scorn as you do . Tubal was a man wise beyond his race ; he lived and died : —I ne ' er have bowed my head to kindred earth , nor will I reject one fable to take up another . On yon mountain's peak lies my secluded home :
Leah expects me ; she is of your race , and worships as her father taught her : wilt share the homely feast , and tell her of her friends ?—she will rejoice to meet thee . " " Willingly , " answered Japheth , " my soul yearneth to behold ancl warn her of the coming wrath , that the hour
may find her watching . " " Be it as ye list , " i-eplied his companion , and together they ascended the steep path that led to the mountain home of Lanah .