take ordinary mathematicians an hour. Some of these prodigies are mere children; and none of them can tell how they do it. Yet all these powers must belong to the perfect man. In music it is the same. Music is a natural gift. Talte -‘Blind Tom,” for instance; on every other subject he was an idiot, but he had a
keen appreciation of music and was able to repeat any composition which he
heard once, even repeating the mistakes of the performer, if any were made.
How he did it we cannot tell. No one knows. He was not, however, in the true
sense of the word a nzusiciun The great composers and performers of the past
three hundred years are illustrious examples of what is possible in musical
genius. The perfect man will be no less a musician than were these imperfect
men; he will be superior in every way.
Then there have been men noted for oratory, others for mathematics, others for
their gift of poesy. Whatever we find in any branch of human intelligence or
learning we may be sure is only a suggestion of what the powers of a perfeci
man would be, with all those qualities and gifts perfected and combined. As an
orator we might refer to the late Henry Ward Beecher. Not only was he a won-
derful speaker, but he had a magnetic power, by which he carried his audience
with him, often even against their will. It is related that just prior to the war,
when secession sentiment was high, he visited Richmond against the wishes of
his friends, who feared that if he attempted to speak against slavery he would
be mobbed. When he began, his voice could hardly be heard above the tumult;
but as he proceeded the audience grew quiet, until finally it broke into ap-
plause. Such was his power, and yet his ability in this direction was almost
nothing compared to what the ability of a perfect man would be.
Another power of the human mind which you and I do not possess, in fact,
which is very rare, is the control of the lower animals. A gentleman passed
through the principal cities of our land some years ago possessed of wonderful powers in this direction. All the vicious horses of the vicinity were brought to
him, and they quailed before him. It was simply a power of mind; and yet we
may suppose that Adam was still more gified, when all the animals passed
quietly before him in Eden’s beautiful Garden and received their names.Gen 2: 19
Some people are gified with remarkable memory. If they read an article, prose
or poem once, they can repeat it word for word. We know of a gentleman who
can repeat any text of the Bible that you call for; or, if you repeat the text, he
can tell you the chapter and veise. And yet this is not a miraculous gift; it is
simply a human power. And so through all the powers of the human mind.
They are now only a suggestion as to what they will be when brought to per-
fection in Restitution Times. The Apostle Peter further answers our query as to
what is to be restored. He says it is to be a restoration “of all things SPOKEN
by the mouth of all the holy Prophets since the world began.” Restitution must
be quite an important subject if it was Foretold by all the holy Prophets. Let us
see how some ofthem spoke of it.