2 DROPS OF WATER. 



and, as an old writer expresses himself, " the ma- 

 jesty of God appears no less in small things than 

 in great ; and as it exceedeth human sense in the 

 immense greatness of the universe, so also doth 

 it in the sniallness of the parts thereof." 



The wonderful power of the Creator is as 

 clearly manifested in the formation of the smallest 

 animalcule, as in that of the largest living being ; 

 and perhaps the former even excites our admira- 

 tion in a greater degree, for when we examine, by 

 the aid of " that mighty talisman of wisdom " a 

 microscope, an object which is so small that the 

 unassisted eye cannot discern it, or which the 

 point of the finest needle would destroy in an 

 instant, and find it perfectly beautiful in all its 

 parts, our wonder is the more increased, and the 



