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from time to eternity; and as it all began in Him, so it must first cease 

 in Him, and thus by His death, He first removed in Himself the nature 

 which suppresses the power of eternal life, and will afterwards do the same 

 in all kinds of creatures, all being made by Him and for Him. 



The Psalms, and some other parts of the Bible, express intense admira- 

 tion for the works of creation, though so little of them were then known, 

 and the present rapid increase of the knowledge of these works, claims a 

 much higher degree of admiration, especially when it is considered that all 

 parts of Nature are manifestations of the power of Christ, and that 

 descriptions of all His works would be too numerous for the world to 

 contain, and that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden 



in Him. 



{To be continued.) 



WATER INSECTS, ETC. 



BY O. S. ROUND, ESQ. 



When the sun begins to shine into our chamber really early, and 

 nature is awaking from her winter slumber, I know of no more interesting 

 study than can be found in a field pond filled with such a multitude of 

 creatures, which are called forth from the larva or inactive state, in which 

 they have passed the dreary dark months. I remember when I was a 

 boy, a little nook of water of this kind forming one of the greatest sources 

 of enjoyment I think I ever recollect, and the happy calm moments 

 passed on its margin, bring back to my mind's eye bright gleams of warm 

 and sunny young summer hours — how free from the whirl in which after 

 years and business habits have since involved me! and I turn to them 

 with an interest which few past hours still possess. I scarcely remember 

 the time when the study of natural objects did not engross my chief 

 attention, and I used to look into the depths of the calm clear stream, 

 with something even then of sublime contemplation of those beautiful little 

 beings which I saw sporting on its surface, or scudding and diving in its 

 pellucid depths, and longed to dive too into those depths, and become 

 familiar with those haunts that looked so cool and shady, and above all 

 so clear and peaceful. 



At last I bethought me of a contrivance which might in some sort 

 effect my object, and this was no other than (gentle reader do not smile) 

 an old skimmer, which, handleless and thrown aside, nevertheless was the 

 thing I wanted. To this I fixed a long wooden handle, and for years 

 after this instrument and a broad red earthenware pan, formed my aquatic 

 entomological assistants. With the first I pursued the large Water Beetle, 

 {Dytiscus marginalis,) that powerful and bold insect, into the depths of 



