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his great works. But we may truly say, that he is great in 

 the formation of the smallest of his creatures. He is great 

 in the formation of even the least of the little zoophytes 

 that inhabit the waters, and he is in them seen to be good as 

 he is great. Look at a large frond of Laminaria saccharinu 

 six feet in length and perhaps a foot in breadth, and in 

 many cases you will see it pretty thickly covered with round 

 silvery spots. These are Lepralm of different species. 

 Examine them with a lens, and you will find that they are 

 of exquisite workmanship. Had they not thus been 

 "sought out" by you they might have perished, — their 

 beauty unseen. But though unseen by man, the goodness 

 of God would not have been unfelt. Every one of the 

 silvery spots with which it was studded was a colony of 

 living creatures taught by God to construct the beautiful 

 habitations in which they lived. Their name was Legion, 

 for they were very many; but they were not a legion of 

 wicked spirits doing evil, and consequently miserable, but a 

 legion of God^s creatures doing good, actively employed in 

 doing his will, and consequently happy. Though they had 

 never been seen by man, God would not have lost*his praise, 

 for he gave them life, and rendered that life uninterruptedly 

 happy. " Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom 



