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By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which 

 sing among the branches. He watereth the hills from his chambers : 

 the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works." 



" Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made 

 them all : the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide 

 sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great 

 beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou 

 hast made to play therein." 



The fruitfulness and beauty of the earth, as illustrating 

 the wisdom and goodness of God, may serve as another 

 lesson. Here may be exhibited the beauty and variety of 

 the plants and flowers with which the earth is adorned ; 

 the manner of their growth and self-propagation, their 

 .utility to man and beast, their immense number and 

 variety, their relations to each other as genera and species ; 

 trees and their varieties, their beauty and utility, their 

 timber and their fruit; and in connection with this lesson, 

 Psalm civ, 14 - 34, may be committed to memory. 



" He cause th the grass to grow for the cattle; and herb for the 

 service of man : that he may bring forth food out of the earth ; and 

 wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face 

 to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. The trees of 

 the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath 

 planted ; where the birds make their nests : as for the stork, the 

 fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild 

 goats ; and the rocks for the conies. He appointeth the moon for 

 seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. Thou maketh darkness, 

 and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 

 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 

 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them 

 down in their dens. Man goeth forth unto his work and to his 

 labor until the evening." 



" These wait all upon thee ; that thou mayest give them their 

 meat in due season. That thou givest them they gather ; thou 

 openest thine hand, they are filled with good. Thou hidest thy face, 

 they are troubled : thou takest away their breath, they die, and re- 

 turn to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created : 



