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upon the remaining darkness. The work goes on; 

 reflected brightness shines upon the rest ; and at 

 last the Lord puts on his glorious apparel, takes 

 unto himself his great power, breaks forth in the 

 dazzling brilliancy of acknowledged glory, and 

 reigns over a household of willing conquests. 



How lovely is the sympathy displayed by the 

 expanded world beneath, when this fair work is 

 accomplished in the brightening atmosphere above ! 

 Not a -shrub, not a blossom, or a leaf, but seems 

 to rejoice, when the liberated day-beam shines 

 upon it ; and gladness yet more intelligibly ex 

 pressed, fills the animal creation. It is not long 

 since, looking around for some particular flower, 

 whereon to mark the vivifying effects of these 

 outbursting rays, I was struck to perceive on the 

 bank beside me, only one flower in bloom ; and 

 that was a single solitary child of my prolific 

 family the Heart's-Ease. * No,' thought I, as 1 

 turned reluctantly away, 'no, I must not bring you 

 a third time into my chapters.' But when I stole 

 another glance, and saw the little cheerful blossom 

 uplifting its modest face to rejoice in the sunshine, 

 I could not forego the almost inexhaustible source 

 of pure delight afforded me in the retrospection. 

 With such a train of thought awakened in my 

 mind, it seemed that none could so meetly claim 

 the notice I was prepared to bestow ; and that 

 peculiar characteristic of D., which shewed him 



