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CHAPTER III. 



COLOUR. 



" Not a flower 

 But shows some touch in freckle, streak, or stain. 

 Of His unrivalled pencil. He inspires 

 Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues. 

 And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes 

 In grains, as countless as the sea-side sands, 

 The forms with which lie sprinkles all the earth. 

 Happy who walks with Him ! Whom what he finds 

 Of flavour, or of scent, in fruit or flower. 

 Or what he views of beautiful or grand 

 In Nature — from the broad majestic oak 

 To the green blade that twinkles in the sun, 

 Prompts with remembrance of a present God. 

 His presence, who made all so fair, perceived 

 Makes all still fairer." — Coivper. 



The goodness of God is remarkably manifest in the variety 

 of s\Ycet and beautiful colours wliicli lie has imparted to 

 his works. This is observable in the prismatic colours of 

 the covenant-bow^ in the purple strcakings of the sky, in 

 the orient tints of the morning, and in the splendid drapery 

 of evening clouds, when the sun seems retiring to his 

 slumbers in the west. It is seen, also, in the green pastures. 



