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ill the rosy flowers, in the verdant foliage of the groves in 

 spring, and in the rich and mellow colouring of the woods 

 in autumn. The Almighty, no doubt, could have preserved 

 us in life, though all nature had worn a dull monotonous 

 aspect. But mark the surpassing kindness of Him, 



" Who, not content 

 "With every food of life to nourish man, 

 Hath made all Nature beauty to his eye 

 And music to his ear." 



" The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all 

 them that have pleasure therein \^ and, as if to encourage 

 us to seek them out, and to trace Him, whose way is in the 

 sea, and whose path is in the great waters, and whose foot- 

 steps are but little known. He shows us, by the lovely 

 colouring which He imparts to the denizens of the deep, 

 that even the deep feels his benignant presence ; — that if 

 we could take the wings of the morning and dwell in the 

 uttermost parts of the sea, there would his hand lead us 

 and his right hand hold us, and the tiniest plant that grows 

 in the abyss would say to him who -in humiHty seeks it 

 out, " Behold the wonders of thy God." 



To speak after the manner of men, the Most High seems 

 so set on reconimending to our notice the plants of the sea 



