130 THE HALL OF SHELLS. 
There is a crown whose jewels, like yours, are 
wrought in obedience and love, and of them 
it is said, ‘They shall shine forever and 
ever!’” And the wave with the silvery crest 
sped on. 
The Zubipora musica (organ-pipe coral) 
continued: “It was near the morning of crea- 
tion; upon the sand stood One whom the earth 
and the sea adore, and at whose feet the white 
waves bow their heads. He gathered the hol- 
low reeds that grew at his feet, and, pressing 
them together, he said to us: ‘Luild yr on 
this wise !’ 
“We knew not how; yet the sea and all 
things that are therein praise him and do his 
will. We gave ourselves to the work, and be- 
hold! he hath blessed it, and that hath made 
it good.” 
A wave touched the tiny “organ pipes” of 
coral and a wind breathed upon them; a soft 
melody arose, in key with that harmony heard 
when the morning stars sang together. The 
wave with the silvery crest sped on. 
“And to us,” said one of the arborescent 
corals—the Mandrepora formosa— the vision 
was given on this wise: The branching trees 
of the forest were reflected in the mirror of 
the ocean, and while in our feebleness we won- 
