BLESSINGS OF SUN-LIGHT. 125 
and accordingly reflects either a green, or some 
more brilliant colour; those parts which are 
white do not perhaps contain this substance at 
all, and therefore the white appearance is simply 
the pure lustre of the tissue filled with limpid 
juices. It is quite certain the sunlight is the 
great cause which, as we might say, paints the 
flowers in all their splendid colours: remembering 
always the words of our Saviour Jesus Christ, 
who in telling us to consider the lilies of the 
field, and that Solomon in all his glory was not 
arrayed like one of these, reminds us that it is 
God who has so clothed the grass of the field; and 
though we may, therefore, certainly say that it is 
the light which brings all the glories forth, we 
must also remember it is God who not only said, 
“Let there be light,” but also so created the 
beautiful tissues of the plant, that when the solar 
rays fall upon them, they produce all those 
lovely tinges which so much delight our eyes. 
Truly, when we consider how much every plant, 
from the lowest and least of the field to the 
tallest and strongest of the forest, is indebted 
to the genial influences of the sun’s rays,—had 
they a voice to speak, they might exclaim with 
