24 THE COR:N-FIELD. 



would thus perpetuate the evil which he had 

 taken pains to extirpate. This incident, trifling 

 as it was, interested me very much. If it had 

 taken place in Palestine it would not have been 

 so much to be wondered at, for there the face of 

 nature is but little altered from what it was at 

 the time when our Saviour appeared on earth. 

 There the same plants and animals are still to 

 be found, which are mentioned in the Sacred 

 Writings, and there man himself, prone as he is 

 in other parts of the world to change his habits 

 according to the whim of the day, retains the 

 customs, and even the dress of his forefathers, 

 who lived two thousand years before him. But 

 when in a country like England, so far removed 

 from the scene of the events recorded in the 

 Bible, such an occurrence takes place, and that 

 in the course of a country ramble, we are, in- 

 deed, led " from nature, up to nature's God." 

 Not only can we see how closely natural religion 

 is connected with the revealed Word of God, but 

 we can learn the same lesson (written in characters 

 of the present day) which is contained in Holy 

 Writ, namely, that the teaching of Christ is for 

 all nations. " Go ye and teach all nations," was 

 Christ's command to his Apostles. They went, 

 and taught ; and if we commune with the earth, 

 the earth teaches the same doctrine. 



1 may here also mention another circumstance 

 connected with this part of my subject, tending to 

 illustrate a passage in Scripture with which you are 

 doubtless familiar ; I allude to Pharaoh's dream of 

 the seven ears of corn which came up on one stalk. 

 If you read the account given in the 40th chapter of 

 Genesis you will find that the stalks, both of good 



