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tion, not merely because it may lead to some useful 

 discovery, but because the actual inquiry, while it 

 compels us to engage in exercise healthful to the 

 body, is equally beneficial to the mind making 

 us wiser, better, and happier. And senseless, in- 

 deed, must he be, who, after adding to his store of 

 happiness by looking into the things of God's Crea- 

 tion, fails to discover that the knowledge and love 

 of God, his own and their Creator, should be to 

 him the source and spring of all his happiness. 

 Can it be, that fallen man should feel his mind 

 expand in the peaceful enjoyment of dissecting the 

 puny herbs which Nature scatters everywhere in 

 his way, and not rejoice in his moments of reflec- 

 tion that the GOD OF NATURE has revealed Himself 

 also as the GOD OF PEACE ? If, by searching into 

 the laws by which He governs the universe, the 

 mind attain a quiet and calm enjoyment as un- 

 mixed with evil as anything earthly can be, 

 how much more conducive to his happiness must 

 that knowledge be which " maketh wise unto salva- 

 tion!" 



He prayeth best, who loveth best 

 All things both great and small, 

 For the Great God, who loveth us, 

 He made and loveth all. 



COLERIDGE. 



THE END. 



