234 THE BEAUTY OF THE CREATION. 



ills of life," to which so many of our fellow-crea- 

 tures are subjected. If this principle were more 

 acted upon, if we followed the precepts of our 

 blessed Saviour, our practice would be that of 

 Christians, and our conduct that of gentlemen. 

 Pride, that greatest of all stumbling-blocks, would 

 be replaced by humility, and religious indifference 

 by that faith, which, as has been beautifully said, 

 " gives to reason the wing and the eye of the eagle 

 enabling her to soar towards the heavens, and to 

 look upwards to the Sun of righteousness. 5 ' 



