Fmits and Grains. 249 



how powerless the intellect of man would be without 

 materials fitted to his powers ! 



It is not in the crust of the earth alone that the 

 intellect of man has been considered, but also in 

 the structure of the animals and plants that now 

 live. The fruits came to their perfection, and burst 

 into that wealth of variety which we now enjoy, 

 only under the fostering care of an intellectual 

 being. The precious grains of the earth, prepared 

 undoubtedly for man, can supply his wants only 

 through the exercise of mind. They must be cared 

 for ; the soil must be pi md the -rains must 



be scattered, and the harvest must be gathered, by 

 man. Nor is it yet proper food for him. The 

 grains that supply so large a portion of the race are 

 certainly a provision for their physical wants, but 

 these grains would either perish from the earth, or 

 be almost useless to man were he no higher in 

 mental power than the lower animals. The guid- 

 ing mind of man is needed to preserve and prepare 

 them for his food. 



Thus it is that every physical want of man in his 

 highest state, is provided for, not by the products of 

 the world in their natural state, as the lower animals 

 are supplied, or as man may in some places be sup- 

 plied while in a state of barbarism. 



But man in his upward progress, finds ever open- 

 ing before him new possibilities, new sources of 

 delight and progress, in the elements and in the 

 organic beings that abound on the earth. When 

 we consider what man has done, in chaining the 



