264 Natural Theology. 



Another remarkable evidence that this chang- 

 ing of flowers to increase their beauty was pro- 

 vided for in their creation, is found in the fact that 

 those flowers, in which the stamens are large and 

 ornamented, so as to make a distinct element 

 in the beauty of the flower, seldom, if ever, become 

 double. 



In the animal kingdom we have everywhere ap- 

 parent the same regard for beauty of outline and 

 harmony of color. If there are monsters, it maybe 

 partly from association of their form with their na- 

 tures, or because they occupy such a place in creation 

 that there can be no beauty but that of adaptation. 

 But when we have thrown aside all these cases in 

 respect to which there might be difference of opin- 

 ion, the great mass of animal life speaks of the same 

 Divine Artist whose matchless skill has arranged the 

 lilies of the field. 



In the field of the microscope there is often a 

 display of beauty that is wonderful. Animal and 

 vegetable forms too small for the naked eye to dis- 

 cern, or if discerned at all, seeming like grains of 

 dust, under the power of the magnifying lens, be- 

 come perfect marvels in beauty of outline and 

 sculpture. We have also the same exhibition of 

 beauty and perfection of structure in the minute 

 organs of larger forms of animal life. In some of 

 our liberally endowed scientific societies we have a 

 section of the society given to microscopic research. 

 They gather the mud from pools in all parts of the 

 earth, the dust that collects upon the sails in long 



