200 AGE OF CORAL REEFS. 



of the same Intellect through all time, every- 

 where. 



When we observe the practical results of this 

 sequence in the position of Corals on the reef, 

 we canfiot fail to see that it is not a mere acci- 

 dental difference of structure and relation, but 

 that it bears direct reference to the part these 

 little beings were to play in Creation. It places 

 the solid part of the structure at -the base of the 

 Reef. it fills in the interstices with a lighter 

 growth, it crowns the summit with the more 

 delicate kinds, that yield to the action of the tides 

 and are easily crushed into the fine sand that 

 forms the soil, it makes a masonry solid, 

 compact, time-defying, such a masonry as was 

 needed by the great Architect, who meant that 

 these smallest creatures of His hand should help 

 to build His islands and His continents. 



