6OO SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS. 



comfort of a new generation of highly organized beings, when our remains 

 shall have passed away to the borders of a " prehistoric " age. 



We have seen in the foregoing brief sketch h*ow the world has arrived 

 at its present beautiful condition, how it has been step by step prepared 

 for us, how nature's forces have been and are still working according to 

 the immutable laws of the Universe. And, after all, how little we know ! 

 What scraps of intelligence only are we able to gather up from the 

 boundless quantity of material which must have been laid down, yet what 

 wondrous results scientists have been able to adduce from even these 

 comparatively scanty specimens ! The sea and land are ever telling us 

 the same old story. Man's research and Bible teaching are found hand in 

 hand in cordial and reverent agreement. Nothing is altered since the day 

 that the Divine command, " Let there be light," went forth into space, and 

 till the earth be destroyed the same forces will continue in ooeration, guided 

 by the Hand that made it " ever faithful, ever sure." 



