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into those which lead astray. He has need, 

 therefore, to derive incentives for encourage- 

 ment from every object which his Heavenly 

 Father has given as sources of innocent en- 

 joyment, or as prompting to active duty. 



True it is that the Holy Scriptures reveal 

 only one unfailing source of strength, but the 

 garden of creation teaches much ; and there 

 is a small still voice which speaks through- 

 out all nature, which tells that God is ever 

 present, and which invites to hallowed and 

 divine communion. When the sweet spring 

 is ushered in with fleecy clouds and warm 

 sunbeams, bright rainbows and jjlitterintr 

 showers ; when the song of birds is heard, 

 and unfrozen streams leap sparklmg adown 

 the banks, what joyous feelings elevate the 

 mind ! Delightful is it, then, to walk abroad 

 when sights and sounds of gladness are 

 around us. The saddest heart foregoes its 

 sadness for a small moment, and the grateful 



