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down ; where his hopes shall no more be doomed to 

 wither, or to shed their blighted leaves ; but where they 

 shall continue in immortal veijdure, to bloom for ever 

 like that "Tree of Life which is in the midst of 

 the Paradise of God." 



FEBRUARY. 



THE STARRY HEAVENS. 

 " By hia Spirit he hath garnished the heavens.*' — ^Job xxvi. 13. 



What a spectacle of grandeur, glory, and mystery 

 is presented to the observer of the heavens on a clear 

 winter's night! Always splendid and sublime as 

 this sight is, the frosty atmosphere causes every star 

 to sparkle with even brighter lustre than usual ; while 

 the intense darkness which now pervades the firmament 

 in the absence of the moon, gives a brilliancy to the 

 whole scene greater than is perceived at any other 



