22 THE CHRISTIAN NATURALIST. 



could steer through the ocean, or the Arab through 

 his sandy desarts, by the aid of the stars. And the 

 end of our mortal pilgrimage if thus pursued, will be 

 an inheritance among the saints in light ; a mansion of 

 glory above ; from whence we shall be able to look 

 down upon those shining worlds that now attract our 

 attention upwards, and behold them, perhaps, but as 

 the glittering gems that sparkle on the footstool of the 

 Eternal God, or as the gloriously -bespangled curtain of 

 that heavenly temple, within which sits enthroned the 

 uncreated Majesty of Him ** who only hath immortality, 

 dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, 

 to whom be honour and power everlasting, Amen." 



