86 THE CHRISTIAN NATURALIST. 



nity and humilty — ** the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily 

 of the Vallies." (Sol. Song. ii. 1.) 



Oh ! how earnestly must the Christian look forward 

 to the period when, in all the glory of his person and 

 in all the riches of his grace, man shall every where 

 see and admire that Saviour ** who is the fairest among 

 ten thousand, and the altogether lovely ! " Then, with 

 infinitely more satisfaction than the delighted florist 

 now gazes upon his choicest flowers, shall the enrap- 

 tured Church exclaim in the glowing language of the 

 Canticles iv. 1 6, " Awake, O North wind ; and come, 

 thou south ; blow upon my garden, that the spices may 

 flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and 

 eat his pleasant fruits.** And then will be realized in 

 all its glory and universality the truth of the prophecy, 

 "The Lord shall comfort Zion : he will comfort all her 

 waste places, and he will make her wilderness like 

 Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord ; joy 

 and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and 

 the voice of melody.'* (Isaiah li. 3.) 



