140 THE CHRISTIAN NATURALIST. 



His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his 

 horns are like the horns of unicorns ; with them he 

 shall push the people together to the end of the earth." 

 (Deut. xxxiii. 13—17.) 



Would to God that this splendid picture of national 

 prosperity raight awaken suitable feelings of gratitude in 

 every British heart ! Then, indeed, a walk through the 

 corn-fields at this season would not be in vain. For it 

 would serve to set before us an image of that fertility 

 and glory which adorns and dignifies our land ; and we 

 should here gain that high incentive to the great work 

 of spreading the gospel, which is a duty especially 

 belonging to the inhabitants of this favored isle. There 

 is, indeed, no stronger argument for the circulation of 

 the Holy Scriptures, and for the labours of Mission- 

 ary Societies, than that which is supplied by the smiling 

 scenes of plenty around us. For what are these but 

 a type of that harvest of the church of God, which 

 must at length be gathered in from every quarter of 

 the globe. And truly it may be said that the fields 

 are already *' white to this harvest." Though the 

 labourers have as yet been but few and far between, 

 much progress has been made in preparing the way for 

 final success ; and were the progress smaller than it is, 



