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there will be nothing to complain of ; but on the 

 trary, that the purposes of God will work their 

 through all human hypocrisy and weakness, so as to 

 fulfil the truth of the gracious promise, "As the rain 

 Cometh down from heaven, and returneth not thither, 

 but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and 

 bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to 

 the eater ; so shall my word be that goeth forth out 

 of my mouth ; it shall not return unto me void, but 

 it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall 

 prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." (Isaiah Iv. 

 10.) 



HARVEST HOME. 



Harvest Home ! What delightful sensations are 

 awakened by these words ! To the eye of the Christian 

 Naturalist, the scenes which have just been passing 

 before him — a rich and splendid harvest safely gathered 

 in — have presented a lovely mirror, in which he has 

 lieen enabled to contemplate anew some of the noblest 



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