42 THE MICKOSCOPE AND ITS LESSONS. 



of the other. The more I magnify an object the more, as 

 a rule, I can see ; and the more I believe, the stronger my 

 spiritual vision. 



Once, in doubt as to the meaning of facts in relation 

 to figures, it struck me that there was a short and ready 

 way to an explanation : the figures appeared in the 

 " Micrographic Dictionary," by Messrs. Griffith and Hen- 

 frey. I knew nothing of the authors personally, but it 

 occurred to me to go direct to them * for an explanation ; 

 I did so, and I received it almost by return of post. 



What a lesson for the Bible student is taught in this 

 simple story ! 



The Dictionary above referred to is, perhaps, the 

 most valuable that has ever been written upon the micro- 

 scope. It contains upwards of seven hundred pages, and 

 is illustrated by upwards of forty full-sized and beauti- 

 fully engraved plates, each containing very many figures, 

 besides about nine hundred wood engravings. 



The Introduction covers forty pages, giving a full 

 description of the instrument and its apparatus, the best 

 way of managing the light, and the general method of 

 determining the structure of the various objects before 

 us, the cost of which objects varies from one to twenty 

 shillings each the best investments I have ever made. 

 Here are sections of the tongues of flies and spiders, cats 

 and dogs, and, of course, human tongues ; all parts of the 

 human body, internal and external, from the hair on the 

 head to the nail on the toe, from the optic nerve of the 

 eye to the nerve of the foot and the skin of the heel, the 

 brain and muscle, bone, and teeth, all are here, awaiting 

 our examination. 



Flowers and leaves, fruit-stones and wood from all the 

 wonderful variety of trees, seeds of all kinds from various 



* See John vi. 68. 



