CHAPTEK IV. 



LIFE AMONGST THE SPIDERS. 



u If tbou intendest to vanquish the greatest, the most abominable, and 

 wickedest enemy, who is able to do thee mischief, both in body and soul, 

 and against whom thou preparest all sorts of weapons, but cannot overcome, 

 then know that there is a sweet and loving physical herb to serve thee, 

 named Patientia." I/OTHER. 



HAT is our lesson here patience and perse- 

 verance. See, here is a fine specimen of the 

 garden spider awaiting both your patience and 

 perseverance in a careful examination of its 

 curious body. It is nicely laid out on the 

 glass slip, and first examining it with a low 

 magnifying power and then gradually increasing the 

 power, which we must always do in our microscopical 

 studies, for, remember, it is alike true in nature as it is in 

 faith : the more we magnify, the more we see ; and the 

 more we believe, the more is revealed to our spiritual 

 eyes ; we shall be astonished at the wisdom displayed in 

 the life of a spider. 



I told you that it was in my belief an error to include 

 spiders in the great family of insects. The spider is not 

 an insect : that word comes from the Latin insecta, to 

 divide ; and the spider's body is not so divided as are the 

 bodies of true insects. 



