238 THE EARTH MADE READY FOR MAN 



should it, that those same pages of nature's book 

 that show us the flowering plants should show us 

 bees? 



With trees like our trees and flowering plants be- 

 ginning to be like ours, the world commenced at last, 

 after so many countless years, to look much like the 

 world as we see it. There were shells like ours washed 

 up on the beaches, fishes like ours swam in the sea 

 and in the rivers. Smaller dragon flies skimmed over 

 the water, butterflies fluttered over the blossoms, 

 sipping their nectar, while bees gathered the pollen. 

 The ants were there, and June bugs, and many more 

 of the insects that we know. And all, the leaves of 

 the trees, the flowering plants, the insects, as well as 

 the shells and the fishes and the bones of animals are 

 pictured for us in that wonderful book which has 

 earth's rocks for its pages. 



Throughout those countless ages of change and 

 growth God watched over the world and blessed it 

 with His love and thought. When there was no hu- 

 man mind to observe what was going on, everything 

 was working together in the love and harmony of 

 God's perfect law. 



