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of the conflicting theories on these points main- 

 tained in the past, the various designations 

 above referred to may be used and interpreted 

 with considerable latitude. Microscopic inqui- 

 rers, too, must take care to pursue their future 

 researches with care and diffidence ; while from 

 those differences of opinion among the mem- 

 bers of the Microscopical, of the Geological, 

 and of other schools in the kingdom of Na- 

 ture, the student of the Inspired Word may be 

 the more stirred up to thank God that, in the 

 kingdom of grace, we have " His Oracles" the 

 ce more sure word of prophecy, whereunto we 

 do well that we take heed, as unto a light that 

 shineth in a dark place." 



6. In 1839, as we have said, Ehrenberg dis- 

 covered a worli of organized beings beneath the 

 streets of Berlin, and gave to them the name 

 Infusoria. They exist at a depth of fifteen 

 feet, and descend in some places to twenty, in 

 others even to sixty feet. There, whether called 

 Infusoria or no whether animals, or according 

 to the later views, plants at a considerable 

 distance from the surface of the earth, beyond 

 the reach of heaven's light, without any direct 



