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Make up the full account ; not the least atom 

 Embezzl'd, or mislaid, of the whole tale. 

 Each soul shall have a body ready furnish'd ; 

 And each shall have his own. Hence, ye profane ! 

 Ask not how this can be ? Sure the same power 

 That rear'd the piece at first, and took it down, 

 Can re-assemble the loose scatter'd parts 

 And put them as they were. Almighty God 

 Has done much more : nor is His arm impair'd 

 Thro' length of days : And what He can, He will : 

 His faithfulness stands bound to see it done." 



8. The discovery of the existence and agency 

 of these microscopic plants and animacules un- 

 folds to us clearly the power, wisdom, and good- 

 ness of the Almighty, as put forth in all nature 

 around us. Before the invention of the Micro- 

 scope, not a conception could be formed by man 

 of the vast world of animated nature in every 

 drop of water. But it is now known that if a 

 few leaves or grasses are immersed in this ele- 

 ment, and then left exposed to the sun for a 

 little time, innumerable multitudes of micro- 

 scopic forms, many of them evidently possessed 

 of the most amazing powers of locomotion, are 

 brought to light. We see this realized every 

 day in every little stagnant pool which we pass 

 by on the road-side. On the surface of that 

 pool you observe a mass of apparently putrid 



