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patronage of those who would promote the in- 

 terests of youth, and advance the cause of en- 

 lightened education in our land. The Christian 

 poet, in his Tirocinium, has not failed to press 

 upon a father 



" blessed with any brains," 



the duty and privilege of combining, in the 

 education of his child, the contemplation of the 

 works of the Almighty with the study of the 

 writings of men : 



" To show him in an insect or a flower, 

 Such microscopic proofs of skill and power, 

 As, hid from ages past, God now displays 

 To combat Atheists with in modern days." 



It is now indeed felt, with increasing force from 

 day to day, that while the young should especially 

 study the Bible, the study of the Works of God 

 may be most advantageously combined with the 

 study of the Words of God. Both are Jehovah's 

 volumes; and while the Book of Inspiration alone 

 reveals to us the glory of the gracious Redeemer, 

 the Book of Nature especially reveals to us the 

 glory of the Great Creator. And just as, with- 

 out the Spirit's teaching, no one can savingly 

 read the Scriptures, so we may be excused for 

 remarking, that, without the aid of such instru- 



