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mat, is as nothing, compared with the difference 

 between the workmanship of the human and 

 the insect weaver. Take the most elaborate 

 ornament which the jeweller fashions from gold 

 and silver, from pearl or diamond, and, placed 

 under the Microscope, it is poor, rude, dim, as 

 contrasted with the rainbow colours on shield of 

 beetle, and wing of butterfly ; or with the ex- 

 quisite carving and contour of flower, and in- 

 sect, and animalcule. Looked at in this light, 

 we find a new meaning in our Saviour's words : 

 " Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; 

 they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet I 

 say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was 

 not arrayed like one of these !" We feel a fresh 

 power in the admonition to the Lord's people : 

 " Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the 

 field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into 

 the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, 

 ye of little faith ?" 



8. Such lessons should at once teach deepest 

 humility to poor ignorant man in his present 

 state ; and exalt the conceptions of the child of 

 God as to the glories of his home in a better 

 world. If this world fallen as it is is yet so 



