94 CONVERSATIONS ON 



CONVERSATION VIII. 



Uncle Philip tells the Children of a Door, 

 with a Hinge and Spring to it, made by 

 a Spider ; and shows them Pictures to let 

 them see the Difference between God's 

 Work and Man's. 



" I WAS thinking, boys, last night, of what 

 you said about killing the poor spiders ; and 

 I was sorry that I did not then recollect one 

 thing about a spider which I could have told 

 you, and which would have made you like the 

 poor little creatures better. However, I deter- 

 mined that when you came to see me again, 

 it should be the first thing I would tell you, 

 if you wished to hear it." 



"Wish to hear it! Why, Uncle Philip, 

 we always wish to hear you tell us of any 

 thing that you please to talk about. You 

 have told us of a great many strange things, 

 about which we knew (nothing before "; and 



