OCTOBER. 



" He hath made everything beautiful in his time." 



— EccLES. 3:11. 



THIS is so true, and the ever recurring 

 freshness of the beauty is so new, so 

 varied, that we are in a state of perpetual 

 wonder as if we had never seen it all be- 

 fore. This sky is not the sky of June, but 

 one look into its intense blue makes you 

 content with the change ; and the river is 

 dancing with sparkles and flecked with joy- 

 ous white ; and the wind — 



" Ay, thou art welcome, Heaven's delicious breath, 

 When woods begin to wear the crimson leaf. 



This by day, — but there come other 



things by night. Have everything ready, 



so that you can remove tender plants into 



the house at a moment's notice ; when some 



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