KEPOHTS. 



liepori on Jflofotrs. 



SECTION I. 

 The Love of the Beautiful, God Given and Heaven Born. 



Our Creator formed tlie eartli in beauty and symmetry. Ho 

 ppanned above it the jewelled sky, ever revealing, ever flashing 

 forth, new splendor and charms. Then he made man endowed with 

 immortality, with a capacity for beholding, enjoving and cherish- 

 ing all the beauty which is mingled in His works. Plad He de- 

 signed man merely to cultivate the useful, apart from the beauti- 

 ful, an Eden would never have been provided as the abode of 

 our first Parents. The great Architect of the world is no waster, 

 therefore, the profuse adornment which crowns His works ; the 

 mystic charm of Nature is designed for man's attention. There 

 is an innate power of loving the beautiful, in a greater or less 

 degree, within the heart of all persons living. Indeed, this pow- 

 er is an instinct of the human soul. It is God-given and Heaven- 

 born. It is the greatest, and most rational source of human en- 

 joyment. Whatever in Nature serves to enhance, — to bring out 

 this faculty, should be sought after, and regarded wuth care. 



I know of no objects better adapted to this end, than the 

 bright, delicate flowers. "Wg find them everywhere. Tliey 



