118 A CONTBIBUTION TO, ETC. 



sion of our late Bishop, would soon accomplish much more than 

 State-aid has ever yet done ; and in that case the very measure, 

 which some denounce as an unmitigated evil, would tend to de- 

 velop the resources of the Church, and expand the affections of 

 the faithful. Out of apparent misfortune, therefore, good may 

 arise, and thus, by a mysterious dispensation, the clouds and 

 darkness, which now seem to envelop what may be termed, the 

 transition state of the Church in these colonies, may clear away, 

 and thus introduce a purer state of things. There is, indeed, a 

 mystery in all around us whether we regard the natural or the 

 moral world and as a late writer remarks "the more we ex- 

 amine into all God's ways and doings in providence and grace, 

 the more are we led to see the force of the Apostle's state- 

 ment, ' O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and know- 

 ledge of God ! How unsearchable are His judgments and His 

 ways past finding out !'" 



" So He ordained, whose way is in the sea, 

 His path amidst great waters, and His steps 

 Unknown; whose judgments are a mighty deep, 

 Where plummet of Archangel's intellect 

 Could never yet find soundings, but from age 

 To age let down, drawn up, then thrown again, 

 With lengthened line and added weight, still fails; 

 And still the cry in Heaven is, ' O, the depth !'" 



DR, F. MUELLER'S LITHOGRAMS OF 

 NATIVE PLANTS. 



(4fo 1865.) 



TV R. P. Mueller's last work on " the Plants indigenous to the 

 colony of Victoria," has briefly been noticed in the daily 

 papers, but I think that a publication so eminently calculated to 

 make known the Flora of Australia, deserves additional consider- 

 ation. In the article to which I refer, it was remarked " although 

 the illustrations are principally designed to make known the 

 plants of Victoria, the reader will perceive that many of the 

 species are common in other parts of Australia ; and, therefore 



