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a life to come, is but a grander realization of 

 that which things under our constant obser- 

 vation proclaim to be in unison with the pro- 

 ceedings of the Author of all existence in cer- 

 tain of the works of his hand. "VVe see that 

 such a declaration in his revealed word is in 

 consistency with himself in his lower operations. 

 Unimportant as are the transformations before 

 us compared with our resurrection unto life, 

 still it is most interesting to perceive that a 

 faint type of it exists in the world. No longer, 

 then, can the sceptic stand upon the false po- 

 sition, that, from all that is presented to our 

 notice, it is " incredible that God should raise 

 the dead." But hitherto, while such facts have 

 been adduced as auxiliaries to the believer's 

 faith, no notice has been taken of the circum- 

 stances which, upon the same principles, may 

 be brought forward as confirming, in their 

 degree, the warnings of the gospel addressed 

 to unbelievers. The reason is, that such a retro- 

 grade step as the one before us had escaped 

 observation. Let us mark in it the fact that 

 this caterpillar, under the agency of this enemy 

 to its health, passes diseased into the ground 

 and dies, while soon there comes forth from 

 its decaying body the inferior replacement of a 



