1^ THE GEOGRAPHY OF PLANTS. 



truths that the book of nature could never 

 teach us. Let us be thankful, therefore, that 

 we are not left to it, but that " life and im- 

 mortality" are brought " to light through the 

 gospel." May \ve be made ** wise unto salva- 

 tion, by faith which is in Christ Jesus ;" then, 

 being reconciled to God by the death of his 

 Son, we can calmly contemplate the frail and 

 fading scenes of earth, with the assurance that 

 there " remaineth a rest for the people of 

 God." In that world sin, sorrow, and death 

 can never enter ; and the loveliest scenes below 

 suggest the thought, 



" If God hath made this world so fair, 

 Wher sin and death abound, 

 How beautiful beyond compare 

 Will paradise be found." 



And just as the hope of the Christian is glorious 

 and full of immortality, proportionably desolate, 

 dreary, and fearful, is the prospect of those who 

 live without God in the world who have not 

 made their peace with him, through Christ. 

 To such, the resurrection and a future state 

 are invested with terrors passing the utmost 

 stretch of human thought. Oh, may all who 

 read this volume be wise to seek salvation while 

 it is to be found ! 



