56 NATURAL OBJECTS IN GENERAL. 



have no life, and therefore called inanimate 

 objects, that is, objects without life. 



Every thing which " lives and moves, and has 

 a being," does so by the direct and mysterious 

 laws of God, which we can neither understand 

 nor imitate. These are called natural objects, 

 or the "productions of nature;" terms by which 

 we distinguish, them from the works of man, 

 which are called "productions of art." 



The productions of nature are not alike in all 

 countries, as their growth and existence depend 

 in some measure on climate. Some countries are 

 very hot all the year round, others are very cold, 

 and others neither very hot nor very cold, but tem- 

 perate. This difference of climate makes the soil 

 vary in its degrees of productiveness. Many 

 useful things, therefore, which plentifully grow 

 in one country, are not found in another ; and this 

 has led the people of different countries to buy 

 and sell with each other, exchanging such articles 

 as they do not want amongst themselves, for others 

 which they stand in need of. By this means the 

 productions of nature are spread over the whole 

 world, for the comfort and convenience of man. 



Questions. 



With what are the earth, the air, the waters filled ? 

 Which of these objects have animal life ? 

 Is there any other kind of life ? Name it. 

 What objects have no life, and what are they called ? 

 Are all countries equally productive ? 

 How is this difference accounted for ? 



