FOUNTAINS AND STREAMS 2G7 



to the top of one of them, tie your mountain 

 shoes firmly over the instep, and with braced 

 nerves run down without any haggling, puttering 

 hesitation, boldly jumping from boulder to boul- 

 der with even speed. You will then find your 

 feet playing a tune, and quickly discover the 

 music and poetry of rock piles, — a fine lesson ; 

 and all nature's wildness tells the same story. 

 Storms of every sort, torrents, earthquakes, cata- 

 clysms, " convulsions of nature," etc., however 

 mysterious and lawless at first sight they may 

 seem, are only harmonious notes in the song of 

 creation, varied expressions of God's love. 



