SOMETHING GATHERS UP THE 

 " FRAGMENTS. 



" Something gathers up the fragments, and nothing is lost." 



— Fourcrois' Chemistry. 



These striking words, so suggestive of the wise economy 

 of the great Creator of the universe, are simply a para- 

 phrase of the words of the 'Lord Jesus given to His 

 disciples after the miraculous feast of the hungry 

 multitude on the grassy slopes of Palestine, " Gather up 

 the broken pieces which remain over and above, that 

 nothing be lost " (John vi. 13, Revised Version) — words 

 which we are apt to read without entering fully into 

 their meaning. 



We think only of their obvious import that no waste 

 of provisions should be allowed, that even the fragments 

 should be gathered up and made use of for ourselves or 

 for the poor, but the old French chemist's eyes were 

 opened to see a wider and deeper meaning in the Lord's 

 words. 



