352 EVENINGS AT THE MIOEOSCOPE. 



story of that greater wonder, that God should have 

 become man, falls upon listless ears and cold hearts ; 

 and yet the former, which we scarcely weary of trac- 

 ing, concerns only the well-being of a poor dull crea- 

 ture scarcely raised above the life of a plant, whereas 

 the latter had for its object the lifting of creatures 

 from a state of ruin and wrath to immortal life and 

 everlasting glory ; and the creatures are — owselves ! 



