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the Pine^ the Larch^ the Spruce Fir^ the 

 Lancewood^ the Holly, the Box, the Yew, 

 the Willow, the common and weeping Moun- 

 tain Ash, the Birch, the Hazel, and the Alder." 

 How beautiful," observed Mr. Longhurst, 

 and how accurately adapted, not only to 

 man's necessities, but to his comforts and lux- 

 uries, is this store of materials, which the Crea- 

 tor has provided ! It would have been doing 

 much to have supplied us with Oak, with Iron, 

 and with one sort of Stone : but God, having 

 given to man the inclination and the power to 

 find out ^ witty inventions,' and endued his 

 hand and head with skill to execute them. 

 He has also provided an almost endless variety 

 of substances, with infinitely varied properties, 

 on which that invention, that skill and ability, 

 might be exercised, to produce the multiplied 

 blessings of civilized life." 



