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will appear in full ; and surely then we cannot 

 but have the most lively and grateful impres- 

 sions of His parental care for the vast family 

 of man." 



This," I replied^ is the true use of human 

 knowledge, and the noblest and most beneficial 

 employment of human reason ; to find out God 

 in the grand arrangements of nature." 



" Of pines, or firs, there are many species. 

 The principal, I believe, are, the Scottish Fir, 

 the Silver Fir, the White Pine, the Cedar of 

 Lebanon, the Larch, and the Spruce Fir ; 

 others are said to be allied to the pines in their 

 appearance or their uses ; as the Yew, the 

 Cypress, the Juniper, and the Arbor-vitae. 

 They are all of the same order of cone-bearing 

 trees ; they are generally evergreens ; and the 

 wood is resinous, or bitter ; but the difference 

 between some of them, as between the Scot- 



