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j. McDonald. 
When the Creator placed man upon the earth, he 
put all living thngs in subjection under him, and said, 
f ‘Have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the 
fowls of the air, and over every living thing that creep- 
eth upon the earth.” He also established certain laws 
of nature, and gave man a reasoning, and inventive fac- 
ulty, that he might discover the principles, and put 
them into use for his own benefit. The unalterable 
law of gravity has been made to serve him in various 
ways: in the construction of that wonderful piece of 
mechanism, the clock ; in the wheel that is turned by 
the effort of water, to seek its level, controlled by the 
same law, &c., &e. He has compelled the fickle wind 
to waft him safely to a desired destination ; he has ap- 
plied the wonderful power of steam to do the sam- 
thing, besides a multitude of offices, and ho has even 
chained the lightning and made it carry his messages 
from continent to continent. He has tamed the most 
savage denizens of the jungle and made them obedient 
to his will. He puts a bridle into the horse’s mouth 
and leads him where he will, and of the fowls of the 
air, the natural instinct of the carrier dove, has been 
ma ! e to do man an important service. 
Shall the “little busy bee” which indeed has been 
