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THE BEAUTIFUL LADDER. 
on reaching the mighty deep is to kneel with the 
ceaseless throng of wave-worshippers that bow 
their hoary heads, as they touch the strand, in 
one unbroken circle of devotion. The tongue 
takes the keynote of its unceasing anthem of 
praise, and joins the grand choral of the 
‘ Never-slumbering sea! 
Impassioned orator with lips sublime, 
Whose waves are arguments which prove a God.’ 
“ Arising from this devout association of 
worship, the eyes will be unsealed and the soul 
quickened to behold and enjoy the marvellous 
things, ‘ both great and small beasts,’ with which 
Jehovah has crowded the waves of the sea and 
peopled its deepest chambers. 
“ In this illuminated and reverential spirit let 
us aim to ‘ see the works of the Lord and his 
wonders in the deep.’ 
“We will not stop to measure the ponderous 
leviathan, nor wonder at his uncouth gambols; 
the most stolid clown is moved by such a 
sight, and there is a dilation of wonder in his 
dull eyes. Nor need those sea-wonders obvious 
to the most careless observation delay us; let us 
rather pass on to richer investigations. The 
