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peers, surely the might and majesty of the 
storm-heaved ocean will henceforth bear no 
more strikingly the impress of the Almighty 
One than will the beautiful testimony of these 
tiny creatures. 
“ When the microscope is laid aside, and the 
attention is turned to the life of the sea which 
lies within the scope of the common vision, a 
new scene is entered upon, boundless in extent, 
and, like the hidden marvels of the deep, sur¬ 
passing all description. 
“ To get a vivid impression of the marvellous 
richness of this vast treasury of infinite wisdom 
it needs not that the whole range of objects 
should come under contemplation, nor even will 
it be necessary to give more than a cursory 
glance at the orders least known to the com¬ 
mon observer. So filled is the great sea with 
the wonders of Jehovah’s skill, that a glimpse 
at a few will leave no lingering doubt as to the 
origin of the whole. From the least to the 
greatest, be it tiniest mite or hugest monster, 
their emphatic testimony is, ‘ He who formed 
the sea and the dry land shaped us by his skill 
and bade us live for his glory.’ It was upon 
the face of the great deep that the Spirit of the 
