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THE BEAUTIFUL LADDER. 
to satisfy soul and sense. But in our last study 
of birds the pathway of research has been re¬ 
versed. Wings have given an impulsion sky¬ 
ward, and song has led us up higher still, near, 
very near, to the gates within which they are 
praising God day and night for ever and ever; 
and the echo which comes down to us from the 
white-robed throng of worshippers blends with 
the anthems of earth’s winged singers, and the 
glorious refrain to the blended songs of heaven 
and earth is, ‘ Let everything that hath breath 
praise the Lord!’ ” 
