274 ™e beautiful ladder, 
business; I shall claim exclusive privileges in 
this instance.” 
“All right!” was the response. “I rather 
expected that you would be a little selfish in 
this matter; and may God give you complete 
success 1” 
When in the evening they met for the usual 
conversation they said nothing of the day’s oc¬ 
currences. 
“ In our lesson to-night,” said Doctor Dean, 
“ we shall pass the more familiar works of crea¬ 
tion as seen in the animal races, and keep our 
feet on the ascending ladder. The flight of the 
birds left us in the air, and there we will hunt 
for our next beautiful round. 
“ In following the ascending scale of creative 
wisdom and goodness the last study left us far 
above terrestial belongings, with a strong desire 
for still higher revelations. With faces thus 
turned upward, we desire nearer and clearer 
views of the heavens that ‘ declare his glory ’ 
and the firmament that ‘ showeth his handiwork.’ 
How sublimely true and grand are these divine 
statements, whether we consider the seen or the 
unseen glories which environ and canopy us! 
