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■WILD FLOWERS. 
“ Eternal love and wisdom drew 
The plan of earth and skies ; 
And He the span of heaven that threw, 
Commands the weeds to rise. 
“ Then think not nature’s scheme sublime 
These common things might spare j- 
For science may detect in time 
A thousand virtues there.”—J. F. Emits. 
Daily more and more are the mysteries ol 
nature unfolded to us ; daily more and more are 
her “ Hidden Uses” made manifest. 
It is in no irreverent spirit that we venture 
to quote the command which came to the apostle 
Peter from heaven, with a slight alteration, to 
suit our purpose. “ What God has created , 
that call thou not useless ,” for nothing is there 
which may not be made applicable to satisfy 
our bodily or mental wants ; if it contribute not, 
directly or indirectly, to our sustenance, or 
comfort, or relief in sickness, yet will it yield 
moral instruction, or intellectual pleasure, and 
therefore is it truly serviceable to us. 
“ To whisper hope—to comfort man— 
Whene’er his faith is dim, 
For whoso careth for the flowers 
Will care much more for him.” 
