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. rhe Creator has spoken aud ,h. ,tar. l.ok
: =. iron Openings Of deep upclsuded blu.
yand as day rises, aad the plane, Of mo,nipx
paiss IN the East, ibs broken eioudleis .,e
tfansnuied from bronze int gold, and ss.s
the gold essenss Ere, asI at Ieagth the sls
rious san arises out of the sea, snd snt.r,
on his course rejoicing II na Srilli.bl
day-the waves, Of . deeper aud softer bin.
thah before, dapes aBd sparkle In abe EFh,
the earth, which lille lees, 70 sttr.es ,ks
gaze, ha, assumed gsrb sf brighter green
sDd IS the sun declines AMID ever r,eh.r
gforiss isss those which bad eneirci.a Li,
rising, the moon appears fall orb.d in "A.
East, 70 ths huna1 eye iLs sseend great In.
n'DsrJ Of iAs heavsas. aud slipbs .lo.I,
10 the Senith as night advances, sh.adi,r
is mild radiance on land aud sea Ar.is
,hs day bresks the prospect consists. =.
before, sf laDd aad ocean There gr,s,pin.
"eots, red covered s~apps, vide plain.
vindiog rivers, aud broad lake.. and |.
bright sun shines over all But the land.
seaPe derives lite interest ssd novelty from
fsA'srs unmarked before 6igabtts bird.
stalk along the sands or wade Tar into ,h.
waters ~ quest Of their iehthyie food. While
BIRDS OF lesser sise Goat upon the lakes. or
scream disesrdapt in hovsrins noek.. tbiok
- Insects IN she salm ef summer evening
over the narrowed sess, or brighten vi,h
tbe suniit CLEAN vf their uisgs Oh. tR;ek
woods Aud ocesn had i,s monsters. sre.,
NiGnHiHiH" tempest the deep ss thsy Se.v.
their huge balk ovsr the surfaee 90 iub.ls
abe sustaining air; and out " their po,trils
goeth smoke, a. eat Of . "sesthine Dot or
ssuldron-" Mons,rous creatures. armed In
massive scales, hauBt the rivers. or .eour
the fAt rank EeadOvs; earth air. ana ua,er
arsshargsd vita amin Al life, apd;hs ,un SET
ss busy sesse. in which unsrrins ias,ipc,
purssss uDremi,tibgly its fss simpI. end.
the support aud preservation Of ihs iDdi-
ylduAl, the propagation Of the species. and
the protection and maintepaBee OF the youn1
Again the uight deseesds, for tbe 6ftb dsv
hA. elssed, and merpiBg breaks on the siI,k
and last day Of the creation. Cs,,le .aA
beasts OF the held erase on abe plains. and
the thiek-skiDnsd rhinoeeros vAllews In the
marshes; the squat hippopatsnus rustic.
amongst tAs reeds or pluBges sullenIy into
the river; great herds Of elephants ssek
their food amssg the young hsrbaxs ef tke
woods While I-.szAis Of 6sTeer natuFe-tAs
ilos, the leopard. aud the bear karbor Ia
deep caves till tbs evening. or lie inSvai, FOR
taeir prey amid tahgied thisksts, OF beneath
some brotss bank At length, a. tie dsv
Wanss end the shadows lssgthen, man. ~
responsible lord Of the creation, formed in
Gods own imngs, is introduced upon the
scene, aud the work Of creation cease, for.
ever upon the earth. The night fall. once
more upon the prospect, aud there dsuus
yet another morrow, the merrev Of God,s
rest-thst Divine Sabbath in which ,be,,
= 90 Bore creative Isbor, aud whisA, HbIs.,-
cd aed sanetionsd' beyosd all the days tbs.
had gone before, has ss It's special ohisos
the moral elevation aud 6oAl redemptien Of
man. And over il no evening is repFesent-
ed 10 the record as falling, fer its ssec;al
SeTt is net yet complete Such seem. "a
bare been the sublime panorama Of sreatior
exhibited in vision Of cid, TO
The sbsPhess wbo 6r.t tssz II the sho.., ...I
10 ihs b~Eiaaiag. h0S the ksayshs aad ss,th
koss eat " ehs0sl
and, rightly undsrstOOd, L know sot n an.
gle scientific truth that miiitates Ag,in-L
even tue minutes o. least prominebt Of n,
details HSsA AhlkrS "Isshnsny e(fl.
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