The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-13
OUR RELIGIOUS COLUMN.
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Kept ,tor nearly year the flask shaped
COCOON OF au emperor moth. II is very pee altar
IN Its construction. marrow opening Is left in
The neck of the flask, through which the perfect
insect forces its way, so that iorsakeu cocoon
10 as entire as one still tenanted, no rupture of
the interlacing fibres having taken place The
great disoroportion between the means OF egress
and the size of the imprisoned insect makes
one wonder how the exit is ever accomplished
at Gll-aud it never is without great labor and
difficulty. 1t is supposed that the pressure to
which the moths body is subjected, in passing
through such a narrow opening, is provision
OF nature for forcing the juices into the vessels
oil the wings, these being less developed at the
erlod OF emerging from the chrysalis than
they arc ia other insects
happened to witness the first efforts of my
risoned moth to escape from its long condue-
ment During q whole forenoon from time to
time, watched it patiently striving and strug-
Cling to get out. 1t never seemed able 10 get
beyond certain point, and at last my patience
was exhausted. Very probably the cont lining
hbres were drier and less elastic than if the
cocoon had been left all winter on its native
heather. az nature meant tito be. At all events,
thought was wiser and more compassionate
than its Maker and l resolved to give it
helping hand. With the point of my scissors
] shipped he confnmg threads TO make the
exit just q very little easier, and 10! immeli-
ately, and with perfect ease, out crawled my
moth, dragging huge swollen body and little
shrivelled wings. In valu / watched to see
that marvellous process of eXOanson in which
these silently and swiftly develop before ones
eyes, and as traced the exquisite spots and
markings OF divers colors which we're all there
IN miniature, longed to see these assume their
due proportions, and the creature to appear in
all its perfect beauty, as it is in truth, one Of
the lOveliest Of its kind. But / looked in vain,
My false tenderness had proved it's ruin. 1t
never was anything but stunted abortion,
crawling painfully through that brief life which
1t should nave spent flying through the air on
rainbow wings.
The lesson 1 got that day has often stood me
in good stead. 1t has helped nue. to understand
what the Germans mean when they speak Of
the hardness of Gods love. | have thought
OF it often, often when watching. with pitiful
eyes, those VINO were struggling with sorrow,
suffering, and distress; and it has seemed to
me that was more merciiul than Cod, and
would fain cut short the discipline, and give
deliverance. Short-sightep fool! How know
that one of these pangs or groans could be
spared? The far sighted perfect love that seeks
the perfection of its object does not weakly
shrink from present, transient suffering. Our
Fathers love is too true TO be weak. Because
He loves His children lie chastises them that
they may be partakers of His holiness. With
this glorious end in view, he spares not for
their crying. Made perfect through suferings,
as the Elder Brother was, the sons of God are
trained up to obedience, and brought to glory
through much trlbulation. Family Treasury.