St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-10
gathering together of the waters called

| gathering together of the waters called
he Seas. Gen. IL, 9-1O.
Astronomy. And God made two great
| lights, the greater light to rule the day
and the lesser light to rule the night he
made the stars also. Gen. 1:16.
| Canst thou bind the sweet influences of
| Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion
Canst thou bring forth Nazareth in his
| season? or canst thou guide Arcturus
with his sons? Job 3S:31-32.
The heavens declare the glory of God
and the armament showeth his handi-
| work. Psa. 1911.
Chemistry. / will refine them as silver
is refined, and will try them gold is
tried. Zee. 1879.
Zoology. The high hills are a refuge
for the wild goats; and the rocks for the
comics. Thou makest darkness and
| it is night, wherein all the beasts of
the forest do creep forth. The young
lions roar after their prey and seek their
meat from God. Psa. 1O4; IS, 20, 81.
Ornithology. The eagle dwelleth and
abideth on the rock, upon the crag of
| the rock. From thence she seeketh
| her prey. job SO.
am like a pelican of the wilderness:
am like an owl of the desert. l watch
ardwam as a sparrow alone upon the
ho%Ntop. Psa. 102:6-7.
come, and the voice of the turtle dove
is heard in our land. Song of Sol. 2:12.
The birds of the air have nests. Matt.
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Entomology. Thy crowned are as
the locusts, and thy captains as the
great grasshoppers, which camp in the
hedges in the cold day, but when the sun
ariseth they flee away and their place is
not known where they are. Nahum 3:17.
They compassed me about like bees,
they are quick as the fire of thorns. Psa.
Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider
her ways and be wise; which having no
guide, overseer or ruler, provideth her
meat III the summer and gathereth her
food in the harvest Prov 6:6-S
Ichthyology. | will put hooks into
thy jaws and | will cause the fish of thy
rivers to stick unto thy scales, and will
bring thee up out of the midst of thy
rivers and all the fish of thy rivers shall
stick unto thy scales. Ez. 29:4.
Botany. The great king of Israel,
wonderful naturalist, spoke of the cedar
tree that is in Lebanon even unto the
hyssop that springeth out of the wall.
The flowers appear on the earth .
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs
and the vines with the tender grape give
good smell. l am the the rose of Sha-
ron and the lily of the valleys. Song of
Sol. 2:12, 13, 1.
His beauty shall be as the olive tree
:. they shall revive as corn and grow as
the vine. Hosea IA: 6, 7.
Christ says, Behold the lilies of the
field"
MineralOgy. The precious stones used
in the building of Solomon's temple were:
Onyx stones and stones to be set, glister-
ing stones, and of divers colours, and all
manner of precious stones, and marble
stones in abundance. I ChrOn. 29:2.
The foundation stones of the New
Jerusalem as seen by St. John were:
The first foundation was jasper; the
second, sapphire; the third, a chalced-
ony; the fourth, an emerald; the fifth,
sardOnyX; the sixth, sardius; the sew
enth, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the
ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a, chrysopra-
sus the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth,
an amethyst ~Rev. 21:19, 20.
EthnolOgy. The science of man-from
the first of Genesis where we are told
that God said let us make man in our
image, and after our lkeness-and God
created man in his own image. and
gave him dominion over the fish of the
sea and over the fowl of the air, and
over every living thing that moveth
upon the earth, down to the wonderful
description of the city in Revelation with
its ~ foundations of as many precious
stones-the teachings of this Book aim
to. guide all the kindreds and tongues
and peoples who dwell on this earth.
The stone itself is of Long Meadow
brown sandstone and is 33 inches
long, % inches wide and 1S inches
thick. tits placed with the long sur
face toward the west and on this
surface is the date 1880" in large
raised characters. On the upper sur
face was cut hole four by four bv
10 inches, into which the sealed tin
box containing the above-named
articles just fitted.
A selection by the band closed the
exercises