. Birds . ng. When the shells are broken, the eaglet andthe gosling will attempt to fly, while the young of theviper will coil and twist along the ground. If the expe-riment be protracted to a later period, the eagle willsoar to the highest regions of the air, the goose be-take itself to the marshy pool, and the viper will buryitself in the ground. How, then, can we refuse theacknowledgment, which ought to be made with pro-found adoration, This is the finger of God! Wherever we look, his works show forth his perfec-tions, and demand our praise, but with the poet weshould say :— Nature with ope
. Birds . ng. When the shells are broken, the eaglet andthe gosling will attempt to fly, while the young of theviper will coil and twist along the ground. If the expe-riment be protracted to a later period, the eagle willsoar to the highest regions of the air, the goose be-take itself to the marshy pool, and the viper will buryitself in the ground. How, then, can we refuse theacknowledgment, which ought to be made with pro-found adoration, This is the finger of God! Wherever we look, his works show forth his perfec-tions, and demand our praise, but with the poet weshould say :— Nature with open volume standsTo spread her Makers praise abroad;And every labour of his handsShows something worthy of a in the grace that rescued manHis brightest form of glory shines ;Here on the cross tis fairest drawnIn precious blood, and crimson his whole name appears complete;Nor wit can guess, nor reason prove,Which of the letters best is writ,The power, the wisdom, or the love. THE THE LYRE BIRD. THE FEATHER. CHAPTER I. GROWTH OF A FEATHER. On the arms of one of the companies of the city ofLondon is the motto, Nothing without God. He,alas! is often forgotten ; and even when some majesticobject calls the Creator and Preserver of all to mind,it is frequently overlooked that his hand is equally mani-fest in what is minute, and apparently insignificant. Itis quite possible, from the depravity of man, for thegrandest scenes in nature to awaken no thought of Himwho spake, and they appeared; but should the traveller,as he surveys the ocean, or a range of lofty mountains,muse for a moment on God, he may not feel that asingle feather from the plumage of the bird that fliesover them, reveals also his power, his wisdom, and hisgoodness. This, then, is the fact which is now to beproved: its examination will doubtless yield a reward. It will first be desirable to notice the growth of a F 2 68 DOWNY COVERING OF A BIRD.
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