CONVERSATION IV. "The day is thine, the night also is thine. Thou hast prepared the light and the sun. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth. Thou hast made summer and winter."-Psalm 1xxiv, 16, 17. At mid-day, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me, and them which journeyed with me. Acts xxvi. 13. THAT indeed, papa, was a resplendent brightness which removed the thick darkness under which St. Paul laboured, when he persecuted the church of Christ even "unto the death, binding and delivering into prison both men and women." : By a miraculous interposition in his favour, Georgiana, the scales fell from his eyes and the glorious truth not only enlightened his understanding, but touched his heart, when it was given him to believe, that "God so loved the world that The dying day: stars rise, and set, and rise— Blows Autumn and his grüten fruits away "Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth." Every exhilarating object calls loudly upon us, my daughter, to join the universal song of praise; and even while our tongues are silent, with our hearts let us make melody to the Lord. Whilst we regard the sun as the author and finisher of the delightful renovation produced at this season of the year, let us further reflect on the cold, dismal, dark state in which this blooming world would be involved, if deprived of its fertilizing and cheering beams. Where would be our verdant fields? Where the rich folia he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Marvellous indeed was the sacrifice, which infinite Almighty love could alone devise to rescue fallen man. ""Twas great to raise a world from nought- In contemplating the numerous benefits we derive from the sun, papa, our thoughts have a wide field to range through. When the wintry season passes away, the face of nature is revived by its influence. The insects are roused from their stupid torpor, and are seen in busy motion providing for their future wants and enjoyments. The leaves and flowers again decorate their forsaken branches; the songs of the little birds again warble through the groves, and dulness and gloom give place to brightness, and beauty, and animation ; for spring is truly a joyous season. "Look nature through, 'tis revolution all, The dying day: stars rise, and set, and rise— YOUNG. "Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth." Every exhilarating object calls loudly upon us, my daughter, to join the universal song of praise; and even while our tongues are silent, with our hearts let us make melody to the Lord. Whilst we regard the sun as the author and finisher of the delightful renovation produced at this season of the year, let us further reflect on the cold, dismal, dark state in which this blooming world would be involved, if deprived of its fertilizing and cheering beams. Where would be our verdant fields? Where the rich foliage |