The Varied and Rich Profusion
With Which God Had Clothed His World by Thomas Guthrie As we
looked down on the pleasant scene, we were astonished at the varied
and rich profusion with which God had clothed His world. Nature,
like Joseph, was dressed in a coat of many colors. Gray, black,
and yellow lichens clad the rock. The glossy ivy, like an ambitious
child, had planted its foot on the crag, and, hanging on by
a thousand arms, had climbed to its stormy summit. Mosses
of hues surpassing all the colors of the loom spread an elastic
carpet around the gushing fountain. The wild time lent a bed to the
weary and its perfume to the air. heaths opened their blushing
blossoms to the bee. The primrose, modesty shrinking
from observation, looked out from its leafy shade. At the
foot of the weathered stone the fern raised its plumes, and on
its summit the foxglove rang its beautiful bells, while the
birch bent to kiss the stream, as it ran away laughing to hide
itself in the lake below, or stretched out her arms to embrace
the mountain ash and evergreen pine. by a very slight exercise
of imagination. In such a scene one could see
nature, engaged in her adorations, and hear her singing, The earth
is full of the glory of God, How manifold are your works,
O Lord God Almighty! In wisdom you have made them
all. insects, as well as angels, the
flowers that spangle the meadow, as well as the stars that spangle
the sky. the lamp of the glowworm, as
well as the light of the sun, the lark that sings in the air,
and the seraph that is singing in heaven, the thunders that
rend the clouds, or the trumpet that shall rend the tomb. These
and all things else reveal God's attributes and proclaim His praise. Let everything that has breath
praise the Lord. Psalm 150, verse 6.