mind of man can approach the works of God. She has led the
mind "through all that' humanizes man, through all that is sub
lime in his progress to a higher state, through all that vast ma
chinery which the Almighty has made tributary to his comfort
and his happiness," up to that point where he can only stand in
awe at the very sublimity of his conceptions, while his soul
reaches up to its Maker as it instinctively re-echoes with the
mighty Kepler, the keynote of all true science : "0 God, I think
thy thoughts after thee."
The harmony with which the Omniscient has constructed his
works, revealed to man by the mathematical relations 'which they
exhibit, has ever been the star of hope in the quest for the un
known. It has risen as rose the star of Bethlehem to the wise men
of the East. Pythagoras saw it, dimly, just above the horizon.
Slowly it has ascended, ever increasing in brilliance and guiding
its followers with unfailing certainty through the deepest dark
ness. Higher yet it must rise until it reaches its zenith, and its
brightness will grow dim only as the shades of night give way
before the dawn of eternal morning. Then—
"As God's own hand draws back the curtain
That hides the infinite from sight,
And life, relieved of limitations, •
Rises to that grander height,
Earth's harmony will fade in Heaven's
And we shall view in perfect light.
Mortal man ! would you a vision
Of those heavenly beauties see?
Then find it in God's book of nature,
In ways that he reveals to thee."
FORESTRY IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Our own country has outdone oth6r countries by its terrible
sacrifice of the supply of timber; for the United States uses from
For estly in Pendsylvania.
E. G. F., 'O5.