Frontier

Vol.2. Pur 296

Published as the Act Directs by NR Cheyne June 15,

15,879

FOR

EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR,

ON

THE WORKS OF GOD,

AND OF

HIS PROVIDENCE THROUGHOUT

ALL NATURE.

From the GERMAN of

MR. C. C. STURM.

The Seventh Edition.

VOLUME II,

EDINBURGH: Printed by D. Schaw and Go. Riddell's Close ; FOR N. R. CHEYNE, ST. ANDREW'S STREET; SOLD BY F. & C. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.YARD, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

Page

I

IO

I2

THE system of the world,

Reflections on the blossoms of trees,

3

Continual revolutions and changes in the earth, .6

An invitation to seek God in the works of nature, 8

The dawn of day,

Wonders of vision,

Spring renews the face of the earth,

15

The springing up of seeds,

17

The chick in the egg,

19

On the buds of flowers,

22

Indefatigable labours of the bee,

24

How Providence has provided food for animals, 26

The senses of animals,

29

Order in the succession of flowers,

32

The zoophites,

The pleasure of cultivating fields and gardens,

34

The tulip,

Reflections on grass,

36

38

40

43

46

48

50

Sentiments which the contemplation of the sky

excites,

Fruitfulness of plants,

Description of the beauties of spring,

The language of animals,

The greatness and number of the creatures on the

earth,

53

Spring an emblem of the frailty of human life and

an image of death,

Spring an emblem of the resurrection,

The attractive power
of bodies,

60

Complaints of mankind relative to certain inconve-

niences in the laws of nature,

63

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