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trees to refresh and ndinvigorate his spirit--- In the Scaptan groves, the same author adds, Thucydides was supposed to have composed his noble histories. The Greek and Roman classics, indeed, aloud with ex-' pressions of admiration of trees and woods and with customs which have originated in that admiration : but above all, as the Bi-i ble surpasscs, in the splendOr and majesty ofits ppetry, all books in the world, so is its sylvan and arborescent imagery the most bold and beautiful. Beneath some spreading trees are the ancient patri- archs revealed to us, sitting in contempla- tiop, or receiving the visits of angels and what calm and dignifed picture of primeval life is presented to our imagin- ation at the mention of Deborah, the wife of th,judging thc twelve tribes of Is- rael, between Ranlah and Bethel, in Mount Ephraim, beneath the palm tree of Debo- rah. The oaks of Bashan, and the cedar of Lebanon, are but other and better names for glory and power. The vine, the olive, and the fig tree, are imperishable elnblems of peace, plenty and festivity. David in his psalms, Solomon in his songs and prov erbs, the Prophets iH the sublime outpour-

 ings of their awful inspiration. and Christ in his parables. those most beautiful and

 perfect of all allegnries, luxuriate in signs ] and simiIies drawn from the fair trees ot the east. g