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I. ILLUSTRATIONS FROM NATURE.

1. The seed.

2. The mountain rivulet.

3. The spark.

4. The child.

II. ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PROVIDENCE.

1. Scriptural, as Joseph, Moses, David, Esther.

2. General, as Cromwell, Napoleon.

III. ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH.

1. Introduction of the Gospel.

2. Reformation.

3. The religious denominations.

4. Benevolent and religious institutions.

(G. Brooks.)

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KJV: For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

WEB: Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of Yahweh, which run back and forth through the whole earth."