"You will in time," said Paulus. "The earth is being filled with the
knowledge of God. Hate, envy, and destruction are fast disappearing, and
you see the natural results: the wolf lying down with the lamb, and
children playing with once savage beasts. In this way, Satan is being
bound, and the whole earth will soon be released from his power."
They came to another group of children, gathered on the shore of a small
lake, who were eagerly listening to a man in their midst.
"We will hear what the lesson is today," said Paulus, and they went up
to the group. The instructor was holding up a flower which he had
plucked from the margin of the water, and was illustrating some
peculiarity of vegetable formation to the class.
"It is botany today," said Paulus. "I hoped that it would be his
favorite theme."
"And what is that?"
"The improvements on these grounds are the work of his planning and
supervision, and he delights to give lessons on earth and water
formations.
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