Chapter 21

           Lifeisastrangecompound.Peterkinusedtosayofitthatitbeatadruggist’sshopalltosticks;forwhereasthefirstisacompoundofgoodandbad,theotherisahorriblecompoundofallthatisutterlydetestable.AndindeedthemoreIconsiderit,themoreIamstruckwiththestrangemixtureofgoodandevilthatexists,notonlyinthematerialearth,butinourownnatures.InourownCoralIslandwehadexperiencedeveryvarietyofgoodthatabountifulCreatorcouldheaponus.Yetonthenightofthestormwehadseenhowalmost,inourcaseandaltogether,nodoubt,inthecaseofotherslessfortunateallthisgoodmightbesweptawayforever.Wehadseentherichfruit-treeswavinginthesoftair,thetenderherbsshootingupwardsunderthebenigninfluenceofthebrightsun;andthenextdaywehadseenthesegoodandbeautifultreesandplantsuprootedbythehurricane,crushedandhurledtothegroundindestructivedevastation.Wehadlivedformanymonthsinaclime,forthemostpart,sobeautifulthatwehadoftenwonderedwhetherAdamandEvehadfoundEdenmoresweet;andwehadseenthequietsolitudesofourparadisesuddenlybrokeninuponbyferocioussavages,andthewhitesandsstainedwithbloodandstrewedwithlifelessforms,yetamongthesecannibalswehadseenmanysymptomsofakindlynature.Iponderedthesethingsmuch,andwhileIconsideredthemthererecurredtomymemorythosewordswhichIhadreadinmyBible:"TheworksofGodarewonderful,andHiswayspastfindingout."

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