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 teemed with  minute  animalculae. Thus it  was  conclusively proved  that  the  germs  of  life  are  in  the atmosphere; in the  last  experiment  they  were  communicated to  the  water,  and  there  developed  into living creatures. Animal life  cannot  be  evolved  out of lifeless  matter; the  theory  of  spontaneous  generation  is  utterly  false.

''Q. What  are  angels? ''

''A. Angels  are  pure  spirits  without  a body,  created to  adore  and  enjoy God  in  heaven. ''

He hath  given  His  angels  charge  over  us,  especially over  children. On the  8th  of  July,  1890,  in  a village  near  Prague,  a little  girl  four  years  of  age  fell out of  a window  in  the  second  story  of  her  father’s house into  the  courtyard  below. Her mother,  terrified, rushed  into  the  yard  and  caught  up  the  child; she was  not  only  alive,  but  had  not  sustained  the slightest injury. Her mother  took  her  to  the  hospital, where  she  was  examined  by  a medical  man  but he could  not  discover  so  much  as  a bruise.

On the  3d  of  May,  1893,  in  one  of  the  streets  of Paris,  a little  girl  three  years  of  age  fell  from  a window in  the  fifth  story  of  a house,  and  was  not  hurt  in the  slightest  degree.

On the  9th  of  July,  1895,  the  three-year-old  son  of Prince  Alexander  Salm,  while  traveling  by  rail  near Vienna, fell  out  of  the  railway  coach,  the  door  of which  had  been  torn open  by  a violent  gust  of  wind. The guard  was  rung  for,  and  the  train  was  stopped;