Welsh Journals

No. 12. DECEMBER, 1864. Peice 2d. C|tt Capfriixig d Small Clings. It T is a golden precept of Scripture—Despise not the day of JL small things. Beside the common reasons assigned for this, that most great things were once small, and that great things in general consist of small things—' sands make mountains,' and so on; the capability of small things should be considered, not only as a strong argument for the rule we have named, but as a phenomenon in itself most interesting and instructive. By this we mean, not that what is small is often employed as a means for the accomplishment of great things—though that may be included, but that small things in themselves are capable of effecting much, of accomplishing great things, and of producing important results. A few illustrations will serve to show the importance of this topic as well as to bring it clearly before our readers. The small acorn is capable of growing into a magnificent oak, with its gigantic trunk, and its strong branches covered over with thick foliage. The small insignificant seeds are capable of being developed into a thick coating of grass, or into a rich profusion of vegetables, or large and beautiful clusters of flowers, or into a huge forest of massive trees. The single grain of corn is capable of growing into the blade, and then the stalk, and after that the full ear. A single penny is capable of swelling into an immense fortune. A single person is capable of becoming the father of nations—as in the case of Abraham. A simple incident in life is often fraught with important and most serious results. A simple word is capable of being expanded into a speech, and may become the subject of a general conversation, and disturb a sea of thought, and create therein terrific storms.