We have said that man derives pleasure or disgust from the exercise of the sense of smell, and is greatly directed thereby what to choose and what to avoid; yet this sense harmonizes with those of sight, hearing, and more particularly of taste, to render this world delightful to us, if we use God's gifts aright. Has he not scattered the loveliest flowers in garden and meadow? Has he not created fruits that gratify alike the sight, the touch, the taste, and the smell? Has he not spread the beauties of nature around us? Was not the garden of Eden prepared for our first parents? Yes; but sin has entered the world, and over flower and fruit has been the "trail of the serpent." A few passages from the Scriptures, on which we need not comment, will serve to show the figurative notice of, or reference to this sense by the sacred writers, in order to influence the mind of man through an appeal to his own sensations. "An odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God," Phil. iv. 18. Works pleasing to the Lord, deeds of charity and mercy, done by the believer as a testimony of his lively faith, and a proof to the world that faith engenders good works; such works, and not those of the pharisee, are an odour acceptable to God. "Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour," Eph. v. 2. Let us, who call ourselves Christians, so walk, that our conduct before men may be after the pattern of Him, who, in love to a fallen race, offered himself as a sacrifice fragrant unto God the Father, that we might escape the sword of justice. When Noah offered burnt-offerings on the altar, "the Lord smelled a sweet savour," Gen. viii. 21; and to Him even now, O reader, will be fragrant true penitence and faith in that Mediator, of whom the sacrifices under the primitive dispensation were but types, and in this sense only did they waft incense to the throne of the Almighty! The language is altogether figurative; but how pertinent to our feelings, and therefore how clear to our understanding, and how forcible! 5. _Touch._--Of all the senses, not one is so important to us as that of tact or touch. It is the foundation, as it were, of all our knowledge of the material world, and according to their elevation in the scale of being do animals enjoy this sense in greater perfection, and possess organs in which it is more especially concentrated. We here distinguish, between mere feeling and touch. We consider the wings of the bat, and the antennæ of insects, rather as feelers than as organs of exact appreciation. The sense of feeling is diffused over the whole surface of our body; but the sense of touch, so far as man is concerned, resides in the hand, and especially in the pulpy tips of the fingers.