Living Dust

“Dust to dust, the mortal dies, both the foolish and the wise.” Psalter 136. “Where is the dust that has not been alive? From human mold we reap our daily bread.” Young. Again the eager farmer turns to plow the apparently lifeless soil. Possibly he observes a few worms and small bugs but aside from this the ground appears dead. If he would but examine a small portion of it under a microscope he would readily see that it is literally teeming with microscopic animal and plant life which is...