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revolutions in majestic silence amidst the vast expanse of 

 infinity, Avitli an ancient and scientific king we shall be led 

 to exclaim, 'How manifold, O God, are all Thy works; in 

 wisdom hast Thou made them all/ 



"In all our prying researches after knowledge, it is 

 necessary that the mind be firmly established upon two 

 great points — the belief in a Divine creative agency, and in 

 the Divine authenticity of the Sacred Scriptures ; having a 

 thorough conviction of the truth of the facts recorded, and 

 of the correctness of the principles laid down. "Without 

 these our minds will be led into a dark mysterious void, 

 instead of having our thoughts carried up to the Father of 

 light and of life. 



" With these principles as our ballast, we may launch uur 

 bark, without any apprehension, upon the broad ocean of 

 science, explore its coasts, and fathom its depths ; but desti- 

 tute of them our vessel will be in perpetual storm amidst 

 rocks and shoals, without a rudder, a compass, or a chart. 



" Thus equipped, you may accompany the geologist into 

 the bowels of the earth, and examine its wondrous structure ; 

 and you will return with an overwhelming conviction that 

 the ' Eternal God made the earth by his power, that tlie 

 pillars of it are his, and that he has set the world upon 



