90 IVIRODUCTORY LETTER. 



truth, are a book in which whoever reads under proper 

 impressions cannot avoid looking from the cause to the 

 effect, and acknowledging- his eternal power and god-, 

 head thus wonderfully displayed and irrefragably de- 

 monstrated : and whoever beholds these works with the 

 eyes of the body, must be blind indeed if he cannot, and 

 perverse indeed if he will not, with the eye of the soul 

 behold in all his glory the Almighty Workman, and 

 feel disposed, with every power of his nature, to praise 

 and magnify 



"Him first, Him last, Him midst. Him without end." 



And now having led you to the vestibule of an august 

 temple, which in its inmost sanctuary exhibits enshrined 

 in glory the symbols of the Divine Presence, I should 

 invite you to enter and give a tongue to the Hallelu- 

 jahs, which every creature in its place, by working his 

 will with all its faculties, pours forth to its great Crea- 

 tor ; but I must first endeavour to remove, as I trust I 

 shall effectually, those objections to the study of these 

 interesting beings which I alluded to in the outset of 

 this letter, and this shall be the aim of my next address. 



I am, &c. 



