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can examine the wonderful organs with which they are 

 endowed to meet their necessities, the curious structures 

 which they present, and the general laws of their eco- 

 nomy — without acknowledging the wisdom and power 

 of God ? Who can consider the aggregate groups, in 

 which we find distinct individuals (having each their 

 own organs — their own life) organically arranged 

 into a common vitalized whole, no part of which is inde- 

 pendent of another — cemented into a complex unity — 

 without a deep feeling of our own ignorance of the 

 laws of organic existence, and without confessing how 

 small a part of His ways, even as it respects creation, 

 the most studious philosopher understands ? These, 

 indeed, are some of the wonders of creation, which serve 

 to show how infinite is the power of the Almighty, to 

 teach us our own insufficiency, our own littleness, and 

 to read us lessons of humility. But how often do we 

 presume, from the little we know, to talk as if the ways 

 of the Almighty could be comprehended by our limited 

 minds ! " Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words 

 without knowledge ? " Instead of presuming on our 

 own understanding, let us adore Him, who, " by his 

 spirit, hath garnished the heavens," whose hand has 

 created every living thing; and let us attend to his 

 revealed word, which so plainly sets before us not only 



