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mortality of the soul, had we no other light ; for 

 what kind of deity must govern the world, if beings 

 capable of what Haller was were only, as it were, a 

 flash of existence, and all their acquirements turned 

 to no account, and their hopes and powers were ex- 

 cited only to be disappointed r " 



" Design," he observes elsewhere, " is evident 

 throughout nature. Some who unhappily doubt 

 every thing else, allow this ; but it is sufficient to 

 build everv thing upon. We see wisdom employed 

 for beneficent ends. If we are indulged with powers 

 to catch even a glimpse of the Divine Wisdom, is it 

 not enough to prove we are something more than 

 the clod of the valley ? But is there no design in 

 this permission r — is it intended to call forth our 

 powers and hopes, only to destroy them r Where 

 would be the wisdom or the beneficence of this ? 

 If natural religion goes thus far, is there no design 

 in the further sources of information with which 

 our Maker has favoured us ? Is it not as evident in 

 these as in the other ? Nature plans the happiness, 

 the beauty, the perfection of material beings ; — the 

 revealed will of God considers the interests of im- 

 mortal creatures ; starving amid the richest treasures 

 of nature, if they have no hope beyond!" 



Such were the ideas it gave him pleasure to 

 cherish, and to impart to others. — to build up their 

 hopes bv every aid, and persuade to the practice of 

 virtue. His introductory lectures are imbued with 

 such sentiments, and express them in terms which 

 bring their author before the mental eye of those 

 who recollect his conversation, as a portrait reminds 



