96 THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA. 



and impart to it those properties and powers which it was neces- 

 sary for it to have, in order that it might perform all those offices 

 and duties for which he designed it ? 



Harmonious in their action, the air and sea are obedient to law 

 and subject to order in all their movements ; w^hen we consult 

 them in the performance of their offices, they teach us lessons 

 concerning the w^onders of the deep, the mysteries of the sky, the 

 greatness, and the wisdom, and goodness of the Creator. The 

 investigations into the broad-spreading circle of phenomena con- 

 nected with the winds of heaven and the waves of the sea are sec- 

 ond to none for the good which they do and the lessons which they 

 teach. The astronomer is said to see the hand of God in the sky ; 

 but does not the right-minded mariner, who looks aloft as he pon- 

 ders over these things, hear his voice in every wave of the sea 

 that " claps its hands," and feel his presence in every breeze that 

 blows ? 



