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directed the Great Creator to whom they owe 

 their origin." It has been my endeavour to 

 prove to you how beautifully and beneficially 

 God's providence acts upon His creatures by 

 endowing them with habits, formation, and 

 instincts necessary for their self-preservation, 

 and which, as you have heard, one of our most 

 enlightened Ministers thought worthy of notice 

 while addressing a large audience of people. 



What I have been saying to you is not only 

 for the purpose of proving to you the wisdom 

 and goodness of the Great Creator in every 

 thing we see around us, but to set before you 

 how beautifully and beneficially His providence 

 acts upon His creatures by endowing them with 

 habits, formation, and instincts necessary for 

 their self-preservation. This is a subject well 

 worthy of your consideration ; for if God feeds 

 the raven and attends to the cry of her feeble 

 young for food and supplied it, how much more 

 readily will He hear your prayers, if they are 

 poured forth with an earnest and humble desire 

 of being benefited by them ! I also wish to im- 

 press upon you that God's method of govern- 

 ment is by rewards and punishments that is, 



