THE WORKS OF GOD. 5 



found by an humble enquirer, to pervade the whole 

 globe, and he will be led to confess, not only that 

 nothing has been made in vain, but that every thing 

 has been formed with supreme wisdom, and with 

 reference to the happiness and comfort of man. 

 There is always something to gratify his taste, his 

 sight, his smell, his hearing, or his other senses. 

 One person may ask what the use is of those 

 minute worms and insects we see in water, and 

 another enquire the reason why nettles were 

 made. Yet these will be found to be of essential 

 service to us. The former are the food of fish 

 and water-fowl, and the latter not only afford 

 shelter to feeble birds, but are fed upon by the 

 larvae of numerous moths, butterflies and other 

 insects, which are again preyed upon by birds, 

 and thus man is ultimately benefitted. 



So it is through all the works of creation. From 

 the great globe itself to the most insignificant in- 

 sect or plant, every thing is perfect. The earth is 

 stored with fuel, and with the purest water for 

 our use. The sun shines upon us by day, and 

 the moon, " that refulgent lamp of night," is 

 seen in the magnificent ceiling of the heavens, 

 " glittering on the ocean, and gleaming on the 

 forest." Surely when we consider these things, and 

 reflect what an atom our life is when contrasted 

 with eternity when we compare our own insig- 

 nificance, with the stupendous power and majesty 



