THE WORKS OF GOD. 7 



May we not also find that when these pursuits 

 are cultivated with a constant reference to the 

 Great Creator, " and when through them we en- 

 deavour to habituate our minds to the contempla- 

 tion of his power and goodness, may we not trust, 

 with a better hope, that such a study will be 

 productive of advantages, which shall not desert 

 us at the hour of death. " 



