Letion xv.] FIXED STARS, fcc. 



are inhabited -by millions of millions of rational 

 creatures formed for endless felicity; 



- Hail ! Source of being ! universal Son! 

 Of' heaven and earth ! essential Presence hail ! 

 To THEE I bend the knee, to THEE my thoughts 

 Continual climb, who with a master-hand 

 Hast the great whole into perfection touch'd! 



THOMSON, 



When an innumerable multitude of bodies of 

 enormous bulk, are all set in motion, and keep 

 travelling through their extensive orbits with such 

 beauteous regularity and order, by means of the 

 attraction of the suns to which they respectively 

 belong; without having their motions either de- 

 stroyed or directed into other courses ; how can 

 we express our conceptions of the greatness, wis- 

 dom, and goodness of HIM who made and go- 

 verns the whole ? 



" By the word of the LOHD were the heavens 

 " made, and ail the host of them by the Ireatk 

 " of his mouth." (DavidJ What an amazing in- 

 stance of Omnipotence ! How inconceivably great 

 do these his marvellous works evince him to be : 

 then 



Since the great Sovereign sends ten thousand worlds, 



To tell us he resides above them all, 



In glory's unapproachable recess : YOUH&. 



how can we forbear venting our adoration in 



hymns of praise ? Previous to my closing this 



Lesson I shall therefore insert a hymn indited by 



E inspiration, 



