LESSON XXIX. 



ON WATER. 



Ye, whose vital moisture yields 



Life's pwrple stream, and fresh supply 

 Sweet waters, wand'ring through the flow'ry fields, 



Or dropping from the sky ; 

 Confess the Power whose all-snfficient name, 

 Nor needs your aid to build, nor to support our frame. 



WATTS. 



IF any such person as an Atheist should peruse 

 these Lessons, if he be not yet convinced of the 

 existence of a DEITY, let him pass on with me to 

 the contemplation of Water : and here I may ven- 

 ture to say, that he will at least agree with me 

 when I assert, that if there had been no such thing 

 as water in the world, all mankind, and almost 

 all living creatures, even in the midst of a super- 

 fluity of air and other food, would certainly perish 

 in a very short time ; since thirst, if it be not ex- 

 tinguished, is soon fatal, all men and the greater 

 part of the animal kingdom being unable to exist 

 without drink. 



But it may be also observed, that even if it were 

 possible that men and other creatures could exist 

 without drinking, their condition would still be 



very 



