Relation of Beings. 2 1 1 



on the globe. The constitution and the collocation 



of matter considered separately proclaim the same 



at truth ; taken together, they give higher and 



iider views of the Creator's character than either 



could gi elf. 



But we have considered the evidence of design in 

 creation mainly in reference to physical organiza- 

 tion, the preservation and growth of plants, the pre- 

 servation and enjoyment of the animal kingdom. 

 We have incidentally touched upon other and 

 higher topics, but only incidentally, and never of 

 set purpose. 



If we commence with the highest created being 

 that inhabits the earth, we find full provision 

 made for his physical wants. But that very provi- 

 sion requires t' -ing and preserving of other 

 organic beings lower in the scale, which are also 

 provided for in the same perfect manner. And thus 

 \\e find the provision for man including and abso- 

 lutely demanding a provision for a complete series of 

 beings, animal and vegetable, and they demand the 

 unnumbered modifications and conditions of the 

 inorganic kingdom. 



It is not enough, then, for us to see the provision 

 for one created being, however adequate that provi- 

 sion may be, nor for a single species, more far-reach- 

 ing than for the individual. But we are to grasp, if 

 possible, that mighty plan, all-comprehending as 

 it is, by which all the species of plants and animals 

 are suited to the globe, are related to each other as 

 dependants or supports, so that the whole kingdom 



