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made, and by which all changes in earth and air 

 are now going on. The unchangeable rocks, and 

 the organic beings, that dissolve and reappear, have 

 all revealed their structure to us. Not only the 

 outward form of the crystal, and the cleavage 

 of the rocks, and the organic structure of every 

 plant and animal may now be known to man, but 

 the relation of the elements that constitute the 

 structure is unfolded to him, as if he were present 

 when that relation was ordained, in the morning 

 of creation. What higher proof that man is in 

 the image of God, and that the Great Father has 

 acknowl r hat likeness and heirship in 1 1 is 



works, than is seen by the clu-mi.st, who is conscious 

 of his power to command the fire and the lightning, 

 whose eye can pierce the structure of the granite, 

 and all the deep foundation-stones of the earth ; 

 who has power to change the waters back to their 

 elements ; who can trace the chemical changes in the 

 invisible air above us ; conscious of his power, among 

 the unnumbered compounds of nature and of art, to 

 unlock their secrets and call forth their elements, 

 like spirits, obedient to his will ? What but an 

 emanation of the Divine Mind could thus enter into 

 the hidden things of creation ? What but the 

 ordaining, Divine Intelligence could bring all the 

 works of the universe within the power of the 

 human intellect ? Do you say that there are heights 

 yet to scale ? I answer, yes ; the hills must ever 

 rise before us, or there would be an end to progress ; 

 but no hill appears more difficult to climb than 



