PEAYEE 



BY 



EEV. JAMES McCOSH, D. D. 



O GOD, we look up and by faith we behold Thee as the Infinite 

 and the Perfect One; almighty in power, unerring in wisdom, 

 inflexible in justice, spotless in holiness, and with thy tender mer- 

 cies over all thy works; our Maker, our Preserver, our Redeemer, 

 our Sanctifier, our Judge, our exceeding great reward. 



We adore Thee as a Spirit ; and we would worship Thee in spirit 

 and in truth. We adore Thee as light, and we would walk in that 

 light. We adore Thee as love, and we would dwell and rejoice in 

 that love. We bless and praise Thee as the creator of all things ; 

 and we would see and acknowledge Thee in all thy works. All 

 the powers of nature are thine; light and heat and attraction are 

 thine; they obey thy will, and fulfill thy pleasure, and accomplish 

 thy end. Thou sayest unto them go, and they go; come, and they 

 come; do this, and they do it. 



O Lord, how manifold are thy works; in wisdom hast Thou 

 made them all. The earth is full of thy riches. We bless Thee, 

 because Thou didst make man after thine image, taught him more 

 than the beasts of the earth, and made him wiser than the fowls of 

 heaven, and capable of so far knowing Thee, and believing Thee, 

 and loving Thee. We cannot indeed with our finite minds com- 

 prehend Thee in thy amplitude. Who can by searching find out 

 God? Who can find out the Almighty unto perfection? But 

 being in thy likeness we can know Thee in part, and sufficiently 

 to call forth our admiration and our affection ; we feel the behold- 

 ing of thy glory to be the highest contemplation in which we can 



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