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to the greatness of God's works ; it adds to the 

 sum of human happiness by unlocking treasures 

 of thought and beauties of, form which might 

 otherwise have remained for ever hid ; it teaches 

 us to discern the sources and nature of many ills, 

 and lays at our feet alleviations and remedies ; it 

 redeems the pure Word of Life from the obscura- 

 tions caused by the poverty or the falsity of human 

 interpretations ; and, above all, it purifies and 

 ennobles man's spirit by leading him into com- 

 munion with his Maker, humbling him before the 

 unfolded magnificence of nature, evoking his grati- 

 tude in the presence of that Divine benevolence 

 which characterises all creation, and begetting in 

 his heart deep longings for that complete and 

 restful harmony with God's laws which suffuses 

 the whole universe with sweet and hallowed peace, 

 the outshining of God's own blessedness, to con- 

 template which inspires the soul to exclaim 



' ' Thine this universal frame 

 Thus wondrous fair ; Thyself how wondrous then ! " 



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