20 COMPARISONS OF STRUCTURE IN ANBIALS. 



his ignorance, uttering words -without wisdom, 

 when to have acknowledged his incapacity 

 Avould have been more genuine philosophy. 

 We cannot, as we have observed, explain the 

 final causes for«the creation of the boundless 

 diversity of organic existence, but we can per- 

 ceive that a unity of design runs throughout 

 every part ; we can trace the marks and 

 strokes, thus to speak, of the same Master's 

 hand, to -whatever portion of the vast whole 

 we turn our attention; proofs of boundless 

 inscrutable wisdom, knowledge, foresight and 

 power, manifested in different designs and 

 contrivances to answer definite ends, to meet 

 a thousand contingencies; and we almost in- 

 voluntarily repeat, "He that planted the ear, 

 shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, 

 shall he not see ?" Such are the great 

 truths of natural theology, which aims at a 

 display of the perfections of God as declared 

 by his works. But the Christian can appeal 

 to other great truths, which demonstrate Clod's 

 mercy towards the human race — he can adduce 

 the gospel scheme of salvation, which declares 

 the necessity of an atonement for sin, receive 

 Christ by faith as that sacrifice of atonement, 

 and thus glorify God not only as his Creator, 



