PRELIMINARY OESERVATIONS. 21 



and the Maker of things visible and invisible, 

 but as his Lawgiver, Judge, and Saviour. Im- 

 pressed with the important truths revealed in 

 his word, led by faith to the Redeemer, who 

 gave his life a ransom for sinners, the Christian 

 will receive with a higher tone of delight than 

 the mere philosopher, the proofs of the Al- 

 mighty's power, which a contemplation of his 

 wisdom and skill in creation must call up, and 

 rejoice to see imprinted upon every living 

 thing the mystic writing of his all-powerful 

 hand. He will find that nothing is super- 

 fluous ; no organs are given, for which there 

 is not an express use, no part of the organic 

 structure is iinimportant, no part independent 

 of another, the result being a harmonious ac- 

 cordance of the whole ; as nothing is super- 

 fluous, so nothing is defective ; nothing fails 

 for the accomplishment of the destined pur- 

 pose ; there is no misapphcation of power; 

 there are no errors in calculation, to use a 

 term apphcable only to human contrivances 

 and machinery — every lever, every muscle, 

 every blood-vessel, every nerve, every tissue 

 is admirably arranged, and expressly adapted 

 for the end in view. Nor is all this ii'respective 

 of beauty, delicacy, and precision. Everything 



