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of the celestial bodies; and cannot but easily per- 

 ceive that nothing less than Divine power could have 

 created and suspended in the regions of infinite space, 

 those massy orbs, and that Divine Wisdom alone 

 could have regulated their courses. In descending 

 to the earth we have clearly discovered the same 

 traces qf an Almighty hand. We have seen his glory 

 exhibited in the variegated scenes of vegetation, in 

 the colouring and structure of trees, herbs and flow- 

 ers, and his beneficence displayed in their extensive 

 utility. From thence proceeding to a view of ani- 

 mated nature, wonders still burst upon our eyes, in 

 the formation of the different animal beings which 

 bronze the herb or range the forest, which flutter in 

 the air, or swim in the ocean, we see a perfect adap- 

 tation to the circumstances of their existence. The 

 feathered clothing of the birds, the hair of beasts, the 

 scaly covering of fishes, are all admirably suited to 

 the element in which each order is placed. Their 

 instincts, also, exactly correspond with their destina- 

 tion, and operate in a similar manner in every indi- 

 vidual of the same species. Every owl and every cat 

 has a natural propensity to catch mice; every bee has 

 H talent for making honey, and every silk-worm pos- 

 sesses the art of spinning silk. All the birds of the 

 same kind build their nests in the same manner ; and 

 every animal of the same species, if left in its natural 

 state, chuses the same kind of food. This uniformity 

 of instinct in each particular species of animals, which 

 is so conspicuous in these and a thousand other in- 

 stances, merits in an iminent degree the attention of 

 the student of nature ; as it exhibits the most unequi- 

 vocal proof of a regular design and determinate plan, 

 in their formation, and evidently shews that the 

 whole created system is the production of an intelli- 

 gent and all powerful Being. 



' ____. Who spake the word; 



And Nature mov'd complete." 



Besides the subserviency of the animal creation, to 

 *u> there can be o doubt that tbe happiness of the 



