THE EARTH. 



THE Earth, considered as one of those spheres which 

 circulate round the sun amidst the wide expanse of the 

 firmanent, holds but an insignificant position among them, 

 especially when compared with those great and magnificent 

 orbs, Jupiter and Saturn ; but, in another point of view, as 

 the dwelling-place of all the animated beings, vegetables, 

 and minerals, with which we have any practical knowledge, 

 it holds to us a povsition in creation far above all the others. 



It is upon the surface of this our earth that we behold 

 detail those wonders of the Great Creator's hands, 



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