38 THE WOULD, 



To the Geologist, the proof is abundant, that the present globe 

 has had a being, and been inhabited by wonderful animals and 

 plants, myriads of years past. To the Astronomer, the proof is 

 equally conclusive, that the Heavens are infinite, and eternal, that 

 our system will, at least so far as natural causes are operating, 

 continue for ever, unchanged, and unchangeable. To the 

 Christian, the proof is equally strong, perhaps stronger, that the 

 word of revelation is what it professes, the message of God, 

 teaching what Science could never learn us, but not conflicting 

 with it. 







