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ail of the nature of her instrument, or the process of 

 her operations. 



The eye of a rustic, who has no notion of optics, or 

 any of it laws, shall lengthen and shorten its axis, di- 

 late and contract its pupil; without the least hesitation, 

 and with the utmost propriety, exactly adapting itself 

 to the particular distance of objects, and the different 

 degrees of light. By this means it performs some of 

 the most curious experiments in the Newtonian philo- 

 sophy, without the least knowledge of the science, or 

 consciousness of its own dexterity. 



Which shall we admire most, the multitude of or- 

 gans, their finished form aud faultless order, or the 

 power which the soul exercises over them ? Ten thoa* 

 sand reins are put into her hands, aud she manages all, 

 conducts all, without the least perplexity or irregula- 

 rity. Rather with a promptitude, a consistency and 

 speed, that nothing else can equal ! 



So fearfully and wonderfully are we made ! made of 

 such complicated parts, each so nicely fashioned, and 

 all so exactly arranged, every one executing such cu. 

 rious functions, and many of them operating in so mys- 

 terious a manner! And since health depends on such 

 a numerous assemblage of moving organs, sincea single 

 secretion stopped may spoil the temperature of the 

 fluid, a single wheel clogged may put an end to the 

 solids ; with what holy fear should we pass the time of 

 our sojourning here below. Trusting for continual 

 preservation, not merely to our own care, but to the 

 Almighty hand which formed the admirable, machine,, 

 directs its agency, and supports its being . 



TOL. 



