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down houses and barns. How great is the power of God ! 

 who can arm with such resistless force an agent so impal- 

 pable, so invisible, as the air : so that a substance which 

 in ordinary circumstances is not only pleasant and inno- 

 cent, but absolutely indispensable to the continuance of our 

 existence, may .become the swift messenger of our destruc- 

 tion. Well may we say with Elihu, " with God is terrible 

 majesty ! " 



