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er degree of heat is imparted by day than 

 can fly off by night, so that the heat, on 

 all these accounts, will continue to in- 

 crease. 



Thus we see by what simple principles 

 the bountiful Author of Nature has pro- 

 vided us with such a pleasing succession 

 of scenes, summer, winter, spring, and 

 autumn, lead us* insensibly through the 

 varied circle of the year ; and are no less 

 pleasing to the mind, than necessary to- 

 wards bringing to maturity the various 

 productions of the earth. Whether the 

 sun flames in the solstice, or pours his 

 mild effulgence from the equator, we 

 equally rejoice in his presence, and adore 

 that omniscient Being who gave him his 

 appointed course, and prescribed the 

 bounds which he cannot pass. 



by the daily motion of the earth 

 the rising sun comes within 18 degrees 

 of the horizon, we perceive a faint light 

 begin to appear, which increases, and the 

 magnificent theatre oi the universe opens 

 gradually to our view being fully risen, 

 he rides in all his brightness through the 

 vault of heaven, and approaches the west- 



