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>f the divine perfections. For what are all the boun- 

 ties of our God, as displayed in this lower world, but 

 so many varied manifestations of himself — so many 

 different expressions and shadows of his character — 

 designed to arrest the attention, and kindle the devotion 

 of thoughtless, cold, insensible man ! 



* These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, 

 Almighty ! Thine this universal frame : 

 Thus wondrous fair ; thyself how wondrous then ; 

 Unspeakable : who sitt'st above these heavens 

 To us invisible, or dimly seen 

 In these thy lowest works; yet these declare 

 Thy goodness beyond thought, and pow'r divine.' 



Such, most reasonably, may be our reflections at the 

 present season ; when every stack of corn is a visible 

 memorial of the truth of God's word, — "While the 

 earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, and summer 

 and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. 

 (Gen. viii. 22.) 



More than 4000 years have rolled away since this 

 gracious promise was given to Noah, and every return- 

 ing Harvest Home is an additional confirmation of the 

 divine faithfulness. Partial failures there may have been 

 in some years and in some countries, but when or 

 where did the promise fail in its general intentions of 



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