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observation, Rom. i. 20, " The invisible things of God 

 from the creation of the world, are understood by the 

 things that are made, even his eternal power and God- 

 head." And this conclusion is most important, since it 

 shews us that all *' those are without excuse," who 

 do not thus seek as far as they are able, to obtain a 

 true and spiritual acquaintance with the being and 

 perfections of the Almighty. Nature thus rightly 

 studied, is and must be, the handmaid of grace. If 

 Revelation is the temple, within which sits enthroned 

 the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, nature 

 is the sublimest porch which leads to it ; and entering 

 here we ascend higher and higher, and discover more and 

 more of the Omniscient mind, and benevolent will of 

 him who has made nothing in vain. 



In summing up, therefore, the importance of attend- 

 ing more to these things than is generally done, and 

 with a view to point out the spiritual advantages that 

 would result from a closer and better knowledge of 

 nature, the Christian Naturalist would not take leave 

 of his readers without suggesting to them the following 

 observations, 



1st. That an extensive acquaintance with the woti* 

 derful works of God will tend much to humble the 

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