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beneficence of the Supreme Being is every where 

 visible, and the autumn 



" Spreads a liberal feast for all that live." 



But while all on earth is passing and perishing, 

 God remains the same ; and on all he hath im- 

 pressed the signet of mutability and change, to 

 tell man that his home here, also, is but a tran- 

 sient abode ; while, at the same time, the regular 

 laws which govern the universe, may shew him 

 that there is behind all an Essence unchangeable 

 and unchanged, without beginning of days or 

 end of years. 





