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tended in most cases, if not all, with some enjoy- 

 ment, swarms every where in the air, in the 

 earth, under the earth, in the waters there is no 

 place in which the will of an Almighty Creator 

 is not executed by some being that hath animal 

 life. What Power is manifested in the organiza- 

 tion and structure of these infinite hosts of exist- 

 ences ! what Wisdom in their adaptation to their 

 several functions ! and what Goodness and stu- 

 pendous Love in that universal action upon all 

 these different and often discordant creatures 

 compelling them, while they are gratifying their 

 own appetites or passions, and following the lead 

 of their several instincts, to promote the good of 

 the whole system, combining into harmony almost 

 universal discord, and out of seeming death and 

 destruction bringing forth life and health and 

 universal joy ! He who, as an ancient writer 

 speaks, "Contains all things," 1 can alone thus 

 act upon all things, and direct them in all their 

 ways to acknowledge him by the accomplish- 

 ment of each wise and beneficent purpose of his 

 will. Philo Judaeus, in his book upon agricul- 

 ture, 2 speaking of those words of the Psalmist, 

 " The Lord is my shepherd, therefore can I lack 

 nothing" has the following sublime idea, illus- 

 trative of this subject. " God, like a shepherd 



1 Hennas. 



2 Ilfpi ycwpymjr. 152. A. Ed. Col. Allob. 



