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of invisibles ; and that, could we draw aside the 

 mysterious curtain which shrouds it from our senses, 

 we might there see a theatre of as many wonders as 

 astronomy has unfolded, a universe within the 

 compass of a point so small, as to elude all the 

 powers of the microscope, but where the wonder- 

 working God finds room for the exercise of all his 

 attributes, where he can raise another mechanism of 

 worlds, and fill and animate them all with the 

 evidences of his glory." 



Still, whatever additions may yet be made to 

 human knowledge, and we will hail them all with 

 gratitude and delight, the voice of nature can never 

 relieve the solicitude of man, conscious of guilt and 

 that he is endowed with endless life. Divine reve- 

 lation alone reveals the only ground of acceptance 

 before God, in the mediation of his only-begotten 

 and well-beloved Son ; the only means of accept- 

 ance, in faith in his equality with the Father, his 

 atoning blood, and perfect righteousness ; and the 

 only evidence of acceptance, in holiness of heart 

 and life. 



We would have all diligent and persevering 

 students, according to their means and opportu- 

 nities, of the natural world. But it is possible to 

 connect the Supreme with his works, without re- 

 ceiving the truth that " God was in Christ, recon- 

 ciling the world unto himself, not imputing their 

 trespasses unto them," and consequently without 

 obeying the charge, "Be ye reconciled to God." 



