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presents an example of substantial independence and domestic 

 comfort, which the proudest monarchs of the earth may envy. 



The farmejc of all others should be a man of religion. If 

 pious gratitude and confidence find no place in his bosom, his 

 mind must be debased by selfishness, and his heart as hard as 

 the stones of his fields. " Even the ox knoweth his owner 

 and the ass his master's crib." How can he then, receiving 

 so immediately as he does from the hand of God the exuberant 

 bounties of his providence, be unmindful of the source of all 

 his power and all his blessings ! 



In the wonderful operations of nature constantly going on 

 around him, he is compelled to remark the wise and ever active 

 providence which sustains and directs all things. In the part 

 which he is called to perform in these extraordinary and mi- 

 raculous processes, he is most forcibly reminded of his own 

 dependance. In the abundant fruits, which crown his labors, 

 "and the ample and rich provision every where made for the 

 support and enjoyment of all the animated creation, he cannot 

 but adore the infinite goodness of the AUTHOR and mysterious 

 PRESERVER of nature. In every department of the wide 

 field in which GOD requires or permits him to toil or to par- 

 take ; as the humble co-operator in the labors of the great HUS- 

 BANDMAN or the favored recipient of his unrestricted bounty ; 

 he has constant occasion to regard Him as the great object of 

 his reverence, confidence, and love ; of his humble and de- 

 voted obedience ; of his fervent and filial gratitude ; and to 

 bow down before Him as " all in all." 



