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selves may as distinctly indicate that they too have come 

 from the same quarry, and that they have been shaped, 

 measured, and fitted for their place by the same or like 

 cunning hands. And the wood may make as clearly 

 manifest that it has been taken from the same kind of 

 trees, and also cut and planed for its place. And so the 

 worlds make manifest that they have been formed by an 

 Architect and Builder of transcendent wisdom and power. 

 And when we examine the material employed to form so 

 many structures, we find that they speak in unmistakable 

 tones of the skilful hand from which they have come, of 

 the designing mind which made them for their place. 

 They are as if for a building you were to find everything 

 fully prepared, the stones of requisite size and shape, and 

 ready to be placed on each other so that no seam could be 

 seen ; the wood also ready for the nail and hammer, and 

 even nail and hammer and all things necessary for the 

 raising up of a commodious structure. " Master, see what 

 stones and buildings are here ! " The buildings were 

 extensive and noble. The stones were huge, and created 

 astonishment and admiration. But see infinitely greater 

 wonders. See the stones and buildings of the universe. 

 Behold the earth ; lift up the eyes to the heavens. What 

 buildings are here ! How noble are these structures ! 

 These are the buildings to be admired. These are the 

 structures to fill an enlarged imagination with a sense of 

 grandeur and magnificence for the ages of ages. See what 

 stones ! What stones for such structures ! They are not 

 huge blocks. The wonder of them does not lie in that 

 direction. It lies in their smallness, in the extreme 

 minuteness of their size. But see them ! Every stone is 

 a study. Every atom is a marvel. Every cluster is an 

 array of astounding marvels. Every stone is measured, 

 weighed, and shaped and ready for building, ready to 



