i>4- (TKKKSITIES OF KNTOMOLOGY. 



their situation and circumstances ; that the wants which they 

 have are provided for, and the powers which they possess 

 called -into action. We find, therefore, that Divine Provi- 

 dence is, in fact, extended over an immense succession of 

 tribes of beings, surpassing what we could have conceived or 

 expected ; and thus we may feel secure that the mere multi- 

 tude of created objects cannot remove us from the government 

 and superintendence of our Creator." 



Upon examining the edge of a very keen razor with a 

 microscope, it will appear as broad as the back of a thick 

 knife : rough, uneven, full of notches and furrows. An 

 exceedingly small needle resembles a rough iron bar. But 

 the sting of a bee, seen through the same instrument, exhibits 

 everywhere a polish most amazingly beautiful, without the 

 least flaw, blemish, or inequality, and it ends in a point too 

 fine to be discerned. A small piece of exceedingly fine lawn 

 appears, through a microscope, like a hurdle or lattice, and 

 the threads themselves seem coarser than the yarn with 

 which ropes are made for anchors. But a silkworm's web 

 appears perfectly smooth and shining, and everywhere equal. 

 The smallest dot that can be made with a pen, appears, when 

 viewed by the microscope, an irregular spot, rough, .jagged, 

 and uneven. But the little specks on the wings or bodies of 

 insects are found to be most accurately circular. The finest 

 miniature paintings appear before this instrument as mere 

 daubings, plastered on with a trowel, entirely void of beauty, 

 either in the drawing or the colouring. The most even and 

 beautiful varnishes and polishings will be found to be mere 

 roughness, full of gaps and flaws. Thus sink the works of 

 art before the microscopic eye. But the nearer we examine 

 the works of God, even in the least of His productions, the 

 more sensible shall we be of His wisdom and power. Apply 

 the microscope to any, the most minute, of His works, nothing 

 is to be found but beauty and perfection. If we examine the 

 numberless species of insects that swim, creep, or fly around 

 us, what proportion, exactness, uniformity, and symmetry, 

 shall we perceive in all their organs ! what a profusion of 

 colouring! azure, green, and vermilion, gold, silver, pearls, 

 rubies, and diamonds ; fringe and embroidery on their bodies, 

 wings, heads, and every other part ! How high the finishing ! 

 how inimitable the polish we everywhere behold ! The most 

 perfect works of man betray a meanness, a poverty, an 

 inability in the workman ; but the works of nature plainly 

 prove that 



"The liand that made them is Divine/' 



