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God alike supplies the wants and ministers to the 

 enjoyment of every living creature ; He alike finds 

 them food in rocks and in wildernesses, in the bowels 

 of the earth, and in the depths of the seas. 



His is the wisdom that to different kinds and in 

 different ways, has adapted different habits and 

 modes of being, and has endowed each with an in- 

 telligence sufficient for existence. If the inanimate 

 matter which forms the universe exhibits design 

 and purpose it must follow that the animate or 

 higher forms of creation have a higher and nobler 

 purpose in creation. When we look up to the sky, 

 as the orb of day is gilding the whole horizon, we 

 at once discover that the Father of the universe de- 

 signed it to diffuse light and heat ; when we look 

 at the hills and the mountains, we think that they 

 were placed there to attract the humid clouds that 

 float through the atmosphere so that the fertilizing 

 streams might descend upon the earth ; when we 

 look at the great expanse of stars each of which is 

 a sun surrounded by worlds, we think of the future 

 provision the All- wise Creator has made for poor 

 suffering animals. In short, when we turn our at- 

 tention to the various parts of creation we must recog- 

 nize that all are framed for a purpose by the Creator. 



