GhazzaWs Alchemy of Happiness. 75 



merit, nor any forms more useful and beautiful. If the 

 eye had been attached to the top of the head, or the ear to 

 the nape of the neck, or the mouth to the back of the body, 

 or if three fingers had been given instead of four, it is plain 

 to a person of intelligence that the existing advantages 

 would not have been secured, and the present beauty of 

 form and appearance would have been imperfect. 



Let us notice, also, the daily necessities of man, his need 

 of food, of clothing and of a dwelling; his need of rain, 

 clouds, wind, heat and cold : and that he needs the weaver, 

 the cotton-spinner, the clothier and the fuller to provide 

 him with clothing ; and that each one of these has need of 

 so many instruments, and of so many trades, like those of 

 the blacksmith, the farmer, the carpenter, the dyer, and 

 the tanner ; and besides, their need of iron, lead, wood and 

 the like. Notice at the same time, the adaptation of these 

 workmen to their instruments, and of the instruments to 

 the trades, and how each art has given rise to several 

 others, and the mind is astonished and distracted. The 

 adaptation of all these instruments comes from the pure 

 grace and perfect mercy of God, and from the fountain of 

 his benevolence. Moreover, God's creating prophets, send- 

 ing them to us, and leading us to their law and to love 

 them, is a perfume of His universal beneficence. He pro- 

 claims himself, " My mercy surpasses my anger," and the 

 Prophet has said : " Yerily, God is more full of compassion 

 to his servants, than the affectionate mother to her nursing 

 child." 



It has been shown that man from his own existence, 

 knows the existence of his creator, that from his analysis 

 of the materials of which his body is composed and of its 

 distinctive characters he understands the almighty power 

 of God, that from the uses, the arrangement and the com- 

 bination of his organs, he knows the omniscient wisdom 

 of God, and that his clemency and compassion extend to 



