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THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA. 
and impart to it those properties and powers which it was neces- 
sary for it to have, in order that it might perform all those offices 
and duties for which he designed it ? 
Harmonious in their action, the air and sea are obedient to law 
and subject to order in all their movements ; when we consult 
them in the performance of their offices, they teach us lessons 
concerning the wonders of the deep, the mysteries of the sky, the 
greatness, and the wisdom, and goodness of the Creator. The 
investigations into the broad-spreading circle of phenomena con- 
nected with the winds of heaven and the waves of the sea are sec- 
ond to none for the good which they do and the lessons which they 
teach. The astronomer is said to see the hand of God in the sky ; 
but does not the right-minded mariner, who looks aloft as he pon- 
ders over these things, hear his voice in every wave of the sea 
that "claps its hands," and feel his presence in every breeze that 
blows? 
