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we go up to heaven, God is there *'the firmament shox^etl 
forth hife handywork if we contemplate the earth on which 
we are placed, with its varied tribes of beings, and the provision 
made for their comfort and subsistence, we realize that it is in- 
deed God "who maketh the grass to grow on the mountainft 
and herbs for the use of man." 
389. The universe, how vast ! — exceeding far 
The bounds of human thought ; millions of suns 
With their attendant worlds moving around 
Some common center, gravitation strange, 
Beyond the power of finite minds to scan ! 
Can He, who in the highest heaven sublime. 
Enthroned in glory, guides these mighty orljs— 
Can He behold this little spot of earth. 
Lost midst the grandeur of the heavenly host : 
Can God bestow one thought on fallen man ? 
Turn, child of ignorance and narrow views, 
Thy wildered sight from off these dazzling scenes ; 
Turn to thy earth, and trace the wondere there. 
Who pencils, with variegated hues, 
The lowly flower that decks the rippling stream, 
Or gorgeously attires the lily race ? 
Who with attentive care, each year provides 
A germ to renovate the dying plant, 
And gives soft showers and vivifying warmth, 
Kindling within the euibryo inert 
The little spark of life, unseen by all 
Save him who gave it, and whose care preserved I 
Who teaches, when this principle of life 
Thus animated, swells the germ within, 
And bursts its tomb, rising to light and air — 
Who teaches root and stem to find their place, 
Each one to seek its proper element ? 
Who gilds the insect's wings, and leads it forth 
To feast on sweets and bask in sunny ray ? 
None can the life of plant or insect give. 
Save God, alone : — He rules and watches all ; 
Scorns not the least of all his works ; much less 
Man, made in his image, destined to exist 
When e'en yon brilliant worlds shall cease to bo. 
Then how should man rejoicing in his God, 
Delight in his perfections shadowed forth 
In every little flower and blade of grass ! 
Each opening bud> and care-perfected seed, 
Is as a page, where we may read of God. 
388. The Deity manifested in his works.— 389. The aathor^s poetical view of the grandenr UBi 
aioutenesi of the works of God. 
