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and numbered her, and poured her out upon all his works/ If 
it be thought a considerable thing to be acquainted with a 
few, a very few, of the effects of infinite power and wisdom, 
the situation, bigness, and revolution of some of the heavenly 
bodies, what sentiments should our minds be filled with con- 
cerning Him who appointed to each its place, and measure, and 
sphere of motion, all which are kept with the most uniform 
constancy ? Who ( stretched out the heavens, and telleth the 
number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names ? 
Who laid the foundations of the earth, who comprehendeth 
the dust of it in a measure, and weigheth the mountains in 
scales and the hills in a balance V And when we have recounted 
all the appearances which come within our view, we must add, 
f Lo, these are parts of His ways ; but how little a portion is 
heard of Him ? Canst thou by searching find out God ? Canst 
thou find out the Almighty unto perfection ? It is high as 
Heaven ; what canst thou do ? Deeper than Hell ; what canst 
thou know V The conclusion is, that in all lowliness of mind we 
set lightly by ourselves ; that we form our temper to an im- 
plicit submission to the Divine Majesty ; beget within ourselves 
an absolute resignation to ail the methods of His providence, 
in His dealings with the children of men ; that in the deepest 
humility of our souls, we prostrate ourselves before Him, and 
join in that celestial song, — 
‘ Great and marvellous are Thy works, 
Lord God Almighty ! Just and true 
Are Thy ways, thou King of saints ! 
Who shall not fear thee, 0 Lord, and 
Glorify thy name.’ ” 
Major-General Crawford said, that in rising to move a vote of thanks 
to the Rev. Mr. Mitchell for his very able and admirable paper, he was fully 
aware that he was speaking in the presence of a number of gentlemen of 
high literary attainments and deep scientific knowledge. It was because he 
could lay claim to no such acquirements that he undertook the duty of 
moving a vote of thanks to the rev. gentleman who had just sat down. He 
felt that any person who possessed the power of grappling with such subjects 
of thought and magnitude, and clearly arranging the interesting facts which 
were recorded in the paper then read, so as to reduce them to his (General 
Crawford’s) intelligent appreciation, was entitled to his gratitude. He had 
ever felt convinced that a thorough grasp and mastery of a subject was neces- 
sary to simplification. When, then, he looked upon the millions in this 
country who were upon the same platform as himself as to mental power, 
and at the thousands who were now busy distilling the poison of doubt and 
