ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN. 
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Coin W6 glciiico over the earthy 3,nd. into 
the wilderness of worlds in infinite space, 
without being impressed with the solemn 
thought that all this is but the sign and 
proof of something infinitely more glorious 
than itself ? Are we not reminded, this is a 
production of his Almighty power; that is 
an adjustment of his all-comprehending in¬ 
telligence and foresight; there is a glimmer, 
a ray of his beauty, his glory ; there an em¬ 
anation of his benignity; and there some 
fiery trace of his justice ; but for him all 
this would never have been ; and if for a mo¬ 
ment his pervading energy were by his will 
restrained or suspended, what would it all 
be then ? not to have some such perceptions 
and thoughts, accompanied by devout senti¬ 
ment is so far to be without God in the 
world'' And that there should be men who 
can survey the creation with a scientific en¬ 
largement of intelligence, and then say 
there is no God, " is one of the most hid¬ 
eous phenomena in the world.”* 
* Foster’s Lectures, Second Series, 282 , 
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