Excerpt from Astronomy, or the Perfections of God Displayed in His Works

The world we inhabit is the greatest and most glorious machine with which we are acquainted. The operations of nature in the productions of every field' and forest, in the changing seasons, ln the growth and decay of every vegetable, and the adaptation of every living thing to the sphere which it occ'upies, proclaim the power and Wisdom of the great architect. The different tints in the rose and, the violet, and the admirable contrivance with which every plant and seed is protected on its stalk, tell us' they owe their existence to a wise Creator. The plains and mountains, the diversified productions and minerals of the earth, manifest a divine hand by which they were formed.

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