The conchologist's companion . sation, refuse to acknowledge Him,who framed this well-ordered world—who spreadthe firmament above as a tent to dwell in — and whogives to his own glorious heaven, all its unalterablejoys, and splendours which no mortal eye couldsteadily behold.—Shall we be ashamed to acknow-ledge, that once travelling in human form, he enteredthis magnificent museum, and sojourned among thewonders which his hand has made, to reveal at oncewhat God is, and what man ought to be ? Heathensmight discover an eternal power, a surpassing wis-dom, an indefinable benevolence, in the sign
The conchologist's companion . sation, refuse to acknowledge Him,who framed this well-ordered world—who spreadthe firmament above as a tent to dwell in — and whogives to his own glorious heaven, all its unalterablejoys, and splendours which no mortal eye couldsteadily behold.—Shall we be ashamed to acknow-ledge, that once travelling in human form, he enteredthis magnificent museum, and sojourned among thewonders which his hand has made, to reveal at oncewhat God is, and what man ought to be ? Heathensmight discover an eternal power, a surpassing wis-dom, an indefinable benevolence, in the signs andwonders of creation. Heathens might acknowledgea stupendous liberality in the grant of the wholefabric, and its garniture, and astonishing accompani-ments for the use of man. But the Christian philo- UNIVALVES. 155 sopher should ever bear in mind his forfeiture of them,and the price paid to redeem them; he should accustomhimself to receive the gifts of a benignant Providenceas from the hand of an indulgent Section of the Chambered Nautilus Argonauta.
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