The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-15
Fon THE wILMINGToNIAN.
Reflections on the Providence and Co..
ernment of God.

Reflections on the Providence and Gor-
ernment Of God.
How incomprehensiblc is the knowledge OF
Cod. from whom nothing is concealed i'll heaven
or on earth, or under the earh who overi"oks
not the situation Of single atom, or the rising o'
"a single thought Ile counts the host OF heaven
and through an immeasurable extent OF empire,
calls all his subjects by their names. In one i'm
mensc survey he beholds every creature, from
the angel ofhis presence, down even to the insec'
and the herb, and the dust we tread upon. The
meanest Individual Of his kingdom is not unnoi'
ced by him or the meanest circumstance OF the
|meanest individual. All hearts lie naked and
|opep to him; all secrets are revealed to him; as
|to him there is no darkness and no mystery SO in
him there is no ignorance and tor him there Is no
Information. In every instant he discerns every
motion and every thought, though they amount to
|myrials on myriads, and though in the instant
that they are produced they perish As he dis
Germs whatever is within us, or above us, or a
round us, or beneath MS, as wide as immenslty
Itself, without labour, without oversight, and
without succession, easily, perfectly and instant
|ly; so lie discerns "whatever comes to pass, ="
Throughout the vast universe, without error, with
out surprise, without confusion, clearly, calmly,
md unwearedly accompanying as it were, the
universe, through its unceasing changes; compre-
blending all things with greater facility and GER
ltainty, than the most enlarged mind he has crea
ed comprehends the smallest portion OF his
works; knowing even the most Intelligent OF his
Icrcatures more perfectly than they are known tt
themselves.
Such is the knowledge which the great RuLaH
of the world must possess, and exercise IN the
government thereof knowledge so high, that
no created being can ever attain unto a just con
ception of it surprising all our thoughts, arc
liusrifying all our wonder. Nor could the govern
lment of the world be carried on it this knowledge
we're not as wonderful in its application as il IL
in its extent What prudence
what wisdom, is not necessary to maintain the or
i|der, the comfort, and the interests of LITTLE
kingdom, of less society, yea even of family
|What wisdom then, is not needful to him wh'
undertakes the government Of the world Wha
wisdom must he not possess who maintains thu
good government thereof, uninterrupted and un
Icontrolled What innunerable ends arc there t
Ibe pursued in conjunction with one another, IN
iust subordination, and all in subserviency to on
great end, the happiness of his subjects VIVA
|nnumerable principles, not only different b'i
|even opposite in their natures are there to be d
Irected in their operation, combined together
their just proportion, actuated to certain de
,lgree and within those limits made eftectual, be
lyond them to be counteracted and restrained
How many different species of creatures, hoy
many different humours, how many differen
lwlls-What blind and mpetuous passions, wha
|perverse and froward dispositions, what an infir
lite variety of objects to be attended to, and &C
commodated one unto another! He who can re
Iconcile, and control, and regulate he who, thrt
1. all apparent disorders, can maintain the harmon
!, of the world; he who. through all apparent evils
can promote its real interests, and raise out O
what appears to our narrow minds mighty chs
Is os, that confounds us and oppresses us, the tai
fabric of human happiness how wonderful mus
he be in counsel, how abundant must he be
means. Where but in God is true wisdom to b
found ? Where but in the worlds great Cover
nor is the place of solid understanding But ta
-. ther: however honorable the idea of the dvn
knowledge and wisdom which his government
the world suggests to us, his POWER is at lea'
IcqualIy illustrated anu "aShnieu 'ncren. no
Immensely s,rong must be that arm, on which un
Iversal nature leans, tn which the clods of the va
IIey. aud the insects that inhabit them, and III
|brutes that tread those insects under foot, an
1.-The men that rule over the beasts of the field, All
the angels that administer unto human interes
d;Iare all alike, and all equally indebted for the
being, and their continuance in being! How il
lexhausible and inconceivablc is that fulness
power which operates upon every other benl
and within them; from which all their power
like an infni,y of little streams, are perpetual
derived and supplied What force is that wbic
mpels the celestial bodies through their course
which confines them each to their proper orbit
which gives to each their stability and soldt
which, rolls every wave along, and fixes every pa
tice of sand upon the shore! How powerful is i
who make til darkness, and it is night, who biz
the sun arise and it is day; who giveth, in the