Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-01-16
A G RIC u 1t u RAJ.
From the New England Farmer.

The HeGuems declare the glory of God;
the armament sho,oeth forth has handv
q0ork. Day INTO day uttereth speech.
Night unto night sheaoeth knowledge of
God.
1t has been said of an undevout astron-
oner that he is mad. If in the familiar
contemplation of the heavenly orbs, their
countless numbers, their eternal briIliancv,
their arrangement, magnitude, and dis
tances, their mutual relations, and depen-
dence; and above all their sublime har-
| mony, all acting upon, and acted by, each
other, and performing their various revo-
Iutlons with an exactness so perfect, that
the variation of even a second of time
would throw everything into confusion :;
and all subject to that lightly and I'M
| ceasing and universal law of gravitation,
! which holds in its place the largest plan
J ct and balances the minutest atom float
ing In sunbeam, if, say. mind famil-
lar with these objects and laws can fail to
acknowledge their divine Author and
look up with profound veneration to the
great mind which contrved and the NIGH
ty energy, which Upholds and directs all
things, itmay justly be pronounced insane
and diseased; overloaded by darkness,
which is impenetrable; perverted by pref
udices, upon which truth is poweress
perhaps corrupted by moral obliquity,
which is incurable.
The farmer stands in a relation to ma
ture similar to that, which the astronomer
holds to the heavenly orbs. His daily &C.
cupatlon makes him conversant with the
vegetable and animal world; with the in
| finite variety of their productions, and
their nultiform and important uses; with
their artificial and spontaneous creations:
with the laws, which regulate their GER
mlnatlon, progress, and neutrality: with
| the various influences of times and sea-
sons, sun and air, rain and snow, dews
and trosts; with the miraculous operation
and effects of manures and cultivation;
with the lntermixture and Improvement of
plants and animals; with the profound
mysteries of procreation growth, and the
endless succession of life; with the vari-
Gus grades and forms of animated exis-
tence; with the provision made for the
subsistence and the happiness of all; with
the universal and inexorabe laws of prog
ress, change, and decay, as propitious and
necessary as those ofIife and growth; and
above all with the universal capacity
of happiness, and the infinite prodigality
of beauty, which pervades every part of
creation from the minute 10 the largest
and most sublime.
There is everything in nature to lead
the intelligent and rejecting mind up to
the Creator; to that august and profound
intellect which fashioned, and that mighty
power which created. and that never ceas-
ing Providence, which controls and sus-
talns all things. The creation has been
rightly denomnated Gods earliest revela.
ton of himself. The pages of this divine
volume are everywhere radiant with in
structlon. Before the eye of the farmer
this book stands always open. 1t speaks
tohls understanding and to his affections
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. |
He that hath eyes to see let him open them
to this wonderful and universal revelation,
Cultlvatlng a spirit of habitual devotion.
and looking upon the whole creation
around him as the great theatre of the d.
vine power and benefcence, every object |
VIII wear new aspect. Every employ
ment will become sancti6ed. Every boun-
ty and blessing will be received with
new and more greatful relish. His heart
will expand with higher devotion to
God and wider benevolence to man. He
will then understand and appreciate the
elevated rank assigned him in the creation;
and the privileged and blessed ministry
which devolves on himself in the beneficent
of the divine Providence
H.