The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-08-29

something To Hope for, and change must
be pleasant to being who, like man, does
not enjoy complete satisfaction in. any
state while he continues here below. The
kindness and wonderful powerful of God
are, therefore, displayed in thus meeting
our necessities and supplying them, not,
indeed, that full satisfaction will ever be
afforded to fallen man on earth. nor even
to him who, by the truth and grace of
God, is partially restored. from the ruins
of The fall: but the constant sense of Iis-
satisfaction is, by these means, prevented.
The very constitution Of our nature seems
to require that we should be free from
every thing like an uninterested. monotony.
God has provided that his rational crea.
lures should pass through series of men
tai changes; not only to try them, and
eventually to perfect the character of all
those who truly love him; but 10 deliver
them from that misery which would be
the inevitable result of constant iepeli-
ton of the same actions, the same thoughts,
and even the same pleasures.
Similar remarks are applicable to the
irrational and material creation generally.
If the canopy of heaven always wore the
same unchanging appearance, though that
appearance were characterized by remar-
kable beauty; if the ocean always ragged
in tempest, or always presented perfect:
ly calm and unrufled surface, or was al
ways broken to the eye with the very same
undulating flow; if the earth were entirely
level, or, in every part, at equal intervals,
elevated into hills or mountains of pre-
cisely the same height; if the same ver-
dant, or fowery, or scar sappearance on
the surface ever met the eye; if the air
were always agited to the same degree; if
all the classes of animated beings ever
presented the same dull, uniform, un.
changing appearence-whether in'air, or
on earth-how much should we lose Of
that pleasure which this fallen, but ever
varying and beautiful world affords to US.
Here, then, in this great machine of
the universe, the power and goodness Of
God are displayed. How different the re.
suits Of the operations of these divine at
tributes from those produced by the
works of the most curious and complica.
ted machinery Of mere human invention.
Different we mean in this respect: the lat
ter invariably produces the same effects
by the same general impulse. If achange
is TO take place, the whole operating
power of the machine, or, at least, of
that part which produces the final result,
must Undergo change also. But in the
world Of matter and of mind, the very
principle Of operation, in any given.class
or species of the creatures Of God, ap-
pears issuing in an unbounded variety of
effects. We are accustomed, by the aid
Of the microscope, to contrast the coarse
and rude workmanship of the finest speci-
mems of human ingenuity, with the fine
and exquisiteIy delicate touch of the Di:
vine Artifcer; and with the same eleya-
ling. views of the Author Of the ,wonder-3
ful world, we may contrast the dull, leaden,
uniformity of the effects produced by hu.
man art and industry, with the golden va
riety Of his operations, who is "wonder-
full in counsel, and excellent in working"
Itis obvious that the power Of God in
his works might have been displayedinsa
very different manner. He might have
given one color TO all the objects that meet
the eye; one note and one tone to all the
sounds that salute the car. All animals
might have had only one general form.
The human face and the human frame only
one general character. Our days and
years might have passed on, SO that our
during their progress might
have been one unkroken succession of
the same purposes, sentiments, and emo.
tions. If this had been the case, our plea
sures, if, indeed, we should have enjoyed
any, would have been few in number, and
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