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pared with all those worlds which exist
IN the immensely Of space, might seem
to iaVor these views. Our earth. COM
pared with the system of which it forms
part, Ia scarce speck to the eve Of
Inc behoder, and Ihe Solar System it
sell Is lost amid hosts Of systemS which
the researches Of science have discover
ed TO exist. That man, the nhabiant
OF this Insignificant cIod should be an
object oI care TO God that The ruler Of
SO many worlds should take The affairs
ol this one, which il boued from exis-
tence would scarce be missed under his
own special control, TO the eye of reason
appears absurd. We accordingly find
1t denied that such is the case. The
EpicureaDs of old held that God did not
interfere IN the government of the
world, but led lie of undisturbed re-
pose. And this opinion has not perish
ed with the school Of Epicurus; The views
oI Christians respecting the nterfer-
eDce OF the Deity in the affairs of men
are even yet made The subject of infdeI
SCOTS and Of wit, the spice Of which ap-
pears 10 be the boldness and daring Of
lis blasphemy. True modesty would
believe what is revealed, and Weld un-
hesIlaIIng assent to the testimony Of
experience. II it was not beneath God
to create man, it is not beneath him to
control his affairs, so as to guide him
onward to fulfil the great end of his
creation. 1t would be a useful lesson
for some Of these philosophers whose
views are enlarged in proportion TO the
space penetrating power Of their teIe~
scopes, TO reverse the process, change
their telescopes into microscopes, and to
contemplate a DOrld with its countless
sentient Ihrongs in every drop of water,
and system in every cIod o the valley
Then might they begin to learn that
great and SmdlL are words that belong
10 finite creatures alone; that in the
view oI the Almighty none OF his works
are insignificant. The world was cre-
ated for definite purpose, and an invs-
lble hand guides it onward to work out
its mysterious destiny. And Mind, the
nobest work oil creative wisdom, was
moi loft 10 dash wildly on a painless ca.
reer, and to rush TO ils own destruction.
But turning to the history Of the
world, and HtIentiyely considering the
course oc human events, there is strik-
ing evidence OF the operation Of an un-
seen power. 1t is not merely chaos
OF conflicting forces mingIing in strife
without aim, object, or result; in all
these confused elements there is a prin
ciple Of order, which, while each force
acts, (bI'ndly-it may bs,) on all, dis
poses and controls The whole and rem
ders their actions Subservlent TO a def
mite purpose.
Individual influence is the moving
power in History. The world of MIND
is essentially arisiocralic: the many
must yield 10 the few, reversing the first
maxim in our political creed All great
results in history are the product of in
divldual minds ln the appearances and
action Of these master spirits, these on
Iy rulers by diUtnC right, we trace clear
y the operation OF superior power
The world which they are destined to
reVOIullonise, rolls on unconscious oil
their existence, they themselves scarce
understanding the workings OF their own
splri's: the crisis arrives; new turn
must be given to human affairs, and the
chosen agent emerges from his obscuri-
" and appears on the busy stage. Was
1t chance that led Luther, the poor min
er's son, to seek through much priva,
ton and self denial, liberia education,
and TO devote himself 10 the service OF
his God2 Was ii accident that led him
to The discovery ot Bible in the libra
ry Of his convent Was there no de-
sign in the mental struggles which he
endured in the retirement ol his coIs-
ter struggles SO severe and terrible
that only IRON his after history can wa
discover their uSe2 The lie OF Luther
and The same is true Of every man dis
tiDguished IN history, was continued
miracle. Causes apparently the mos
trivial, became productive Of the grand
est results; and when the concurrence
of countless circumstances beyond mans
control were essential 10 success, mol
one failed, but all contributed 10 The i'm
portant result
The men who might be called Pro
ducerS in tho worlds history, are adapt
ted TO the work which they had to per-
form; and evidences OF design are al
manifest here as in the incest contri
vances Of The material world. None
but Luther could have accomplished
Lulher's work: no age but that in which
hs lived could have called forth in all
their vjgour his peculiar powers, A like
! fitness Tor each other We see in Wash.
ngton and the times III which he lived
And France had 10 look 10 the island Of