Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15
rOR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
Wisdom of God seen in Creation.


Wisdom of God seen in Creation.
DEVOTED TO REV. JOSEPH cHAMBERs.-No. II.
In our first No. we attempted to show
the wisdom of God as seen in the concep-
ton of the act to create, and in the ordes
OF creation. In the we design show
ing the wisdom Of God aslexhibited in the
relative adaptation of creation.
In the relative adaptation of creation.
we discover marked evidences of wisdom.
Indeed, it may be said that there is no sur. :
er character of wisdom, than the adapsa-
ton OF suitable means to the accomplish
ment of worthy ends. The natural ten
.dency OF design, must always indicate.
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t5oddm create tae world; it is sufficient
that we perceive in Its creation designsins
dicative Of infinite wisdom and g5odness.
and which points the humble enquirer af,
ter truth, to Him as the great fountain of
all light and knowledge. We have already
seen, in our former No.,sexhibitions Of his
wisdom in the appointment of the different
orders fcreatures to their proper elements.
and In bestowing on them natures. ftifffr
them for continued being in those denlents
This idea might be indefinitely exsandeds
: but we forbear.
tLet.us notice more particularly the evil
dencesg OF wisdom, as manifested in the
relative positions of the countless worlds
atioat in the great repository of worlds,
and in the adaptation of mind to matter or
externaiity. What but infinite wisdom,
could have made and thrust myriads of
worlds and system into boundless space,
with that degree of projectile force, so as to
impart to them precisely that velocity
which would enable them to describe.cir-
cies adapted to their relative magnitudes,
and reciprocal powers of attraction and
grayitation What but infinite wisdom
could have impressed on these bodies, laws
that would regulate and harmonic per-
fectly all their movements? And how
many great and valuable purposes do they
serve while traversing their immense orbits?
The sun, the grand centre of our system,
as he sits enthroned in the heavens dis
penses light and heat to the planets that
revolve around him. Our own happy planet,
as she'reyolves daily on her axis, and year.
ly insher orbit around the sun, brings sue
cessive day and night, and the grateful VI
cissitudes of the seasons. These are the
achievements of wisdom, and admirable
adaptations to the exigencies of every or
ganized being, and Of inorganic matter.
The adaptations of mind to externality,
also affords a proof Of the wisdom Of the
Creator. We do not intend to enter into a
philosophical Investigation of the mird-
Were 1t not for perception, by which it
meanta transfer of the mental affections
to some oatoOard object as cause, every
thing would appear to exist soithiR the
mind. Every sound we hear, every odoE
we smell, every object we sec or touch, and
every substance we taste, would appear to
exist aCithtn the soul. Perception enables
US to transfer these affections to outward
|. objects as their causes. Though the hu.
man mind is IN itself a unity, vet what is
more complex and mysterious Man, in
his complete character, presents one of the
grandest and most sublime exhibition ci
creative wisdom to be found in the wide
range of the Universe. There is not, in
! his anatomical structure, though so multifa
rious and complicated, single muscle ol
| tendon which does not sustain an exact
mathematical proportion in its relative
adaptation to the ends to be secured But
when we raise ourselves to the contempla
tion of mind in its relations to mind, anC
in its capacity to adapt itself to an endles:
variety of external circumstances, we arr
overwhelmed with profound sense of tht
wisdom of that Being who could original,
a principle deathless in itself, and capabl,
ofin6nite enjoyment. Every sense, through
which it has communication with mat
ter, is the medium of unlimited happiness
and the means Of its most useful delop
ments.
There is not flower that bends itslsK
ly head in the wilderness lone ;sthere IS no
hill or mountain that rears Its lofty
majestic front to the regions of the cloud:
there is not riyulet that wends- its silen
course along the lonely vale there is nc
a bird that carols in the wood land wild
there is not pebble Oh the qGeanF shore
or hidden gem in its caverps dark ther
E is not landscape of earthS beautiful an
! lovely; there is not a monument Of geniu
I in science or art; there is not shinin
. orb or twinklipg star, in the vast orbicI
7 lar expanse of the deep blue heavens;
word, there is not an object in heaven
in earth, whether Of life or senseless ma
: ter, which the mind is not fitted to con
: prehend and capacitated to enjoy. The!
= are the adorable manifestations of infini
! wisdom. HAWhLNSFILLE.