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To The Printer Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
confound the Sreptic with testimonies of his Omnipotence , Omniscience , nr , d Omnipresence : man cannot use a single -Sense that will not convince him of that invisible Power which is above all , and int all , and greater than all . Can he cast bis eye on the wide expanse cf Hca , ven , and believe it to be the work of chance , or of human art ? Hear the deep thunder roiland whence it
, say comes , or whither it goeth ? ' Can he feel the sensations of pleasure or of pain , and account upon merely human principles for its action upon him ? inhale the fragrance of the new-blown rose , ' and trace its source ? or , lastly , can he taste the wheat of the field , and pay Ins thanks to man as the giver of , that sustenance by which- he lives ? Let him own then , as he must feel , this incomprehensible POWER !
Can-argument be necessary to prove his WISDOM equal to his fowEn , orhis GOODNE ss to both ? The frailty of human imperfection ni many instances requires , if not to be convinced , at least -to be roused to the recollection of it . " Were the affairs of this world left ro the absolute control and direction of the Kings and Potentates cf the earth ( which kind of government we mi ght , indeed , conceive to extend to order
every superior over its inferior ) , would not theinference be certain as it is simple ? Would not the human passions of envy , ambition , and a general thirst for possessions , have trampled on eveiy tie of gratitude and respect , reduced the world to anarch y , and long ere this have depopulated its'Kingdoms ? This view of things may at ibefirstg janceappearrbapfodical ; but give it a pause of rellectio ' n , and 1 think , nay am sure , it mustannear
sejr-ev . x . ent . rhiit All-creative Heinz , without whose care millions beside ourselves had been nothing , or worse than nothing , lon « - ere t ! : ; s , _ whose power has supported , and whe-fe mercy has showered , its blessings upon us , give us hearts to be grateful , and a light for our a-. tion :-, that they may redound to his honour and our own happiness . Having established in our minds a sincere conviction ' of the P and cf the
OWER WISDOM Almig hty , there only remains for us to acicress him in the pure language of Piety and Humility , and fix a perfect re . 'iance on his GOOB . \ -KSS i : i every emer-rency . Should the e / . - ect t : e other than we wished , we may assure ourselves , and be happy m the assurance , that he who sees at the same view the present and the future well knew oiirshort-sighte-dnef s , and saw that our blindness to Use mtui would have
-e precipitated us on a rock of error , from winch his GOODVKSS preserved us , by denyir . gourili-iudged requests , i aying cue attention to these frequent interpositions of the Deity m U < e a ; :-iii-s of men , nil may observe the Truth of what I have endeavoured to inculcate ; and those in whose behalf the divine intenerencs operate ;; will never fail to perceive , that th » pud will he ha timi that to which
- p . er their own desires had tended . To conclude , it is an axiom worthy to be written on the heart , as on n depends the HAPPINESS of mankind in every aw , . condition aivi circumstance of life , that , however dissatisfied our blindness and impiety may make us with the decrees of Heaven when they happen not to accord with ourewn wishes , the Wisdom and Goodnes of God o ; -tt , ; i every thing for our advantage in the end , and tvs . i his c ; i ; istenings are . mercies . S J ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To The Printer Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
confound the Sreptic with testimonies of his Omnipotence , Omniscience , nr , d Omnipresence : man cannot use a single -Sense that will not convince him of that invisible Power which is above all , and int all , and greater than all . Can he cast bis eye on the wide expanse cf Hca , ven , and believe it to be the work of chance , or of human art ? Hear the deep thunder roiland whence it
, say comes , or whither it goeth ? ' Can he feel the sensations of pleasure or of pain , and account upon merely human principles for its action upon him ? inhale the fragrance of the new-blown rose , ' and trace its source ? or , lastly , can he taste the wheat of the field , and pay Ins thanks to man as the giver of , that sustenance by which- he lives ? Let him own then , as he must feel , this incomprehensible POWER !
Can-argument be necessary to prove his WISDOM equal to his fowEn , orhis GOODNE ss to both ? The frailty of human imperfection ni many instances requires , if not to be convinced , at least -to be roused to the recollection of it . " Were the affairs of this world left ro the absolute control and direction of the Kings and Potentates cf the earth ( which kind of government we mi ght , indeed , conceive to extend to order
every superior over its inferior ) , would not theinference be certain as it is simple ? Would not the human passions of envy , ambition , and a general thirst for possessions , have trampled on eveiy tie of gratitude and respect , reduced the world to anarch y , and long ere this have depopulated its'Kingdoms ? This view of things may at ibefirstg janceappearrbapfodical ; but give it a pause of rellectio ' n , and 1 think , nay am sure , it mustannear
sejr-ev . x . ent . rhiit All-creative Heinz , without whose care millions beside ourselves had been nothing , or worse than nothing , lon « - ere t ! : ; s , _ whose power has supported , and whe-fe mercy has showered , its blessings upon us , give us hearts to be grateful , and a light for our a-. tion :-, that they may redound to his honour and our own happiness . Having established in our minds a sincere conviction ' of the P and cf the
OWER WISDOM Almig hty , there only remains for us to acicress him in the pure language of Piety and Humility , and fix a perfect re . 'iance on his GOOB . \ -KSS i : i every emer-rency . Should the e / . - ect t : e other than we wished , we may assure ourselves , and be happy m the assurance , that he who sees at the same view the present and the future well knew oiirshort-sighte-dnef s , and saw that our blindness to Use mtui would have
-e precipitated us on a rock of error , from winch his GOODVKSS preserved us , by denyir . gourili-iudged requests , i aying cue attention to these frequent interpositions of the Deity m U < e a ; :-iii-s of men , nil may observe the Truth of what I have endeavoured to inculcate ; and those in whose behalf the divine intenerencs operate ;; will never fail to perceive , that th » pud will he ha timi that to which
- p . er their own desires had tended . To conclude , it is an axiom worthy to be written on the heart , as on n depends the HAPPINESS of mankind in every aw , . condition aivi circumstance of life , that , however dissatisfied our blindness and impiety may make us with the decrees of Heaven when they happen not to accord with ourewn wishes , the Wisdom and Goodnes of God o ; -tt , ; i every thing for our advantage in the end , and tvs . i his c ; i ; istenings are . mercies . S J ,