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Plan Of Education.
are nourished by . it , and subservient to man , its principal inhabitant . If we look up to the firmament , our admiration increases , while webehold the great luminaries of heaven ; by day tlie sun , that glorious source of lig ht and heat , whose enlivening rays render the globe on which we live so comfortable andso beautiful an habitation ; by nig ht , those amazing orbs which appear in the vast canopy over our heads , and
g ive a fainter day . Of these , the planets are a part of this our system , and larger , some of them , than the earth itself ; and the fixed stars are immensely distant , and , according to the analogy of nature , supposed to serve as so many suns to their proper planets ; which , like our earth , revolve around them , and , like it too , are replenished with their respective inhabitants . From such observations as these , we
shall enlarge our notions of the creation ; and conceive the highest idea of the infinitewisdom and power of God . If we descend again to the earth , our proper sphere , we cannot resist the strongest impressions of admiration , love , and gratitude , while we consider the curious structure of the human body , composed of various parts- and organs of sensation , so well fitted for ; . their- several uses ,,, and so
necessary to the whole fabric ; or the . still more curious structure of the human mind , its affections and passions , its powers' of thought and sentiment , of reflecting on its own operations , and of fore-seeing the consequences of-human actions , its consciousness , its prodigious activity and memory , its natural sense of right and wrong , that foundation of its hopes and fears , and . by which , along with the liberty of acting , it is constituted a moral and an accountable agent . This great
and fundamental principle , of . the . existence of God , ythe teacher endeavours to illustrate by images familiar to the senses , as that of a ship , a house , a watch . " For these are evidently destined for certain uses , and . have their parts ingeniously fitted to answer their destination ; yet we see they are not capable of constructing themselves , but stand indebted to the / kill of the artist , who laid the plan , and adjusted their proportions . Nowif a shior other machine , is a proof of the
un-, p derstanding arid ability of the maker , how much more does this vast and beautiful system of the world demonstrate the wisdom andpower of its great Creator ? And from this survey of the creation , and the instances-of intelligence and design winch maybe discovered- in every thing around as well as within us , may we not clearly see , and ought we not humbly to adore , the power , the wisdom ,: and the goodness of ?
God , so illustriously displayed in his works ¦ Then the teacher mentions the universal consent of mankind , who , in all ages , have been struck with this irresistible , this intuitive truth ; , and he urges the testimony of sacred writ , so evidently superior to all human compositions in simplicity of style , in sublimity of sentiment , and in the purity , the propriety , and the energy of its precepts .
He proceeds next to consider the attributes of the Deity separately ; and first his natural perfections , his self-existence , unity , omnipresence , omniscience , eternity , and almighty power . Then he explains his moral perfections , the subject of our imitation , and the comfort ind deli ght of our souls ; his wisdom , veracity , holiness , justice , goodness , and mercy . These are particularly defined , and considered Oo
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Plan Of Education.
are nourished by . it , and subservient to man , its principal inhabitant . If we look up to the firmament , our admiration increases , while webehold the great luminaries of heaven ; by day tlie sun , that glorious source of lig ht and heat , whose enlivening rays render the globe on which we live so comfortable andso beautiful an habitation ; by nig ht , those amazing orbs which appear in the vast canopy over our heads , and
g ive a fainter day . Of these , the planets are a part of this our system , and larger , some of them , than the earth itself ; and the fixed stars are immensely distant , and , according to the analogy of nature , supposed to serve as so many suns to their proper planets ; which , like our earth , revolve around them , and , like it too , are replenished with their respective inhabitants . From such observations as these , we
shall enlarge our notions of the creation ; and conceive the highest idea of the infinitewisdom and power of God . If we descend again to the earth , our proper sphere , we cannot resist the strongest impressions of admiration , love , and gratitude , while we consider the curious structure of the human body , composed of various parts- and organs of sensation , so well fitted for ; . their- several uses ,,, and so
necessary to the whole fabric ; or the . still more curious structure of the human mind , its affections and passions , its powers' of thought and sentiment , of reflecting on its own operations , and of fore-seeing the consequences of-human actions , its consciousness , its prodigious activity and memory , its natural sense of right and wrong , that foundation of its hopes and fears , and . by which , along with the liberty of acting , it is constituted a moral and an accountable agent . This great
and fundamental principle , of . the . existence of God , ythe teacher endeavours to illustrate by images familiar to the senses , as that of a ship , a house , a watch . " For these are evidently destined for certain uses , and . have their parts ingeniously fitted to answer their destination ; yet we see they are not capable of constructing themselves , but stand indebted to the / kill of the artist , who laid the plan , and adjusted their proportions . Nowif a shior other machine , is a proof of the
un-, p derstanding arid ability of the maker , how much more does this vast and beautiful system of the world demonstrate the wisdom andpower of its great Creator ? And from this survey of the creation , and the instances-of intelligence and design winch maybe discovered- in every thing around as well as within us , may we not clearly see , and ought we not humbly to adore , the power , the wisdom ,: and the goodness of ?
God , so illustriously displayed in his works ¦ Then the teacher mentions the universal consent of mankind , who , in all ages , have been struck with this irresistible , this intuitive truth ; , and he urges the testimony of sacred writ , so evidently superior to all human compositions in simplicity of style , in sublimity of sentiment , and in the purity , the propriety , and the energy of its precepts .
He proceeds next to consider the attributes of the Deity separately ; and first his natural perfections , his self-existence , unity , omnipresence , omniscience , eternity , and almighty power . Then he explains his moral perfections , the subject of our imitation , and the comfort ind deli ght of our souls ; his wisdom , veracity , holiness , justice , goodness , and mercy . These are particularly defined , and considered Oo