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simtilicitv. an. I heantv v hn. s..i,.e.o.t n,.,J;
which nte linked together by the mlghly I
ve, which binds them in one grand system, i
ami with one irrc-islable bond, to the great I
Sou itself? I would answer for the solution
of this great problem that the mind lias
brought to its aid the most wonderful in
vention that man has ever created. It has
armed itself with the telescope, an instru
ment w hich possesses extraordinary power
of causing objects which are far suink in
space, to stand before the eye, and there
rest, subjert to the scrutinizing pare of tnnn;
and not only this, it has the power of inaik
ing and measuring, with accuracy, the most
iiitiiiitcsmal motions of the most distant
orbs of tracing out their career in the hea
vens nd of measuring the vast periods in
w hich they accomplish their revolution.
Although the Tele-cope has enabled man
to make these mighty couijuestsin the tea! ins
of space, they are not sufficient to satisfy
his intellect. lie goes buckw aril. Hole
gins with a train of reasoning, which is ba
sed upon the solid rock of tiutli. He rises
lays one stone upon another, until, from the
summit of a mathematical pyramid, raised
by his own powers, he looks out upon the
vast works of Cod, and all lies tlear, and
hiight, and beautiful before him. We have
111 thin courso but two points to illustrate;
the' rsl is the character ami power of the
U'lescope : the second is the charter and pow-
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