Great Men: Being the Substance of a Lecture Delivered Ex-Tempore at the Town Hall, on the 28th September, 1866 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The first manifestation of God is in nature, and it is from this that the earliest religious impressions of men and nations have been derived. This is the primary and ordinary revela tion of God, and one which is accessible and intelligible to all alike. Man, in the simplicity of his uneducated mind, and without the aid of logic or philosophy, traces nature up to nature's God. He cannot but do so. The universe exhibits on all sides innumerable marks of design and beauty, of adaptation and method, which he cannot explain except by referring them to an Intelligent First Cause, the Creator of this vast universe. Each object in nature reminds na of its Maker, and draws the heart in spontaneous reverence to His infinite majesty. The stupendous Himalayas, the vast deep Atlantic, the flowing rivulet, the fragrant and beautiful rose, the warbling bird, and all that is grand and beautiful in the world below, and the heavens above, declare the glory of God, and shew His handiwork, and inspire devotional feelings in the soul towards Him who made them. Verily, there are tongues in trees, hooks in the running brooks, sermons in(4)

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