the seasons, etc. In the present day the ingenuity of man has harnessed some of the forces of Nature, such as gas, steam, and electricity, and has compelled them to perform Herculean labours for the benefit of mankind, though these forces are apt to be destructive when unrestrained. Though man has acquired such large power, yet there are many things that man cannot do; nor can man know what may happen to-morrow. Therefore there must be some Being whose power is infinitely higher than that of man.
'He is the First Cause of the Universe.' 'He is the Creator.' 'He is eternal.' 'He is beyond all creatures.' But He is invisible to mortal eyes; yet invisibility does not prove non-existence. For instance, though none of you have had the fortune of seeing personally our late Queen Empress, Victoria the Great, yet you have not the least doubt about her existence in
