Can not we then comprehend, by means of our common-sense, that all this is not the work of chance, and was not brought into being by unintelligent, unreasoning forces and laws? Must we not rather exclaim in the inspired language of David: "The heavens show forth the glory of God "? Yes, let us say with grateful joyous hearts : There is a God; an omnipotent, an all-wise, an infinitely good and bountiful God!
Thank God, dear reader, for the most precious of all gifts, for the grace which enables you to say from the bottom of your heart, and with the most intense conviction: "I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. Pray that you may always persevere in this faith.
The fool alone can not descry God's work in earth and sea and sky; The more enlightened eye can trace His all-wise hand in Nature's face; And where sight fails, there faith alone The great Creator's skill will own.
II. The Creature and the Creator.
I.IN THE studio of a sculptor a magnificent statue is standing. The famous artist has chiseled it out of pure white marble; the masterpiece is the object of universal admiration. We regard it as a matter of course that the sculptor has every right to do as he pleases with his work, and
