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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... the glory of god. The inspired Psalmist says that "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shovvelh his handiwork "; therefore, whatever some professed Christians affirm to the contrary, the subject of Creation is connected with right views of God, His worship, and His glory, l'ut if we would have a right conception of God, and His glory, we must see to it that we have a right conception of His works in Creation. How, for instance, do we obtain an insight into the character of any great man, whether he be a poet, politician, sculptor, general or king? Is it not by his acts, or his works? But suppose these acts, or works, are misrepresented to us, or defaced by someone, should we not have false and distorted views respecting the author, artist, or the maker of those things? Assuredly. And so it comes to pass in respect to the construction of the world, false views of the universe have led men into a misconception respecting the character of God, and even alas! in many cases to a denial of the very existence of such a personal Being. Let us, then, endeavour to come back to first principles. The world exists, and must have come from somewhere. It is "unthinkable " to say it came by chance, or any "fortuitous concourse of atoms." Its wonderful variety, the general co-relation and adaptibility of its various parts, and the exact and never-failing motions of all the heavenly bodies, prove, to any well-balanced and unprejudiced mind, that some grand and controlling intelligence directs and rules over all. As the apostle Paul declares, "The invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead: so that they are without excuse...".