Excerpt from A Sermon, Delivered at Salisbury, Mass, On the Death of His Excellency William Eustis, February 13, 1825: At the Request of the Officers of the 4th Regiment, 2d Brigade, 2d Division, Massachusetts MilitiaMan strangely loses sight of Him, who hides him! Self behind these visible appearances. He sees no evs idence, and feels no need of him, while order and reg ularity remain. But the very constancy of nature in all her operations, irrefragably proves his existence, as the Creator and upholder of all. Ifwe survey the planetary system, and mark the uniformity and regu larity of all the heavenly bodies in their motions, we are no less surprised at their order and harmony, than when contemplating the order and succession of chan ges of the seasons. They both alike manifest the ex istence of God, and become a, mirror by which he manifests himself to his creatures. 'both the day and night afford their testimony and the secret silent rev olutions of the heavens, defy the attack of infidelity.God. As if he had spoken by an audible voice from heaven to his creatures, by all these evidences, has in the same, manifested the unchangeableness of his nap ture, and righteousness of his government. Nature follows her own laws. But those laws are established by infinite wisdom. In one instance alone, has She departed from that order by which she wasat first reg. Ulated, and in that, by the authority of God. By all around you then, in heaven ahove, or on the earth he neath, and all within you, do we call on you to ac knowledge his egistence, who framed all things by the word of his power.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.