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236 is irresistibly awed by the glory of God in the concealed mystery of these wondrous stellar groups; and though kingly intellects should unveil much of that mystery in the future march of science still, the lifting of the veil from one mystery, only reveals others far more glorious in their awful concealment. The philosopher who may be privileged to unveil the mysteries of these groups which now perplex us, will, after his task is done, feel, even more strongly than Newton, that he is only as a child gathering a few pebbles on the brink of the wide ocean.

In contemplating the various grades of stellar aggregations, the unity of plan is at once forced upon our minds, and, as a necessary inference, the unity of Him from whom the plan proceeded. From the fall of a stone, we trace the successive links, up to the revolutions of the remotest stars, and we find that one great law comprehends them all. The mighty plan is one, and the Architect must also be one. When we think of the Omnipotent guiding millions of shining suns in their spiral course, our hearts may sink within us as they speak to us of our insignificance in the vast plan. But another view quiets our spirits, at the same time chiding us for our unworthy thoughts of God: "Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not, therefore."