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Rh body. What then shall we say is the origin of this assemblage of forms, all so combined, as to present to our view a single form, and this the most perfect, the most beautiful, and the most complex of all others? Is it conceivable, or is it even possible, that any fortuitous concourse of atoms, as some philosophers have endeavoured to persuade us, could produce such an effect? This effect too was produced, as common sense dictates, long before the existence of human skill and contrivance, and therefore we are forced to confess, that the mechanism of the human body is totally independent of the art, invention, and design of man. To the alone then, whose name is, the One Primary Cause of the Formation, not only of matter, but also of mind, we are compelled to refer the production of the above most wonderful manifestation of his Divine power and wisdom in this lower World of Nature.

What a volume of instruction, then, all written in Divine characters, and edited by a Divine hand, is unfolded to our view in that external roil, or covering, which we call our bodies! For if these bodies be indeed the workmanship of, then, it is plain, we behold in them visible proofs, not only of Divine goodness and intelligence, but also of Divine presence with us, and of Divine providence over us. We