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 firmament, there, surely, the glory of God covers the heavens, and is apparent in every twinkling ray emitted from those shining orbs which so beautifully deck the scene! If, again, we look to the earth, nothing but love and beauty meet our eyes in the works of our God and Father. Here the earth, with its three kingdoms, animal, vegetable, and mineral, teems with all that is grand and joyous; the valuable and useful metals, the sparkling diamonds and precious stones, vegetable earth with her fluids—the green herbage with an almost infinite variety of tinted flowers and delicious fruits!—and lastly the busy hum of joyous life, heard in the bleating of flocks, the lowing of herds, the song of birds, and in the sweeter sound of man's grateful prayer and thanksgiving! all speak the language of inspiration, "the earth is full of His praise!" But still the subject rises higher in interest; for when seen spiritually in relation to the soul of man, then the heavens are the internals of the mind and life, where, in love and charity, the kingdom of God is formed; and while the glory of God covers these heavens, filling every affection and thought with joy and gladness, the earth, or the natural mind, with its outward deeds and actions, must ever be full of His praise! May we not then devoutly use the exclamation of David, and say—"Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!" (Psalm cvii. 8.)