Man so often calls for preachers—ought he not much rather to desire a proper ear for hearing them? for, in truth, we are surrounded with preachers wherever we turn our eyes. There are preachers in the firmament above, preachers in the earth below, preachers within us and preachers without. What a sermon it is which the firmament of heaven alone preaches to us—the sky, whether azure and serene, or overcast with stormy clouds! The heaven, with its marvels, declares the glory of God by the magnificence of day as well as by the magnificence of night. But do many listen? Can it be denied that until God speak to his heart within, man cannot comprehend the language He utters from everything about and above and beneath him?

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