Little events and great are inseparably connected under the government of God. In this view, no occurrence is unimportant; each has reference to some momentous end, connected with the well-being of the whole creation, and the glory of the Deity. The better we are able to understand his works, the more clearly do we perceive the proofs of infinite wisdom in them all, forming out of what had at first seemed a fortuitous jumble, a perfect system, illustrative in the highest degree, of all the exalted attributes of his nature. The delicate and almost imperceptible tints of the picture, evince as much the skill and consequent design of the artist, as the bolder outlines, and more prominent figures which attract the gaze of the most vulgar and unpractised spectator.

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