Reflections on the Works of God Author:Christoph Christian Sturm General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1810 Original Publisher: Printed for R. Scholey, ... and Jas. Robbins, Winchester. Subjects: Natural theology Devotional exercises Calendars Religion / Christian Life / Devotional Religion / Devotional Religion / Meditations Religion / Theology Notes: This is a... more » black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Reflections vpon the Animal Kingdom. 11 Another roost admirable thing in the garden of na. tute is, that in all this variety the most perfect har. mony obtains. All plants, from the hyssop which grows on the wall to the cedar of Lebanon, have the same essential parts. A little herb is as completely formed as the most beautiful rose ; and the rose as the most lofty oak. In all are observed the same general laws of growth and increase, and yet each species is distinct. Out of so many thousand plants, there is not one which does not possess a distinct character, properties, mode of receiving nourishment, of grow, ing, and propagating itself. What inexhaustible riches wediscover in their forms, colours, and proportions! What pleasure we receive from observing their varieties, and beholding the beauties of the vegatable kingdom ! Our soul, delighted with the prospect, raises itself towards God, the Father and Creator of nature, whose bounty is every. where manifest : whose power lias produced all these plants, and whose wisdom has arranged them in order and beauty. AUGUST XXII. Reflections upon the Animal Kingdom. The animal kingdom may be considered as a well, regulated state, in which is a suitable number of inhabitants, each having an allotted place; faciiities necessary to perform their requisite duties, and rewards and punishments to excite them to action...« less