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 THE HONORABLE THE BOARD 0| GOVERNORS AND THE 
 MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OP KING'S COLLEGE, 
 
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 I 
 
SERMON. 
 
 '■ Ta yao boqutu aixov ana xrtatwf xoff/iov, toi; 7Tfln,^iotft rooiJ^iw 
 nadoQaxai, »; t« ai<hoi uvTov ii'iai/is xai ^«or»;?' tie to tooi outov? 
 ttia/roAoyi^roi^f." 
 
 » For Uie invisible things of Mim from the creation of the world are clearly ieea, 
 being understood by the things that are made, bvbn His eternal power and Godhead, 
 so that they are without excuse."— IU)m A sa i. 20. 
 
 The most ancient of itispirod authors Las left it on 
 sacred record, that "when the foundations of the earth 
 wei-e fastened, and the corner stone thereof was laid," 
 '• the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God 
 .shouted for joy."* The voice of Nature, my brethren, 
 has unceasingly echoed that primaeval song ; nor has it 
 gi-own weaker during the lapse of centuries, but, on the 
 contrary, each passing year lias added volume to the chorus 
 and harmonious fulness to its tones. There never was a 
 jKjriod of time during which the "invisible things" of 
 God were not manifested " in the things that were made." 
 Alike from the fdidactic and ^experimental teaching of the 
 inspired volume we clearly gather, that from "the oreaiion 
 of the world, the eternal power and Godhea have been 
 written in lines so deep and marked that the dullest vision 
 could behold them, and, that however innate sin and sur- 
 rounding temptation might lead the corrupt heart of man 
 to reject these evidences of the existence and goodness of 
 liie Creator, they were, nevertheless, so palpable, and in 
 their plainness so forcible, that they who despised them 
 were " without excuse." That man shuts his eyes to the 
 patent exposition of the attributes of the Deity, is no proof 
 of the non-existence of this manifestation. The thunder 
 
 ♦ Job. xxxviii. 6, 7. t Rora. i. 20. t Booli of Psajms, passiw. 
 
 tn^^fi- 
 
SERMON. 
 
 too lie Jjeeded nof ti.. i- n^'^nainent of J.^nv. 
 
 first - . "'""'-^ ^'"«^vs no bounW ^^"^'^^^g^is of 
 
 '"t controversy. .,,„. ' ,' ^^^^'^^ and thou^i, ^'.ffJ 
 
 •'»"• of us ,vho have the r„rf ■'"*'' «'«" «Wl be 
 "•'-"o" -po„se each to 'l ht '' ,f "^''^ "--4 
 
^ ^lear not the 
 
 'i"zzl,ng flash. 
 
 ■ ^auJ in his 
 
 ^visdom knew 
 ^'Gdken that 
 t^ie eternal 
 
 'ngs that are 
 
 ^»i^J capahJe 
 
 s consonant 
 
 salings M'ith 
 
 rejected the 
 
 -Teased the 
 
 ^^ natural 
 
 ^'n Mature 
 
 s prophets 
 
 ^ rehelJion 
 
 h and as 
 
 t^ie earth, 
 
 >r behold 
 
 eaven, so 
 
 ngei-s of 
 '»viio at 
 
 'ess," at 
 
 J in the 
 
 ?sted in 
 
 " with- 
 
 ss " in 
 
 flesh,'' 
 ^ who 
 sesscd 
 alJ be 
 ing]_jr 
 ! the 
 
 SERMON. O 
 
 completed word of God } Both proceed from the same 
 Almighty and o;nniscient author, and while the very fact 
 of God's having imparted His word to mankind proves the 
 proneneea of the human heart to reject or pervert the 
 testimony of creation, it teaches us not to seek information 
 fixjm the one unaided by the other, but to act upon the 
 principle expressed in the words of the ^Natural historian, 
 "that in order rightly to understand the voice of God in 
 Nature we must enter her temple with the Bible in our 
 
 hands." 
 
 The expression in my text " from the creation of the 
 world," or as it is in the original, ^'' u.io xnatwi x«<Ti<ov" 
 probably refers to a point of time, or a determinate 
 date, while the " to,.- tio.,;,/"'"," or " the things that arc 
 made " expressly allude to the works themselves. The 
 full sense of the passage may therefore be, " For His in- 
 visible attributes, viz : His eternal power and Godhead have 
 been distinctly perceived by mankind through His material 
 works from the first commencement— the very creation of 
 
 the world." 
 
 As the wonderful works of God arc now, so have they 
 ever been, and will remain, the imperishable records of 
 His eternal power and Godhead. * "The heavens declare 
 the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handy 
 work, day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night 
 showeth knowledge." t"0, Lord, our Lord, how excel- 
 lent is thy name in all the earth." J " Whatsoever the 
 Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in the earth, in 
 the seas, and in all deep places. He causeth the vapours 
 to ascend from the ends of the earth : He maketh lightnings 
 lor the rain, He bungcth the wind out of His treasuries." 
 Nor was it vouclisafod to the royal minstrel alone to catch 
 a glimpse of the invisible in the things which were made : 
 
 n 
 
 * Ps. iix. 42. 
 
 i Vs. viii. 9. 
 
 * P?. cxxxv. 5. 7. 
 
i" Nature ,1,,.. fH,M, ' "''""■ ''™«"', a.„u,,.l tK,,, . 
 
 ' •■veil, vol, „,i,,,, ,,,,|, , .; '"■■ ° !> .." o .„„,.,„, •. 
 "'■■mul. vo..„.,,,, ;„,, ,-. ,^,, f" "« « "■".•h.U ki„«,,,„„, 
 »' l>l.il«so,.),., ,l,ev„,„Z "i. ^ '" "'" ™«'^'"l"ro 
 
 '\'"' ''"■-"■ ?'ealor und Ie.«s„r li„l„ ■ ^ *■■ '"■''"''"■' 
 
 ""■«»Sl.««. .1.0 vegetal W J ■"'■"''•"" '"""' °'' <-' 
 "■'-• 'Wh ...ees and .l,o«° !',:::"« f '-"r "f^" 
 ranso ho saw as .,lai,,lv ,1, '^ ^" " '•''H «i'ler 
 
 Je,«ta,o,...,. ,;,f "'.!:„ ; -" "'^"l- iu it. four ..-oa 
 
 <"« of the wall .■ |,e .,,„ke r ' ^^"'"P "'"'^P'-ini'elh 
 
 ■■'■ --Ting Un-u,, a,!:; t ^''";;V^ 
 ;' «H .he patient Job, dro t ,,.. " '""•^^"■^ """■ 
 k">sJo.n. ,vhe„ eo„,p„,i„., ' -, T "'" ""' '"'"<-''"^ 
 
 -hk that -Muslon, ' • h ; U -n "'' """""' ■''"■»-- 
 
 He know that J- the e w ' 1'"' "" ^"■''' "'' «"'l- 
 
 f- -io gold w,;,,, ',;•;;, ™:: - • ^' -';- a..d a ,daeo 
 
 "-■Hi.ed upon the adinu.nt ;.: i':, ?:"";•,» f— 
 
 fen uj, + Jol. x,-;',iii. 1. - 2^j_ 
 
 
ti'O lliUi.l of 
 
 '•<>uiid them : 
 
 attributes of 
 
 lam'' the 
 
 vast empire 
 ^* a sceptro 
 and iilonf. 
 t'l- left 1,0 
 'iiiiiscient, 
 't' iiesivon.s 
 '•e subject 
 "g liiotivo 
 -cessor to 
 ^r EtJiics 
 on of iiis 
 
 ess upon 
 ili widei- 
 CVeutor, 
 If greut 
 e cedar 
 ririgetli 
 '\1. and 
 ^■^ niuii 
 lineml 
 tilings 
 Uod.- 
 place 
 ' that 
 jsenee 
 'h no 
 
 SKUMON. ' 
 
 fowl knowetli, and which the vulturc'»« oy^ huth not .seen." 
 And truly -rand, my brethren, is the antithesis— breathing 
 at once a confession of inan's finite, and an acknowledgcn.cnt 
 of God's boundless, vision : " Hk cutteth out rivers anion;,' 
 the rocks, and His eye seeth every precious thing."' Tian 
 we iiave proof from Scripture that the invisible attributes 
 of (iod mav be seen in all created things— that the " eternal 
 power and CJodheud are understood by the things that are 
 
 made." . 
 
 Durin.^ the lapse of centuries the Astronomer has mcreaj«cd 
 
 his knowkxlge ; new facts are evolved each year : fresh 
 
 proofs of a unity of design elicited, continually adilini: 
 
 multiplied testimony to the infinite wisdom and power of 
 
 1 lim who pvescrves^ntact the wondrous system. With the 
 
 mathematical certainties of Kewton, and the deductions f 
 
 Chalmers, the mind rises to the conclusion, that II- who 
 
 framed the Universe, and appointed for it perfect laws 
 
 must bo infinite in Avisdom. in power and in -oodness. and 
 
 that s)icli a Being is none else than Clod. 
 
 I'he Natural historian, since the period of Soluiuou's 
 research, has traversed the wide earth in quest of infunna- 
 tion, and gatlicring from every land •' the beasts of the 
 field, the iowls of the air. and whatsoever passcth through 
 the paths of the seas/" has arranged and classified them 
 with a minuteness so extreme, a precision so accurate, that 
 the comparative anatomist; a,s he roams amid fosi^il remanis. 
 can a.'^sign one solitary bono to its proper place, or evi n 
 form from it alone tiie skeleton of tlic animal to whicii it 
 belon;iS. i^o systematic and so unifoini are the principles 
 on whicli the one all-wi,^e (reaior acts. 
 
 The Jk>tanist has eiilar-red his stores of learning. an<l 
 still advaticing. with each new discovery strikes a chord 
 of harmonv up.on Katuve\> l.uip. givhig glory to llim who 
 
 I 
 
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 SERAI ox. 
 
 »f l-gl,t upon tins niirroreiabi!"^ ""'«'■'"«' W"^'' 
 «"d-' Tims .00. each iulil, f,;;'™""^ tW»gs of 
 
 "f power of hi, ,„;,,,, .^jj^ ™^J-' "'Vod to the tone 
 aJoration burets- from the Chris' ^', '"""'*"''»«<' »'' 
 ';o>v manifold are thy worics n '. ""' * '^ ^ ^'^ '. 
 "- a", the earth I MUl \^, ^l^^, "-' "- mde 
 
 Ji-ue, some few there In w !.<. 
 -™rek, who,proudof r^:, Sn^''- »-»"- and 
 » "Ppi«S self for a Ion, se 'f ' f"""'' »'«' «"- 
 
 f idol capable of gra^^in^ 1 C"' ",' '■'"="' ■'""P™^'' 
 ''^'7 i.ad penetrated to tiephlo!"' " """«'"'"« *''« 
 
 "■ ->ity placed ti,en,:,';'^Tpt t,rr''''"'''»=^' 
 
 ■^'""ghtj, usurping, if not Hi, T """"' °^ tl«' 
 
 .P<^"-or,ed talents of a f™ 1 r^"'' "'^ ™«»™ <!"■ 
 "..aginations;- if ,ve pass in , " ,, i™" '" "'«"• «»» 
 
 * ''^. civ. n. 
 
 t Akensi.ld. 
 
^cs that arc 
 
 h enveloped 
 > from sight, 
 'ark recesses 
 
 cience in aJI 
 ?rand blaze 
 rear to see 
 tilings of 
 >cution and 
 :o the tone 
 ' tribute of 
 ' Lord .' 
 ''ou made 
 
 i^tes and 
 nd wor- 
 "Pposed 
 ig that 
 things, 
 of tlio 
 1st His 
 rn the 
 
 '' OWJi 
 
 great 
 
 sha]J 
 truth, 
 tored 
 
 SERMON. ^ 
 
 scepticism :- - echoing the sentiments of such leaders as 
 Linnaeus Avho - saw tlie hand of God in every material 
 object around him," or Newton Avho asserted that "it per- 
 tained to Natural Philosophy to discover God from phe- 
 nomena.'"'^ . 
 
 Hence we learn how science may be made subservient 
 to the Gospel precept, "Whatsoever ye do, do all to the 
 alory of God. ' ' If Nature ' ' day unto day uttereth speech . 
 and^ni^ht unto night showeth knowledge;" so a more 
 intimat^ knowledge of Nature, and a more accurate 
 acquaintance with its laws, will afford still clearer views of 
 the invisible attribute:^ of God. Learning, we know, is 
 not incompatible with the service of God, nor opposed, 
 per se, to spirituality of mind, and holiness of heart. The 
 inspired record furnishes us with brief biographical sketches 
 of several individuals renowned as well for eminent piety 
 as for natural wisdom and acquired knowledge. One 
 * " learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, ami mighty 
 in words and deeds." became the leader of an untutored, 
 wayward, rebellious peeple, who needed no common skill 
 to guide and to control them. Nurtured in the court ot 
 the Pharoahs ; fostered in infancy with royal care, and 
 educated as became the member of a monarch s houseliold. 
 -the instrument was adapted to the work-and his culti- 
 vated mind was employed in the service of his God. Not^ 
 withstanding his exalted position, the great lawgiver ot 
 Israel was " Moses meek above all men upon the face 
 of the earth"— " Moses fmy servant who is faithful in 
 all mine house." Another % " skilful in all wisdom, and 
 cunning in knowledge, and understanding science," while 
 he managed with consummate ability and dexterity, the 
 affairs of the unwieldy Babylonian empire, neglected not 
 the care of his immortal soul, nor forgat the honour ot 
 
 • Acta vlii. 22. t Num. xU. 3. t Dau. i. 4. 
 
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10 
 
 SBRMOJT. 
 
 !•« God, but waa fervent in ■ ■ 
 
 "> business, servin^r ti,„ t J '""*' '^ he was ,l!r 
 
 '^fore his God. • ^' Ne^^f"'' """ '"^'^"g^P^Ir'^ 
 
 7 "'"' only imparted by tW ^ ' / '"^'^■'"'^d truths 
 
 "/ello«-„e.,, lie despised foil '^'' »f salvation to 
 
 «;<"./ of tEpin,eniL ,ffis :„r7 '"^^"««. "- 
 
 ■'eknowJedged learning cla«h!^I ""?"'«"»"«' Wents his 
 
 ;;■"«. .ess, hn,,,,,J,;'-W no, .i^h fc,, j^^^; « 
 
 "« br,Ii,ant powers and acTum,, , T'' "^ ^'•™t- Did 
 ■•™o«„ed servants of theC^.^ '"''™'«'»'' ^^ the e 
 'i-e-rdevotednesstoHim. No wT "^ '"t^rfere with 
 
 To these eminent men 1,^.1 j 
 
 't^ to St- Paui, indeS,'r ir"''"'""' '"" «orf of 
 "> Moses and Daniel, for tht tl, , ^ ■^"'ftstation than 
 
 ;nJ ^^tabernacled amongst ^entr „'"" """'^ "osh 
 
 '"OSS ofthcGo,Ihead ZdZ'JJu-^'^. '^^'^ »" th 
 
 '1.0 treasures of wisdom anj W L " .^,^'"' "'^^'""•'' "" 
 
 +t'-whowasthebright„essof,ri.P' "'''<"' 'n Him 
 oxpi-ess image of Hh T ,, " ^^'her's glory and ,h 
 t! ,. i: I . * person." ti« p„j ° V' *™ the 
 
 ' light to shine out of dn-L , ^ "'«* oommanded 
 
 hoarts, to give the light eft' V*^' hath shined i„ „„ 
 
 ':«^ -n the face of ^ ^^^S ol t ^'^^ "^ 
 »"•«■»,.■. 'Ao,,„,,^ /""« Clod Who revealed 
 
 o 
 
 I 
 
SERMON. 
 
 11 
 
 was diligent 
 !>o« hia knees 
 
 supplication 
 e man taught 
 
 and cogent 
 ^ed writings 
 Under the 
 imed truths 
 ^, but as he 
 alvation to 
 ^i^tus, nor 
 talents, his 
 
 heavenjyr 
 rist. Dii 
 
 ^ of these 
 ■fere with 
 J as with 
 ife: true 
 ' secular 
 tJier said 
 
 word of 
 on than 
 3 flesh, 
 all the 
 hid all 
 » Him 
 nd the 
 landed 
 ^ our 
 ^rjof 
 'ealed 
 a. 9. 
 
 Himself in His works, and in His «ord * "hath m the^ 
 fast days spoken onto us by Hi3 Son." In H.m we behold 
 that attribute, in which the Father so fdehghts, shimng as 
 the noon day sun, and which so warmed the heart of h.m 
 ,ho leaned on Jesus' breast, that he exclaimed in the 
 fulness of his feeling, X " God is love." Truly, through 
 all the works of His hand, this constituent element may 
 be traced-in every department of creation it may be seen 
 but in the sacrifice of His well-beloved son it beams forth 
 in unclouded glory. To the cross on Calvary^ the weeping 
 sinner turns and sees that in an incarnate God which at 
 once gives him confidence io draw nigh and seek U.s 
 pardon and His grace. Whilehe trembles at the boundless 
 Uerof Him who ^ " thunders in the heavens." || "shoots 
 out lightnings," and ** " measures the waters in the hollow 
 of His hand," he beholds in Jesus the manifestation of a 
 love which iraws him to His side. There he gains know- 
 led<re that tf^^keth wise unto salvation for looking 
 lis the eye of faith upon « " the word of life, ■ the asser- 
 tion of the Apostle is realised-" Christ is made unto 
 Him wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification and 
 redemption." Were we called upon, my brethren to 
 make choice between this knowledge, revealed to us m the 
 nages of God's holy word, and the accumulated learning ot 
 he world, one sentence of inspii-ation is worth infinitely 
 
 more than the aggregate of --*'«« '^''r^.'T^ifC, 
 
 value than the joint libraries on earth. ^V Christ Je us 
 
 ame into the world to save sinners," when placed in the 
 
 cl is more than a counter-balance for the combined 
 
 rrsearches of Philosophy, and the countless triumphs^ 
 
 genius. Such demand, however, is not made »!»>; »« ; J« 
 
 are not required, in embracing the one to reject the other, 
 
 ..M.l.,»l.W. lt3Tio.Ul.15. t!lJno...l. SJltm... l- 
 
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 12 
 
 SERAfON. 
 
 ^"s blessed with i ,.7 
 
 -■"> - into the fiew :? 7f "''""' ''"'^ «H to oa„v , 
 
 ™» secular instruction Z C '^'"^""'"^'"e reli^™ 
 
 T f " ""'•<' ^-'-^'y ' gX T ,<">deavo„red to Wend 
 
 <'«1, shall continue so to fo u ',n"f' '""' '^' ^^''^'"S of 
 
 '"«'<'." «■" feat the i„>pornt^ h '^'"^ ""^t arf 
 
 ^"'-'.Jeotivel^also. Ch r^r ' "''J-*-% alon 
 '^'f to the wonderful system ^!'™»»""'r Jeads the 
 
 **nce from star to starTZ T?*^ "^' ""'='™r^s the 
 "'-"ets; ,vhile the Na;rai^f^ r''^ atmosphere of the 
 po.ntoutthevario„sla,v of /"■'"" ■""" "-e ChemT, 
 7»larit.v; „,ere arc o her T"' '^''"^ ^''^ ""eW 
 f emn duty of leadiL t t T""""" ''^ ^o" with h: 
 the fountain of inspired t I TT '" ">«'^ "iarge to 
 "-^ Holy Spirit's 'hl'^Jfj ""'' °f --g'-ng th.m t„tt 
 
 :ae,ua„,t themselves'vitl God td ll """ ""^^ 4 
 It would ill become m vv„ ',""'' ""^ at peace. •' 
 
 p^^-ttheopportu^t; :;:rr* ""'"'>" *«%to 
 
 «"i' a christian's warm?h ! """"P^ved of urgi„„ vou 
 
 ^--wn hearts, anrrV;;::'- T ^^^'•'" ^'"'^"% 
 fO-ouarenot,-livi„gi„Gj"' « at peace with God 
 
 "■-•luaint yourselves wi!h God "^t'^'"* '"J^sus. and 
 ^-';W by faith, w.eha™ i:;:f «'»'■ fo'' t" being 
 J-ord Jesus Christ." ^' "'"' ^'^> through our 
 
 Job. 
 
 ^•^«- 2]. t R, 
 
 ^m. V. ]. 
 
SERMON. 
 
 13 
 
 If you know Goa, ana ave kncvn of Ito, let your 
 iourn y through this «orW be gladdened and .mproved by 
 Cl. fng Hi. eternal ,K>wer and Godhead on every s.de of 
 your heavenward path, ever feeling the presence of Jes» 
 " Immanuel"-" Go<l Avith us," in each advancing step ot 
 your pilgrimage, and echoing the sentiment so sweetly sung 
 by the Christian baitl-t 
 
 " When roand thy wondrous below, 
 My searching rapturous glance I throw, 
 Tracing out wisdom, power and love 
 In earth or »I<y,hy stream or gi.ve-, 
 Let not my heart within me burn, 
 Kxcept in all I thee discern !" 
 
 Now unto God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy 
 Ghost, be ascribed all honour, praise and glory, world 
 without end. Amen. 
 
 f Kcble's Eveninir llyrn. 
 
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N O T E S . 
 
 (1) Ileiurich Moritz Gacde, Professor of Nutural History In the University of Liege. 
 
 (2) A creatura munit: (objective) h. e. ex operibus creatis, ex ipsa niundi fabrica 
 (Chrys.) Non placet: 1 Quia id dcnotat vox sequons, :ioit,iittTa. 2. Tunc non dixisset 
 i(io, sed *>?• Al. jam inde a creatione nnindi, i.e. post mundum creatum. uno hie 
 non niuteriain sul)jectain notat ; cui f x inscrvit ; sed tempus, temporis antiquitatem, rel 
 durationis initium, ab initio humaui generis. Sic a.To sumitur Matt. xlii. 35, and xxii, 
 35. Luke xi. 50. Sic sumitur, «.T '«!>/)'? ''r'^ewc Marc. x. 0, and xiii. 19. 2 Pet. 
 iii. 4. Sic, U10 r.aru^u/.iiq xootiov Matt. xiii. 35, and xxv. 34. Vel, a fundamentis 
 mundi xiiotg et creationem significat et ereatnram. Pooles Synopsis, Vol. v. 
 
 (3) Nomen sacrosanctum ab liawyaw, fuit, derivatum. Judaeis erat uttx (poiDjor, 
 a solo Sacerdote, semel in anno ingrudientle To uyiov uyion-, enunciabile ; cujus prima 
 nyllaba iod signum est futuri temporis, secunda ho praesontis, ultima aw praeteriti ; et 
 significat o oic o 7^r xai u fouiievui. Hub. Onim. Uud. in usum. Westmonasteriensis- 
 
 (4) A comparison of the celebrated " IJridgewater Treatises " with more modern 
 scientific words, will give the strongest proof of the astonishing progress of knowledge 
 even since their publication, as well as its subserviency to revelation. 
 
 (5) De systeraate mundi. The fall force cf the expression is, (as may be gathered 
 from the context) that it is the very office and business of Nat. Phil, to searcli out and 
 find Ood from Phenomena. 
 
 (6) I would refer the realer to " PruU-aux's connexion of profane and sacred History" 
 for a very interesting account of Daniel's political position and labours, and a beautiful 
 delineation of his character. 
 
 (V) Of the many accounts of St. Paul's labours, and sketches of his character, 
 perhaps, the most concise and interesting is that which may be found in " Home's 
 Introduction." To ensure its being read and pri/.ed by the undergraduates of the 
 I'niversity and, indeed, all stu k-nts of scripture, it needs only to be commenced. 
 Those whv) begin will ba almost sure to finish. 
 
 (S) It is remarkable that this is the very first proverb of S il.mion— the six preceding 
 verses are only an introduction or preface to the book. 
 
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