Seagrave, "we have only to examine into any
portion, however small, of creation, and we are immediately filled with
wonder. There is nothing which points out to us the immensity and the
omniscience of the Almighty more than the careful provision which has
been made by Him for the smallest and most insignificant of created
beings. This little animal is perhaps one of many millions, who have
their term of existence, and their enjoyment, as well as we have. What
is it? - an insect of the minutest kind, a nothing in creation; yet has
the same care been bestowed upon its formation: these little legs,
hardly visible, have their muscles and their sinews; and every other
portion of its body is as complete, as fearfully and wonderfully
fashioned, as our own. Such is his will; and what insects we ought to
feel ourselves, when compared to the God of power and of love!"
"Let me also point out to you, William," continued Mr. Seagrave, "the
infinity of his creative power, displayed in endless variety. Amongst
the millions of men that have been born, and died, if ever yet were
there seen two faces or two bodies exactly alike; nay, if you could
examine the leaves upon the trees, although there may be millions upon
millions in a forest, you could not discover two leaves of precisely
the same form and make.
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