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Excerpt from A Sermon, Preached in Hingham and Quincy, 20th August 1812, the Day of the National Fast, on Account of the War With Great Britain From a similar survey of the works of nature, we may deduce an inference in favour of the goodness Of the Creator. The world, in which we live, is cer tainly not the production of a malevolent being: for as We have seen, the power of the Creator was aded quate to any effect; misery, in such case, would have undeniably predominated over the earth. There would have been neither fragrance, nor harmony, nor beauty in nature. Every sky had been dark every field had been barren the ocean had exhibited noth ing but the fury and horrours of the storm the wind had borne nothing but disease and death in its course; every exertion of the intellect had been agony every sense had been but a channel of torture to the mind; above all, the bow Of the divine mercy had never been seen in the heavens, and religion had never shed its peace and its hope upon the soul. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.