The interesting history we have been reviewing, is calculated not only to impress those general sentiments of Providence, to which we cannot too often recur, but to awaken in the minds of Christians a pleasing conviction of that minute inspection of their affairs, and that unremitted care for their welfare individually, which God exercises towards them. Is it possible to imagine a doctrine more elevating than this, or more calculated to produce sensations of reverence, gratitude, and joy? It is not presumptuous, even in a mortal "worm," to believe that his interests engage the attention of the INFINITE BEING; and that to promote them, the immense machinery of moral and natural means is put in motion--the animate and inanimate creation--mortal agents and spiritual beings--events great and small, past and present. _Worm_ as thou art, still the central point in the vast circle of Providence! _Worm_ as thou art, God has "graven thee upon the palms of his bands, and thou shalt never perish." _Worm_ as thou art, but for thee "the brightness of the Father's glory" had not left his radiant sphere to become incarnate, to endure reproach and execration, and finally to be "brought as a lamb to the slaughter!" To hear _thy_ supplications the King of heaven has erected a _throne of grace_--to vindicate _thy_ character, to condemn _thy_ foes, to perfect _thy_ felicity, he is preparing, and will soon come to sit upon _a throne of judgment!_ Review past dispensations, and gather encouragement for present confidence! "If God be for us, who can be against us?" Did he not choose _Abraham_, and call him his "friend?" Did he not release _Joseph_ from the pit, and raise him to princely glory? Did he not rescue _Moses_ from the destructive waters, and constitute him the leader of his people Israel? Did he not deliver _David_ from the lion and the bear, from the giant of Philistia, and the royal madman of Israel! Did he not feed _Elijah_--advance _Esther_--promote _Mordecai_--support _Job_--save _Jonah_--rescue _Peter_, and honour _Paul_? Has he not, in all ages, supplied the necessities of his saints--alleviated their sorrows--sweetened their bitter cup--turned death itself into life? Can he not extricate them from all difficulties--preserve them amidst ail temptations--render them invulnerable to all attacks--make them more than conquerors over external misery, internal pollution, and satanic malice?--Can he not eventually elevate them above the reach of all evil, the fear of death, and the possibility of falling? Can he not array them in the robe of light--adorn them with a crown of glory--make them "drink of the rivers of his pleasures"--associate them with holy angels, in a state of immaculate purity--stamp immortality on their blessedness, and "wipe away all tears from their eyes?"--HE CAN--HE WILL--"Our Father which art in heaven ...thine is the POWER and the GLORY, forever. Amen!" End of Volume I. Footnotes [1]: Bates.