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CONTEMPLATION OF THE HEAVENS.
dying spirit which animates and lives in all, through all eternity.
In the dark ages of superstition and bigotry, was it strange that he should turn in disgust from the sacrifices of blood, from horrid images, the disgraceful productions of weak bewildered minds, to a fount of pure, unchanging, living light; to the brilliant fires above him, holding their unbroken paths through heaven, pointing to God's throne, and whispering to the heart of something still more bright, more beautiful and holy?
