Excerpt from The Ruler of Nations: A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of President Lincoln It is difficult to imagine how any one endowed with reason ould ever have looked out upon this universe and not ave concluded that it was the work of a Divine Creator. Vhether we turn our attention to the worlds which move in pace around us, or to the constitution Of this one world f our Own, it is impossible not to perceive that they are the asnes of a vaster power and a more comprehensive wisdom han ever belonged to man. Not less clear is it that He rho made them lives in them. That they are conducted undergeneral laws is admitted but a law is not a power, and in this case the term can mean no more than a uniform mode of action. That those laws are invariable in their operation proves only the perfect foresight of the Creator, who'did not need to asoer tain the best methods by experiment, but at once adopted the courses which have never needed to be changed. 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.