the world on which we stand, that all these, stretching away
millions of millions of miles into boundless space,--all are lying,
like one little grain of dust, in the hollow of God's hand, and that
if He were to shut His hand upon them, He could crush them into
nothing, and God would be alone in the universe again, as He was
before heaven and earth were made. Think of that!--that if God was
but to will it, we, and this earth on which we stand, and the heaven
above us, and the sun that shines on us, should vanish away, and be
no-where and no-thing. Think of the infinite power of God, and then
think how is it possible to LIVE, except by faith in Him, by
trusting to Him utterly.

If you accustom yourselves to think in the same way of the infinite
wisdom of God, and the infinite love of God, they will both teach
you the same lesson; they will shew you that if you were the
greatest, the wisest, the holiest man that ever lived, you would
still be such a speck by the side of the Almighty and Everlasting
God that it would be madness to depend upon yourselves for any thing
while you lived in God's world. For, after all, what CAN we do
without God? IN Him we live, and move, and have our being. He made
us, He gave us our bodies, gave us our life; what we do HE lets us
do, what we say He lets us say; we all live on sufferance. What is
it but God's infinite mercy that ever brought us here or keeps us
here an instant? We may pretend to act without God's leave or help,
but it is impossible for us to do so; the strength we put forth, the
wit we use, are all His gifts. We cannot draw a breath of air
without His leave. And yet men fancy they can do without God in the
world! My friends, these are but few words, and poor words, about
the glorious majesty of God and our littleness when compared with
Him; but I have said quite enough, at least, to shew you all how