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And so, my friends, though I have seemed to talk to you of great
matters this night; of the making and the destruction of world after
world: yet what does all I have said come to? I have not got one
step beyond what the old Psalmist learnt amid the earthquakes and
volcanoes of the pastures and the forests of Palestine, three
thousand years ago. I have not added to his words; I have only
given you new facts to prove that he had exhausted the moral lesson
of the subject, when he said:
These all wait upon thee, that thou mayest give them their meat in
due season.
Thou givest, and they gather: thou openest thy hand, and they are
filled with good.
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their
breath; they die and return to their dust.
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest
the face of the earth.
But--The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever. The Lord shall
rejoice in his works. Amen.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I speak to you to-night as to persons
assembled, somewhat, no doubt, for amusement, but still more for
instruction. Institutions such as this were originally founded for
the purpose of instruction; to supply to those who wish to educate
themselves some of the advantages of a regular course of scholastic
or scientific training, by means of classes and of lectures.
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