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and how can we be so wickedly blind, or so vilely hypocritical, as to attempt to cast upon the dispensations of Providence those lamentable evils which we ourselves have engendered? AND HOW CAN WE BE SO WICKEDLY BLIND OR SO VILELY HYPOCRITICAL AS TO ATTEMPT TO CAST UPON THE DISPENSATIONS OF PROVIDENCE THOSE LAMENTABLE EVILS WHICH WE OURSELVES HAVE ENGENDERED
mighty the effects of the errors, ignorance, despotism, and short-sightedness of human beings! God has given us a fair and beauteous world to dwell in,—he has endowed us with intelligence to make the most of the produce of the soil,—and his revealed laws and doctrines have supplied us with precepts competent to maintain order and regularity in society. HE manifests no caprice—no change: the seasons come in due course, each bringing its peculiar bounties;—and it depends on ourselves to render our abiding-places here scenes of comfort, happiness, and contentment. But if by our own ignorance, wickedness, or tyrannical behaviour, we succeed in rendering any one spot of this fair and beauteous world a prey to famine and its invariable attendant—pestilence,—if we undertake to govern a country which we have conquered, and instead of applying beneficial and suitable measures, heap insult, wrong, error, and oppression upon its people,—how can we be surprised that the worst results should ensue? H ATTRIBUTES TO THE ALMIGHTY THE EFFECTS OF THE ERRORS IGNORANCE DESPOTISM AND SHORT SIGHTEDNESS OF HUMAN BEINGS GOD HAS GIVEN US A FAIR AND BEAUTEOUS WORLD TO DWELL IN HE HAS ENDOWED US WITH INTELLIGENCE TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE PRODUCE OF THE SOIL AND HIS REVEALED LAWS AND DOCTRINES HAVE SUPPLIED US WITH THE PRECEPTS COMPETENT TO MAINTAIN ORDER AND REGULARITY IN SOCIETY HE MANIFESTS NO CAPRICE NO CHANGE THE SEASONS COME IN DUE COURSE EACH BRINGING ITS PECULIAR BOUNTIES AND IT DEPENDS ON OURSELVES TO RENDER OUR ABIDING PLACES HERE SCENES OF COMFORT HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT BUT IF BY OUR OWN IGNORANCE WICKEDNESS OR TYRANNICAL BEHAVIOR WE SUCCEED IN RENDERING ANY ONE SPOT OF THIS FAIR AND BEAUTEOUS WORLD A PREY TO FAMINE AND ITS INVARIABLE ATTENDANT PESTILENCE IF WE UNDERTAKE TO GOVERN A COUNTRY WHICH WE HAVE CONQUERED AND INSTEAD OF APPLYING BENEFICIAL AND SUITABLE MEASURES HEAP INSULT WRONG ERROR AND OPPRESSION UPON ITS PEOPLE HOW CAN WE BE SURPRISED THAT THE WORST RESULTS WOULD ENSUE
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