God's Glory in Creation.
By Sturm
WHY are the works of God so splendid? Why is there such magnificence in everything we see? Why do we behold such multifarious, such numberless beauties, each object surpassing the other, and clothed with charms peculiar to itself? Why do I everywhere find new subjects of admiration and astonishment? For this reason: that I may never cease to admire and adore that great Being, who is infinitely greater, more sublime and more magnificent than any of the objects which He has presented to my sense; that I might be led to this reflection. If the works are so perfect, how glorious must be the maker of them! If the beauty of that which He has created is inexpressibly great, infinitely greater must be that Being who surveys all creation at a single glance. The more my mind is here expanded and enlarged by contemplating the greatest of all Beings, the more will it be capable of comprehending His grandeur and majesty in a future state.—Sturm.