OF THE

SEASONS;

ILLUSTRATING

THE PERFECTIONS OF GOD

IN THE

PHENOMENA OF THE YEAR.

BY THE

REV. HENRY DUNCAN, D. D.

RUTHWELL.

AUTUMN.

"Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former
and the latter, in his season: He reserveth unto us the appointed weeks
of the harvest."-JEREMIAH.

EDINBURGH :

WILLIAM OLIPHANT AND SON;

WILLIAM COLLINS, GLASGOW; W. CURRY & CO. Dublin;
AND HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO. LONDON.

MDCCCXXXVII.

"O'er all his boundless realms beneath the sky,
From parch'd Angola to the cheerless Poles,
The partial sun now wields an equal sway,
And shares an equal empire with the night.
Lo! o'er the burning line, sublime, he bends
His radiant course to southern climes remote,
And leaves us shivering in the wintry blast;
While to their smiling regions he conveys
Light, life, and joy extatic, which proceed
From all the glories of the opening spring-
Unequal lot of man! And must it be,
That human joys from human sorrows rise!
Must stern vicissitude her course pursue,-
The pointed thorn still blending with the rose!
Yet thankful let us meet the law of Heaven,
Which wills for all, what is, what must be, best."

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