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CONTENTS.
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MEDITATIONS on New Year's Day
The blessings granted to us by God in winter,
and to which we pay too little attention
Daily proofs which God gives us of his pro-
vidence
1
3
4
The hurt occasioned by extraordinary cold
The repose of nature during winter
35
37
The rapidity with which human life passes away 61
The frost sometimes seen on glass windows
The use of bread
Our duty in regard to sleep
Revolutions which are constantly in nature
Every thing in nature tends to the good of man-
kind
The influence which the cold has upon health
A temperature always the same would not be
good for the earth
The use of stars.
The wonderful make of the eye
On fogs
The flux and reflux of the sea
The sun does not always appear
Earthquakes.
..
The order established by God in regard to the
life and death of man.
63
65
67
69
71
74
76
79
82
85
87
90
92
95
The rain waters the earth, and makes it fruitful. 110
Motives for confidence in God.
An invitation to contemplate God in the works
134
of nature
136
Bad weather
139
Winds and tempests
The state of some animals during winter
140
. 142
The aurora borealis
145
The extreme smallness of certain bodies
Winter gradually subsides
. 149
The human body relatively to its exterior parts.
151
153
155
Variety of means which contribute to the fertility
156
The advantages the sea procures us
159
The difference between animals and plants
161
ture
The uniformity and variety in the works of na-
164
Seeds
166
Of the size and distance of the sun
168
Use of vegetables
The imperfect knowledge we
have of nature
171
. 173
The construction of the human heart
The change of seasons
Several things which appear to be of no use
Harmony between the moral and physical world 181
The nature and properties of air
There is nothing new under the sun.
175
. 176
179
184
185
Caves in the mountains
187
Circulation of the sap in trees.
.189
Our ignorance of our future, state
191
Magnificence of God in his works
The insensible approaches of night
194
195
The arrangement of the seasons in other planets 197
Paternal cares of providence for the preservation
of our lives in every part of the world
Abuse of animals
199
201
. 203
The motion of the earth
Continual revolutions and changes in the earth. 268
An invitation to seek God in the works of nature 270