all ungodly people, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish. And His providence ruleth over all, for like as he overruled the wars and the warriors, the captives and the prophets of old, and all their complicated circumstances; so he overruleth now the destinies of nations, and Russians, and Turks, and English, and French, the captors and the captives, and all their complicated circumstances, shall make way for the further extension of His kingdom, until it shall be declared throughout all the earth, "The Lord God omnipotent reigneth."

PREACHED AT SCARBOROUGH.

COMETS.

PSALM xix. 4.

"Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world."

THERE is a certain conventional law of proprieties which cannot be broken without giving rise to restlessness, or feeling of discomfort. Suppose a perfect stranger, from another clime, from a distant country, should suddenly present himself in our midst, as we were leisurely pursuing the course of our ordinary occupations. We should, one and all, instinctively turn and gaze upon him. His complexion; his manner and gait; his every movement; his odd apparel, robed and draped as he would be in the dress of his native land; all would excite our curiosity, and move us with wonder. But not only this; we should experience a measure of restlessness, and a feeling of discomfort, from being in the presence of one so unlike ourselves; and it would be some time, perhaps, before we should have the boldness to question him about whence he came, and what was his mission.