Genre:

Extract

Publications extracted:

[Hey] 1833

Subjects:

Botany, Design, Providence, Astronomy

    Avers that one of the foremost associations suggested by flowers 'is the assurance they afford of the exuberant goodness of God'. Suggests that they are designed as a superadded pleasure beyond the necessities of life. Considers them a reminder of 'the superintending providence of the Almighty'. (282) Where the vastness of the heavens gives a sense of human littleness, the design of flowers gives a compensating sense of divine care.