Excerpt from Miscellaneous Works of Mr. James Meikle, Late Surgeon in Carnwath: Containing All His Remaining Pieces in Prose Intended for Publication What an excellent creature was man at firl't erea. Ted. When heaven was in his eye, and God had all his foul' Well might the sons of God {hour for joy, when this cape {tone of the lower creation was laid, well 'might the moming-ilars-fing' together at that honour and comely majefiy that was put' upoh him. But how is this sea of tbcimorm'ag fallen l How is he alienated from the life of God! How does he negleel the invi Iible realities of eternity for the perilhing trifles of time: Nor are the worldlings only guilty of this efirang'ement from the heavenly frame of foul. Ven the faints themfelves, who lhould prefs forward to the niarl; 1o1 the prize of the high calling of God in Chrifi Jefus, ' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.