has
been made by Him for the smallest and most insignificant of created
beings. This little animal is perhaps one of many millions, who have
their term of existence, and their enjoyment, as well as we have. What
is it?--an insect of the minutest kind, a nothing in creation; yet has
the same care been bestowed upon its formation: these little legs,
hardly visible, have their muscles and their sinews; and every other
portion of its body is as complete, as fearfully and wonderfully
fashioned, as our own. Such is his will; and what insects we ought to
feel ourselves, when compared to the God of power and of love!"

"Let me also point out to you, William," continued Mr Seagrave, "the
infinity of his creative power, displayed in endless variety. Amongst
the millions of men that have been born, and died, if ever yet were
there seen two faces or two bodies exactly alike; nay, if you could
examine the leaves upon the trees, although there may be millions upon
millions in a forest, you could not discover two leaves of precisely the
same form and make."

"I have often tried in vain," replied William; "yet some animals are so
much alike, that I cannot perceive any difference between them--sheep,
for instance."

"Very true; you cannot tell the difference, because you have not
examined them; but a shepherd, if he has seven hundred sheep under his
care, will know every one of them from the others; which proves that
there must be a great difference between them, although not perceptible
to the casual observer; and the same, no doubt, is the case with all
other classes of animals."

"Yes, William," observed Ready; "I have often wondered over the things
that I have seen, and I have even in my ignorance felt what your papa
has now told you; and it has brought into my mind the words of Job:
`When I consider, I am afraid of him.'"

"Papa," said William, after a pause in the conversation, "you have
referred to the variety--the wonderful variety--shown in the works of
the Deity. Tell me some other prominent feature in creation."

"One of the most remarkable, William, is order."

"Point out to me, papa, where and in what that quality is most
observable."

"Everywhere and in everything, my dear boy; whether we cast our eyes up
to the heavens above us, or penetrate into the bowels of the earth, the
principle of order is everywhere--everything is governed by fixed laws,
which cannot be disobeyed: we have order in the seasons, in th