262 ECONOMY OF NATURE. 



In ev'ry scene thy hands have dress'd, 

 In ev'ry form by thee impress'd, 

 In ev'ry note that swells the gale, 

 Or tuneful stream that cheers the vale, 

 A voice is heard of praise and love. 



Miss WILLIAMS. 



THERE are many facts in the economy of nature 

 which are truly surprising, and which serve to 

 prove with what tenderness, care, and wisdom 

 everything has heen either created or regulated. 

 An instance of this may be shewn with respect to 

 the nests of some of those birds which build on 

 slender branches of trees, or amongst reeds and 

 rushes, where their nests would be liable to be 

 much blown about and shaken. In this case the 

 birds have had a peculiar instinct implanted in 

 them of bending in, or rather of making a sort of 

 rim round the upper part of the nest. But for 

 this foresight and peculiar architecture, it is evi- 

 dent that the eggs would roll out of the nest when 

 the branches were much agitated in high winds. 

 This apparently trifling fact shews how beautifully 

 and delightfully Almighty God has attended to 

 the well-being of His creatures. Nothing has 

 been overlooked. Even in the structure of its 



