260 BERTHA'S VISIT TO HER 



an unseen agent, like the wind, comes home 

 indeed to the feelings at this moment, and leads 

 one to reflect on its wonderful causes and its be- 

 neficial effects ; but when we view with the astro- 

 nomer the countless stars and the regular move- 

 ment of the planets in their orbits; or, with the 

 chemist, trace the infinite variety of matter up to 

 the different proportions in which a few ele- 

 mentary substances are combined ; or if we ex- 

 amine the microscopic perfection of the com- 

 monest of these flowers ; or the young leaves 

 already formed and wrapped up for months in 

 the buds; or the beautiful preparation of hard 

 scales and downy net-work for the preservation 

 of the young plant inclosed in the seeds, the 

 mind is absolutely lost in admiration ! 



I read His awful name emblazoned high, 



"With golden letters on the illumined sky, 



Nor less the mystic characters I see 



Wrought in each flower, inscribed on every tree; 



In every leaf that trembles in the breeze, 



I hear the voice of God among the trees." 



20th. For some days past, the rooks have 

 been very busy, building their nests. There are 

 a few tall trees near this, which stand in a clurnp 

 apart from the rest ; Frederick says that the rooks 

 have a fancy fdi 'hem, and build there year after 

 year. No creatures seem to be more attached 

 to the place where they have lived ; nor can any 

 be more sociable, as they generally place several 

 nests together. But their sociable disposition 



