110 MAY. 



man ;'* sending rain, " to satisfy the desolate 



and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the 



tender herb to spring forth." 



In our confined notions, we are often led to 



wonder why 



Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, 

 And waste its fragrance on the desert air ; 



why beauty, and flowers, and fruit, should be 

 scattered so exuberantly where there are none 

 to enjoy them. But the thoughts of the Al- 

 mighty are not as our thoughts. He sees them ; 

 he doubtlessly delights to behold the beauty of 

 his handiworks, and rejoices in that tide of glory 

 which he has caused to flow wide through the 

 universe. We know not, either, what spiritual 

 eves besides may behold them ; for pleasant is 

 the belief, that 



Myriads of spiritual creatures walk the earth. 

 And how often does the gladness of uninhabited 

 lands refresh the heart of the solitary travel- 

 ler ! When the distant and sea-tired voyager 

 suddenly descries the blue mountain-tops, and 

 the lofty crest of the palm-tree, and makes 

 some green and pleasant island, where the ver- 

 dant and blossoming forest-boughs wave in the 

 spicy gale ; where the living waters leap from 

 the rocks, and millions of new and resplendent 

 flowers brighten the fresh sward, what then 

 is the joy of his heart ! To Omnipotence crea- 



