MECHANICAL BlEETLE. 11 
elephant and whale, down to the smallest 
insect. And he does more ; he watches 
over all that he has made : he governs 
them, preserves them, and provides for 
all their wants. 
Lucy, But, mamma, how then could 
Mr. E. make the beetle, which Fanny told 
me she saw run round the table ? 
Mother, I will ask Mr. E. to lend 
me that beetle, that you may see the dis- 
tinction between a machine, to which 
certain movements only are given, ac- 
cording to the will of the artist, and a 
living animal, which can act and move 
according to its own will ; and that you 
may yourself observe, how great a dif- 
ference there is between the works o^ 
man and the works of God. 
