A fine range of opposite hills, covered with grazing flocks, terminated with a bold sweep into the ocean, whose blue waves appeared at a distance beyond.

Several villages, hamlets, and churches, were scattered in the valley.

The noble mansions of the rich, and the lowly cottages of the poor, added their respective features to the landscape.
The air was mild, and the declining sun occasioned a beautiful interchange of light and shade upon the sides of the hills.

In the midst of this scene, the chief sound that arrested attention was the bell tolling for the funeral of the Dairyman's daughter.
Do any of my readers inquire why I describe so minutely the circumstances of prospect and scenery which may be connected with the incidents I relate?
My reply is, that the God of redemption is the God of creation likewise; and that we are taught in every part of the word of God to unite the admiration of the beauties and wonders of nature to every other motive for devotion.

When David considered the heavens, the work of God's fingers, the moon and the stars which he has ordained, he was thereby led to the deepest humiliation of heart before his Maker.