Eddie had long gazed silently before he uttered the exclamation,
"There are ever so many beautiful things up in the sky!" and I suppose
he had many thoughts which it would have been pleasant for his mother
to know. He did not often sit up so late that he could see the stars.

Eddie is not the only one who has been charmed with the glowing
sunset, the gray twilight, or the starry firmament. David loved to
look upon the works of God. In one of his psalms, he says, "When I
consider the heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars
which thou hast ordained, what is man, that thou art mindful of him,
and the son of man, that thou visitest him!" It was astonishing to
David, that God, who was so infinitely superior to man, and who had
given such proofs of his power and greatness in the creation of the
heavens, should condescend to notice him, to provide for his minutest
wants, and to protect him from danger. I suppose this psalm was
written in the night, when the sweet singer of Israel had been looking
at just such a sky as drew from Eddie his exclamation of admiration.

I often think, as I look abroad, how wonderful it is that God has made
every thing so beautiful. We need never be weary in studying his
works. The more we learn of them, the more we realize his greatness
and perfection. "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the
firmament showeth his handiwork."

When you look at the clear blue sky, do you remember who has spread it
out, and who has created the innumerable worlds which we see, when
darkness covers our earth? "There are," indeed, "ever so many
beautiful things up in the sky," and it was a Father's hand that
placed them there. They are for us to enjoy, and many a lesson of love
and confidence have they taught God's children. Dear little Eddie! I