although food was placed before him, he made a very observable pause; and, when asked why he did not begin, replied that he was waiting till a blessing had been asked upon the food. The reproof was felt, and the party were ashamed at being rebuked by a man whose intellectual attainments they considered far inferior to their own. They rose, and the king asked a blessing before they commenced the repast. Carefulness even in small things:—Here observe—1. God wastes nothing—in nature, in providence,