OVERHEARD IN AN ORCHARDSaid the robin to the sparrow,I should really like to knowWhy these anxious human beingsRush about and worry so.Said the sparrow to the robin,I think that it must beThey have no Heavenly FatherSuch as cares for you and me!
OBSERVATION: It explains more than rush and worry. With the absence of God, the anxious human beings try to work their own (perverse) solutions.
POSTSCRIPT: Thanks to a reader in Europe, the author is Elizabeth Cheney. Penned in 1859.
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