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The Floral King. 9
Life, we mean not by that the life we see before
us, but the spiritual growth of our souls, for
every thought we think is a flower culled in the
garden of our soul. There, like on earth, grow
many various plants, some of wondrous beauty,
and others stained with sin. But every time we
humbly read in the sacred writ a seed is sown in
our heart which some time will bloom and bear
holy fruit.”
‘How beautifully you talk, mother.”
“Well, you must diligently read your Bible,
and in your heart will grow the seed of goodness
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and humility, but I fear
“What do you fear, mother?”
‘I fear you love the fair flowers of the earth
too much ever to care for the seeds that were
watered with tears in the Garden of Gethsemane.”
“O mother, no, I won’t forget my Bible. But
when I see a flower I think this way :—Why does
God make the cold, damp earth grow such lovely
creatures, with such beautiful colours? Why, if
not to make us happy with the sight? And then
I almost fancy the flowers saying with their petal
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