St Nicholas [serial] . and does nt it give us a glimpse of His won-derful thoughts who hasmade the flowers growfor us, that when thedays are shortening,and we get less of thesuns light, the earth aroundus blossoms out into littlestars and suns? It is as ifthe dull clod, warmed throughand through by months of sun-shine, tried to leave the image ofits benefactors face imprintedeverywhere, teaching us to ex-press our gratitude to the Godwho has planted our souls in Hisworld, by letting our lives blos-som into beauty like His. Or,we might say, it is as if Hewho made the sun were showingus that if
St Nicholas [serial] . and does nt it give us a glimpse of His won-derful thoughts who hasmade the flowers growfor us, that when thedays are shortening,and we get less of thesuns light, the earth aroundus blossoms out into littlestars and suns? It is as ifthe dull clod, warmed throughand through by months of sun-shine, tried to leave the image ofits benefactors face imprintedeverywhere, teaching us to ex-press our gratitude to the Godwho has planted our souls in Hisworld, by letting our lives blos-som into beauty like His. Or,we might say, it is as if Hewho made the sun were showingus that if we need more lightthan there is in the darkeningskies, He can kindle sunshinefor us out of the coldest andthe dryest sod beneath our in the leafless and flower-less November, the heart of the poet, which isalso the heart of a little child, can see somethingbeautiful. Let that wintry month, if it seemsgloomy to you, be remembered in Alice Caryswise, sweet words : The leaves are fading ami falling,The winds are
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