Crumbs swept up . ey were apt to find acrocus at the foot of it. If an early frosttouched the corn, that same frost unlocked theburr of the chestnut, and poured richer bloodinto the veins of the Catawba. When themoon set, the stars came out to worship, and MINISTERS SUNSHINE. 77 counted their golden beads in the Cathedral oftbf^ Infinite. On the petunias that all over the knoll shedtheir blood for the glory of the garden ; on thehoneysuckle where birds rested, and from whichfountains of odor tossed their spray; on theriver, where by day the barge floated, and bynight the moon - tipped oars cam
Crumbs swept up . ey were apt to find acrocus at the foot of it. If an early frosttouched the corn, that same frost unlocked theburr of the chestnut, and poured richer bloodinto the veins of the Catawba. When themoon set, the stars came out to worship, and MINISTERS SUNSHINE. 77 counted their golden beads in the Cathedral oftbf^ Infinite. On the petunias that all over the knoll shedtheir blood for the glory of the garden ; on thehoneysuckle where birds rested, and from whichfountains of odor tossed their spray; on theriver, where by day the barge floated, and bynight the moon - tipped oars came up tangledwith the tinkling jewels of the deep ; at even-tide in the garden, where God walked in thecool of the day; by the ministers hearth, wherethe child watched the fall of the embers, andcongenial spirits talked, and ministering angelshovered, and in the sounds of the night-fallthere floated the voices of bright immortals,bidding the two, Come up higher! — there,was calm, clear, Ministers Sunshine ! c^rr^.
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