. Crayon and character : truth made clear through eye and ear or ten-minute talks with colored chalks . st the winds, sends its mighty roots ever deeper into theearth; and we might choose as the type of the weak and sinful lifethe bay tree which does not send its roots deep into the earth andwhich is in danger of being torn away by every passing storm. Butwe shall look not at these but at two other trees which are describedby Julia Ellen Rogers in her beautiful book, Among the Trees. Saysthis author, There is something almost sublime in the patience andcourage of plants! Doesnt that sound stra
. Crayon and character : truth made clear through eye and ear or ten-minute talks with colored chalks . st the winds, sends its mighty roots ever deeper into theearth; and we might choose as the type of the weak and sinful lifethe bay tree which does not send its roots deep into the earth andwhich is in danger of being torn away by every passing storm. Butwe shall look not at these but at two other trees which are describedby Julia Ellen Rogers in her beautiful book, Among the Trees. Saysthis author, There is something almost sublime in the patience andcourage of plants! Doesnt that sound strange? The idea of claim-ing that plants are courageous and patient! But the writer goes onto prove her words. One tree of which she writes was thrown pros-trate upon the ground, crushed down by another tree which fell uponit. There it lay, with some of its roots torn loose from the earth anddrying in the heat of the sun. It was left there in the forest to die.[As you speak, draw Step A of Fig. 33.] The writer tells also of asmall poplar tree which grew on the sloping side of a mountain. One 68 r^gas. 69 day, when there was a heavy landslide, the rush of boulders and earthtore the tree from its place and carried it a considerable distance downthe side of the mountain. When it stopped sliding, it was left with itstop downward, while its roots were lifted toward the sky. [DrawStep B of Fig. 33.] In the rush of the earth, a quantity of soil wasspread over a part of the roots. If anyone had seen the tree then,he would have declared that it must surely die. But let us turn again to the book. The writer says, A tree throwndown may die of its wounds, but if it does not die it seeks to assumean erect position. As long as there is life, there is inspiration, and,we might add, a reaching upward! Do you get the idea? Even if atree is thrown down, wounded near to its death, it tries its best to rise,to rise again—to stand upright! This truth is shown by what thesetwo trees did. This first
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