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CHILDREN AND THE FLOWERS.

“ ‘Flowers, sweet and lowly flowers,

Gems of earth so bright and gay,

Is there nothing you can teach us,

Nothing you to us can say?

“ ‘List, and ye shall hear our voices

Speaking to you from the sod;

List, for we would lead you gently

Upwards from the earth to God.

“ ‘Children, as ye gaze upon us,

Think of Him who, when below,

Told you well to mark the flowers,

How without a care they grow.

“ ‘Children, know that like the flowers

You must quickly fade away:

Life is short; improve the hours—

You may only have to-day.

“ ‘We were once but seeds, dear children—

We were placed in earth, and died;

You must die; but trust in Jesus—

Fear not, but in Him abide.

“ ‘We proclaim the resurrection,

How the dead in Christ shall rise;

Incorruptible, immortal,

They shall reign above the skies.

“ ‘Farewell, children, and remember,

When our forms shall meet your view,

That the Lord, who clothes each flower,

Will much more provide for you.’ ”