An Easter Garden

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21763, 31 March 1934, Page 4 (Supplement)

An Easter Garden

By IRIS REEVES, Green Bay (ngre 16). The Lily: " When the women found the body of Jes is gone from the envo in the garden there was much sorrow, for they thought it had been stolen. It was the angels who gave the women the first Easter message, saying: ' Bo not afraid! Be not amazed! Jesus is not here; he is risen! ' 'The Lord is risen! ' —what a beautiful message to give." There was silence in the garden as the lily ceased speaking The Rose: " You were there? " The Lily: " I was there. I was the love that was in the heart of Jesus." The Snowdrop: " I was there." The Rose: "And I." The Pansv: "And I." The Violet: "And I." The Weed: "And I." The Lily: " 1 do not remember. Why were you all there? " The Snowdrop: " I was the whiteness of His gown." The Violet: 1 was the joy that shono in the Mary's heart after sho had beheld Him in the garden, risen from the dead." The Rose: " 1 grew in the garden and scented the air and tinted the clouds with crimson." The Pansy: " I was the purple and blue of dusk." The Flowers: "And what were you, weed? " The Lily, sorrowfully: " What is this? A weed in that beautiful garden ? " The weed hung down its head and spoke in a hushed whisper: " 1 was the lie told by tho priests to the people." The Flowers: " Oh, shame! " The Lily, sorrowfully: " Oh, shame indeed." Tho Flowers: "We were all there, we were all there. Now do you remember, Lily? " The Lily, softly: "I remember. We were all there. Ours was the Garden through which He walked that first Easter morn."