LESSON OF THE LEAVES.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XX, Issue 37, 1 July 1892, Page 20

LESSON OF THE LEAVES.

" How do the leaves grow In spring upon their stem ? The cap swells up with a drop for all, And that is life to them. " What do the leaves do Through the long summer hours ? They make a home for the singing birds, A shelter for the flowers. " How do the leaves fade Beneath the au'umn blast ? Oh, fairer they grow before they die, Their brightest is their last. " How are we like leaves ? O children, weak and small, God knows each leaf of the forest shade He knows you each and all. " Never a leaf falls Until its part is done. God gives us grace like sap and dew, Some work to every one. " Yoa must grow old too, Beneath tbe autumn sky ; But lovelier and brighter your lives may glow Like leaves before they die. " Brighter with kind deeds, With hope and gladness given ; Till the leaf falls down from the withered tree, And tbe spirit is in heaven." — Exchange.

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