Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1884 — Flowers That Bless You. [ARTICLE]

Flowers That Bless You.

Flowers flourish in the gardens of those who love them. A pleasant magic would it be, if you could flush flowers into brighter bloom by a kind look upon them; nay, more, if a look had the power not only to cheer but to guard them. This you would think a great thing. And do you think it not a greater thing that all this, and npre than this, you can do for fairer flowers than these—flowers that could bless you for having blessed them, and love you for having loved them—flowers that have eyes like yours, and thoughts like jjours, and lives like yours ?— Selected. A defeated boatman has been taking iron lately. He says that is the only ore that he can handle at present