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his companions : "Observe the little sheep,
how mild it is among the goats; out blessed Lord
walked as meekly and humbly among the Pharisees."
At another time, seeing a lambkin devoured
by a hog, he said: "Ah l little lamb, how lively
dost thou represent my Saviour's death." St.
Basil the Great says of the rose among its thorns:
" The most pleasant things in this world are mingled
with sorrow. The rose is a fair flower, but it puts
me in mind of sin, for which the earth has been
condemned to bring forth thorns."
MY PRAYER-BOOK aims to point out the brighter
side of life -the silver lining to the cloud o'erhead
- the sunshine that. follows the rain -the sweet
little wildflowers that grow by the wayside amid
thorns and briers.
"Sweet are the uses'of adversity
Which like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head."
-As Ym Like It.
"The good are better made by ill,
As odors crushed are sweeter still."
- ROGERS, Jaqdin.
"As aromatic plants bestow
No spicy fragrance while they grow,
But crushed or trodden to the ground
Ditruse their balmy sweets around."
- GOLDSMITE, TL Captivity.
The Royal Psalmist voices the sentiments of a
deeply religious soul in many expressions of grateful
praise to God, of joy in the Lord, and of absolute
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