LITTLE GARDENS 



life, that the woody atom, dropped Into a morsel 

 of soil, has been able to take to itself, not only 

 the warmth of the sun and the wetness of the 

 rain, but the very substance of the planet, and 

 make inert mineral turn green and breathe ! For 

 herein is God ; herein is man to see his own contin- 

 uance; here is the like of all greater creations, 

 and the miracle in the spear of grass is not less 

 than that of the revolving worlds. 



Have it near your eye; let it creep to your 

 door; for this clothing of the globe is fair to all 

 the senses. What wonder that the farmer, walk- 

 ing In his fields, shines his content at his eyes 

 when all about him is this urging and Increasing 

 life. It falls in his service without the coming on 

 of bitterness. Each hillock of drying grass utters 

 fragrance, and Is a lure. Instead of a reproach. 

 Every blade has had Its day and has come to the 

 end of It In fulness of life and exuberance of 

 spirit. It Is charged with myriads of glistening 

 atoms of silica, which have given strength to It 

 to stand erect and hold its flowers to the sun. 

 It Is yet strong with the firmness of the rock. 

 And that strength shall pass Into the fleetness of 

 horses; sheep shall eat and clothe us with the 

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