EDUCxVTION OF FARMERS' SONS. 13 



Living thus, with trust in Heaven, with nurturing care for the 

 dear ones upon the earth, seeing God in nature, and recogniz- 

 ing hibor and its rewards as but the means and not the cud, 

 the farmer will lead anotlier and a higlier life. Existence will 

 have a new meaning. There will be for him new heavens and 

 a new earth. Drought and mildew, the blight may come, but 

 hope and happiness are left. He walks through life, it may be 

 amid storms, beneath clouds, surrounded by misfortunes, beset 

 by carking cares, yet seeing forms of light in the gathering 

 darkness, and drawing joy from out the very gloom. 



" The meanest floweret of the vale, 

 The simplest note that swells the gale, 

 The common air, the sun, the skies, 

 To him are opening Paradise." 



