138 EVERY WOMAN HER OWN FLOWER GARDENER. 



Flowers are the painted sculpturings of nature — the shapes and colors 

 of beauty^ which the Creator has lavished upon the world — and surely 

 they can never be employed for a better purpose. In the church, flowers 

 suggest thoughts that are in unison with the occasion, and the time 

 and care thus bestowed on the adornment of the church are not without 

 their reward. 



Pious thoughts arise while skillful fingers are busy with the work 

 which, as it is done for the sake of God's honor, must, from its very 

 nature, be linked with good to all concerned in it. " Whoso offereth 

 me praise, glorifieth me." 



" Bring flowers to the shrine where we kneel in prayer, 

 They are nature's offering, their place is there! 

 They speak of hope, to the fainting heart, 

 With a voice of comfort they come and part ; 

 They sleep in dust through the wintry hours, 

 They break forth m glory— bring flowers, bright flowers." 



