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VIOLET. 
beautiful, but your charms were concealed. 
But ye threw abroad your delicious sweets; 
the little ones sought you out, they brought 
you to be admired in the public gaze. So, 
the Christian, in secret, walks humbly with 
his God,—so, though arrayed in the beautiful 
garments of the skies, ‘ He shines contented 
without being seen.’ And thus, perpetually, 
he pours forth to the heavens the incense of 
his praise. 
“ But the place where ye grew, knows you 
not. It will never know you any more. In 
a little while you will wither and die, and 
crumble into dust. So, man also, the mo¬ 
narch of the creation, languishes and expires, 
and soon mingles with the dust, out of which 
he was formed. But he has a spirit which 
will survive the ruins of the grave, and will 
live for ever. And even the mortal body shall 
put on immortality. The saying that is written 
shall, indeed, be brought to pass, * Heath is 
swallowed up in victory!’ He, who bowed 
his head on the cross, and died for guilty 
man,—he has said, ‘ I am the resurrection 
and the life! he that believeth in me, though 
he were dead, yet shall he live. And whoso¬ 
ever liveth and believeth in me, shall never 
die.’” 
The Sweet Violet is of the class Pentan- 
dria, and order Monogynia ; and the Heart’s 
Ease, or Viola Tricolor of the class Syvgenesia, 
and order Monogynia. 
