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PARABLES FROM FLOWERS.

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                PARABLES FROM FLOWERS.



                          BY
                  GERTRUDE P. DYER,
  AUTHOR OF 'LITTLE POLLIE,' 'ARMOUR-CLAD,' ETC. ETC.



  _Doth not thy heart throb with emotions of thankfulness to God for
  making the earth so fair, so redolent of beauty in its garniture of
  flowers, and for having scattered these silent teachers up and down the
  world?_



                     EDINBURGH:
           W. P. NIMMO, HAY, & MITCHELL.




                        TO
             MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS,
           MABEL, ELSIE, AND RUBY TARR.




CONTENTS.


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 I. THE FORGET-ME-NOT--FIDELITY                                    7

 II. THE SNOWDROP--FAITH                                          22

 III. THE FOXGLOVES' STRATAGEM--GRATITUDE                         30

 IV. THE LITTLE MINER AND HIS FLOWER--TRUST IN GOD                46

 V. THE LITTLE SEED--KINDNESS                                     68

 VI. THE CROWN IMPERIAL--HOPE                                     83

 VII. THE TWO LEAVES--DISCONTENT                                  89

 VIII. THE AMBITIOUS WILD-FLOWER--AMBITION                        99

 IX. THE HONEYSUCKLE AND THE BUTTERFLY--HUMILITY AND PRIDE       115




PARABLES FROM FLOWERS.




