Friday, March 27, 1959
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Page Three
Buds
AND
Blossoms
By
MAMIE MILLER
AT EASTERTIME
What does Easter mean to you?
Stately church with cushioned
pew,
Where Lenten season, gone at last
And days of self-denial past,
Richly-clad, devoted throngs
. Of worshippers unite in songs
Of promise in lily-scented air?
Is this what makes your Easter
fair?
Bad is the world and cold and gray
If this is all of Easter Day.
But if this blessed season brings
A firmer faith in holy things;
Assurance of a living Lord;
A strengthening of the tender
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Of love that binds us to the life
to come
Where loved ones wait us in the
heavely home.
No pain or loss can e’er efface the
bliss.
Dear friend, of Easter, when it
means all this.
—Watchman-Examiner.
“He died for all, that they which
live should not henceforth live un
to themselves, but unto Him which
died for them, and rose again."
Cor 5:15.
“Consider the lilies how they
grow: they toil not, they spin not:
and yet I say Unto you, that Solo
mon in all his glory was not ar
rayed like one of these. If then
God so clothe the grass, which is
today in the field, and tomorrow is
cast into the oven; how much more
will He clothe you, O ye of little
faith?” Luke 12: 27-28.
Easter brings thoughtsi of
churches and the beautiful Easter
lily plants at the altar. The mean
ing of Easter is fully expressed in
the Easter lily plant. All the paint
ings and carvings of the Madonna,
annunciation, Resurrection and As
cension are made up with the
Madonna lily. Since the 10th cen
tury all poets have sung of tRe
purity and grace of the Madonna
lily.
In the year 1618 a special papal
edict laid down rules as to the pro
per treatment of certain sacred
subject in art. Palms, roses and
lilies were employed to be scatter
ed hy angels. It is believed that
the Ijly. spoken, of above is the
adfemqnyj^which 'is of many colors,
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There is a tendency of most
modern translators that the flowers
growing at the feet of Jesus were
wild flowers in general—which
really gives us the actual meaning
of Jesus.
African violets are much loved
by many people. They make nice
gifts, and are easily grown. Soil
taken from under the shrubs of
garden or from woods is fine.
You may grow African violets
anywhere in house but they do bet
ter with light or near a window.
Always water them from the sau
cer. Use luke warm water to water
them. They bloom better when the
pot is filled with roots. Keep leaves
dry and well dusted with brush.
Andrew Marvell was a great
nature lover and wrote many
poems on gardens. Here are some
of the stanzas taken from “The
Garden.”—
How vainly men themselves amaze
To win the palm, the oak, or
bays;
And their incessant labors see
Crowned from some single herb,
or tree.
Whose short and narrow-verged
shade
Does prudently their toils
upbraid;
While all flowers and all trees do
close
To weave the garlands of repose.
Fair quiet, have I found thee here.
And innocence, thy sister dear?
Mistaken long, I sought you then
In busy companies of men.
Only among the plants will grow;
Society is all but rude
To this delicious solitude.
Meanwhile, the mind, from
pleasure less.
Withdrawn into happiness:
The mind, that ocean where each
kind
Does straight its own
resemblance find;
Yet it creates, transcending these,
For other worlds, and other seas
Annihilating all that is made
To a green thought in a green
shade.
Here at the fountain’s sliding foot.
Or at some - fruit-trees’ mossy
root, :
Casting the body’s vest aside.
My soul into the boughs does
glide:
There like a bird it sits, and sings.
Then whets and clasps its
silver wings;
And, till prepared for longer
flights.
Waves in its plumes the various
lights.
How well the skillful gardener
drew
Of flowers and herbs, this dial
new;
Where from above, the milder sun
Does through a fragrant Zodiac
run;
And as it works, the industrious
bee
Computes its time as well as we.
How could such sweet and
wholesome hours
Be reckoned but with herbs and
flowers!
Sympathy helps, but it never
brings the underdog to the top.
Many a good argument is knock
ed down and run over by progress.
If you happen to be the parent
of a three-year-old attending Sun
day school at Broad Street Chris
tian church, you in all likelihood
know of the fine work being done
by the Henry Browns.
Childless themselves, they have
gone all out to-have the finest pos
sible class for this age group. In
the room where these tots meet,
much time and effort was devoted
to making surroundings appealing
to the very young.
When a child misses Sunday
school, Henry and his wife find
out why. In fact, they keep constant
check on the boys and girls, tak
ing the attitude that a Sunday
school teacher’s responsibility is-
n!t restricted to a single hour on
the Sabbath.
What the Browns are doing at
Broad Street Christian church, oth
er New Bernians are duplicating
in other churches. We mention
Henry and his wife because it is
obvious that they have strived for
the ultimate in the task they so
gladly assumed.
It’s that time again in our town
—the time when moppets barge in
to stores and buy live biddies for
Easter. Here, there and every
where, if you’ve been observant,
you’ve seen kids toting the tiny
chirpers home.
Despite the high mortality rate,
we’ve learned of late that far more
of the biddies survive than one
would expect offhand. In every in
stance where they have the good
fortune to grow up into a full-
fledged rooster or hen, they live a'
charmed life.
Never, so far as we have been
able to ascertain, does a chicken
that started out in life as an
Easter biddy end up in a stew pot.
That’s more than you can say for
other feathered creatures, most
especially Thanksgiving turkeys.
Try to look pleasant—even if the
smile is only skin deep.
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