"You smell delightfully fragrant," said the Gravel Walk to the bed of Camomile flowers under the window.
"We have been trodden on," replied the Camomiles.
"Does that cause it?" asked the Gravel Walk. "Treading on me produces no sweetness."
"Our natures are different," answered the Camomiles. "Gravel walks become only the harder by being trodden upon; but the effect on our own selves is that, if pressed and bruised when the dew is upon us we give forth the sweet smell you now delight in."
"Very delightful," replied the Gravel Walk.
Trials become alike to the Christian and to the man of the world. The one grows bitter and hardened under the experience, while the other becomes mellow and Christlike. It is because their natures are different.
- Springs in the Valley (July 8)
"We have been trodden on," replied the Camomiles.
"Does that cause it?" asked the Gravel Walk. "Treading on me produces no sweetness."
"Our natures are different," answered the Camomiles. "Gravel walks become only the harder by being trodden upon; but the effect on our own selves is that, if pressed and bruised when the dew is upon us we give forth the sweet smell you now delight in."
"Very delightful," replied the Gravel Walk.
Trials become alike to the Christian and to the man of the world. The one grows bitter and hardened under the experience, while the other becomes mellow and Christlike. It is because their natures are different.
- Springs in the Valley (July 8)
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