Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-08
Beautiful AllCgOry,

| There was once king who had very
beautiful garden, and grounds arranged with
taste to please the eye, To afford refreshing
shade, retired walks commanding views
and besides, all the delightful fruits that
could be produced. There was one superb
! old oak, so high aud grand that il could be
seen for miles around. There were roses,
md iilacs, aud lowering shrubs of every
kind in short, nothing was wanting 10 make
it Il perfect spot.
Onc day the kings head-gardcncr came in
and exclaimed 80 king, pray come out aud
see what is the matter with yOur garden
everything is willing, and dropping, aud dy-
ing" While he spoke, the other gardeners
came rushing up, and all had tie same sad
story to tell. So the king went out, aud
there, to he sure, he found it all as they had
said.
lie went first mp TO his grand old oalt-i~er,
his pride and admiration, aud said, "Why
oak, what's the matter with you, that YOU are
wilherng aud dyiuc.' 90" said the oak,
IL don't think am OF any use, am so large
and cumbersome | bear no flowers or irult,
and take up so much room; and besides;
my branches spread 81 wide and thick that
!, l. all dark aud shady under them, aud no
flowers and fruit can grow there. Now il
were a rosc-hush, il would be worth while,
for ] should bear sweet flowers: or if were
peach or pear tree, or even like the grape
vine, could give you fruit"
Then the king went on TO his favorito rose
bush, and said, "Wel lose-bush, what's the
matter with you; why are you SO dropping z"
"Why," said the rose.hush, "pm of no use !
have no fruit, bear nothing but some now-
ers. Ii ! were Hu oak, like thnt grand one
in the middle of the grounds, should he OF
some use for then ! should he seen for
miles around, aud should do honor to your
garden. But us it is, migk, Just us well
die"
The king neat came to a grapevine, no
longer clinging to the trcllis and the trees,
but trailing sadly OF the grouud. lie stop
ped aud said, "Gnpe-vine, what's the matter
with YOU; why are you lying so dOleiully on
the grotlud:' "Ah," said the vine won see
what poor weak creature | am: ] can't
even hold up my own weight, but must
cling To tree or post, aud what good eau
| do: neither give shade, like the oak, nor
bear flowers like the shrubs. can't even so
much rs make border for walk, like the
box. ] must always depend on something
else, and surely nm Of no use"
So on went the king, quite in drsp0ir to
see al Uls pace Eoirg To distractions; bIt
he suddenly spied little hearts-easc, low
down by the ground, with its ihce turned up
to him, looking as bright and smiling ms pos
sible. lie stopped, aud said, You dear lit
tIc hcarts-easo, what makes YOU look so
bright aud blooming, when everything
around you is willing AWAY :" "Why" said
the hearts. ease, 81 thought you wanied me
here if you had wanted an oak, you would
hnve planted an acorn; if you had wanted
roses, you would lave set out n rose bush :
and it you had wanted grapes, yon would
have put in grippe vine. But knew that
what you wanted of me was to he hoan's-
ease; dnd so ! thought would try and he
the very hest liule hearl's-cuse that ever ]
can"
Children, can you see the moral? God
didn't want grown.up, learned, rich, great
man in the place where he put you; il he
had re would have made one. He wants
each of you to be child while YOU are a
child but he wants yon to he good child
and the ''vcry best little hearl's-ense that ever
yoc can" viii you try p Chiits' Paper.