Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-05-10
Cherry-Bud.

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of. and we wonder if he cares for
rs. Jesus tells Is - say Our
Father and the Bible teaches rs
that lie is nigh to all them that
call upon him. and yet we cannot
help sometimes feeling that he Is
too great tomind our small affairs.
This IS not happy feeling Oh
no; it IS unhappy. Feeling 50 one
day. / walked ont on the piazza and
pulled bud from the cherry tree.
it was in the early spring, and the
trees looked bare as winter.
The bud was not a spring bud
then. No. 1t was made last sum
mer: for summer IS at work, not
only to make leaves and flowers and
fruit for It's own year, but it begins
a bud-it begins millions OF buds
for the next year What fore
thought this,
But a bud is tender thing. Are
they not running a great risk to
come 30 long beforehand for how
can they weather the winter frosts,
storms and ice, and wind and snow:
The little cherry bad which | held
in my hand had lived through ALL
sIIow did yoa live, l.,tle bud -
| said CARRYING it into the house.
Then | began TO uncover it, and
that let me into the secret. How
much do YOU think that one cherry
bud had on! First, | took off thir-
teen little chippy coverings, hu@@lng
If round like the coats OF a pine cone
That showed as if somcbodv cared
for it. Then | found three larger,
finer, thicker ones; and under these
three more woolier and WARMER
Here were six blankets besides thir-
teen coycrhds.
What do You think | found be-
tween two Of the blankets. The
smallest insect YOU ever saw, no
bigger than a hairs breadth, bat
with legs to run away fast enough
when | walked him UP. Did youI
mother put Won IL this warm era
die" / asked. '.IEavc Won slept
swectly here all wintcr!" 1t did
not answer, and seemed impatient
to 90
,.What did you find inside the
blankets Three little bads-hIos
SONS to be, and cherries in July
They looked like three tiny babic:
fist asleep, and not vet ready t.
ct up. They were not ready, tol
was not the one to wake them. Il
belonged to that good nurse, til.
sun, who was fast warming up ia.
tie work. However, | Thought !
would look 4 little further.
is tie werall there in-laeyou
little bud paepcI in and touno
atoms Of the most delicate white
leaves Won ever saw, all beautifully
grained and oh had | lighted or
mine for here wa anest Of @olo
golden spacEs, moulded and
rounded with the rarest skill How
many. Thirty tive. Here iudee,
was the blossom, and these were til,
poIlen-boxes Of the stamen7, for
found each gold ~peck Pcrchcd on ;
little stalk: and M these grouping
round the hear Of the blossom, the
future cherry.
Who w ii have Thought Of tind
= this little world 81 life and beau
Is here such delicate painting.
such exquisite Workmanship, part
fl ting part, many parts forming .
perfect whole, and no-onlv one. but
hundreds, thousands, millions cling
inc t. The d.v. black branches 4
the garden trees. ! looked out Of
the window and thoughtof all these
living, growing, pcrtec.in@, 10 hm.
~. no noise, hid from MI ewes. all
eyes but One lie knows them ALL
counts them all, watches them ALL
loves them MI a. they strengthen
and ripen, bearing another life in
their warm. white ho-omS. the full
fruit, the rich, ripe, delicious White
hearts 81 July. Al, the garden
trees locked no longer bare.
VIII the great God have sucl
care and love tor n bud, and no-
care for YOU and me Then Coo
seemed no longer atar of. lie wa,
near, very near. \ sweet sense 4
his loye and care folded me round
aGl | was hanpy. Yer, hanny.