Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-29
The Chi1dren,r Easter Girt.

Easter Sunday dawned at last Such
Il bright. beautiful day that it seemed
as if everybody must bc glad just to be
alive But there We're three little chill
dren whose hearts were more than glad,
and this was the reason. Early in the
fall Aunt Helen had planted three lily
bulbs, one for Irene, another for Marion
and the third for Donald, and very ten
DERBY the little plants were nourished
and very eager eyes watched for the first
showing of blossoms. And today the
beauty and fragrance of the perfect flow
erS answered their dearest hopes. You
see, the children were to give them as
their Easter offering to make beautiful
the church altar, and then Aunt Helen
was to find homes for the lilies where
they should tell the story of the day 10
those who could not hear it from pulpit
and choir
Proudly the little procession moved TO
the church in the carly morning. each
with Il cherished plant. And there was
song of praise in their hearts rs we'll
as on their lips. when all the Sunday
school children sang j0yfuly The
Lord of Life is risen today. Allcuia"'
But the best of all the day was the twi-
light hour, when, gathered about Aunt
llelen'S chair. they listened as she told
them where the flowers had gone.
You remember Davie. the little news.
boy. who was run over a month ago.
Yes, indeed the children cried; did
he have our IlyF'
Yes. darings; carried DonaId's
plant with the two lovely blossoms to a
very poor little home where there are
no pictures on the walls no carpets on
the floor and nothing attractive or beau.
tiiul for the poor, sick boy TO look at
all day when his mother has to leave him
alone for her work If you could have
seen his eyes shine when he said All
this for my very own. Miss iIcJcn| You
could guess Just how precious WAS your
loving thought at the faithful little news
boy who must lie on his bed for SO many
weeks before he is we'll again
Aunt Helen" said Donald don't you
suppos" Davjc would like some of my
pictnr" books, aud would he like me to
soc him when he is better
surely. replied Aunt Helen ''you
may 90 with N" on Wednesday if you
viii, and We will max" him glad again
Marion's lily went to dear old lady
Hathaway, who loves the church service
80 much but who is too old and feeble
for The journey from her home. She
smiled in such happy fashion as she
sirokcd the blossom, Saying, It's a bon
nj" flower the Lord has made, and
And where did Ircnc's lily go, with
it's crown Of bloss0msy'
Aunt Helen paused a moment and the
children cried: 81 know / know, TO orr
dear old ladies at the home"
Guess again said Aunt Helen.
Perhaps, To- Deacon Shows invalid
daughter
mo; guess again
Was it for Flora Temple at the hos
pital?'
"No: all these friends were remem.
bered with flowers and plants. but
Ircne's lily went to our city prison"
"Oh. auntie." and then the children
stopped. for the tears stood in Aunt
IIelen's eyes.
Listen, children" said she when
Jesus rose from the dead He gave tho
promise Of life TO every soul. and all
who try TO lee like Him find that His gift
is theirs for every day Oh the earth, as
well as forever by and by. But there
are some who do not follow Him. and
their lives are poor and mean; and there
are some who go away from what is
right and good, and when prison walls
nre about them they feel as If Jesus had
forgotten them, as well as the people
who are free"
but, auntie," said Donald, "they don't
love flowers"
IN not SO sure Of that. If yon could
have been with me today when the keep
or Of the prison said 10 the men, Boys,
here's beautiful Easter lily from Il
dear little girl who wants you to have
bit Of the Eastern day, with its message
OF love and life, you would have cried.
az I did. The faces softened as they
| looked at the flower, and there was no