NATURE'S LESSONS by Flavil Scott Mines

Training-School Pub. Ass'n, Ltd. · Battle Creek, Michigan · May 1900

FromTraining School Advocate, Vol. 2, No. 5.

NATURE'S LESSONS.

By Flavil Scott Mines

The pink apple blossom is just out of reach, Though you stand on the tips of your toes; A lesson has nature she wishes to teach, You will learn it before autumn goes.

Strive not for the blossoms, nor weep for defeat, But patiently wait for a while; All things come in time, and the moments are fleet. Soon your frown will give place to a smile.

The blossoms will die, but the good fruit will grow It will ripen in sun and in rain; The weight of the apple will bend the bough low, And the waiting will be to your gain.

Seek not the bright buds that will fade in a day, But wait the sweet fruit God will send; The buds may be high and be out of your way, While the boughs at the harvest will bend.

— Flavil Scott Mines.