THE STORM REVEALS THE FLOWER by Peloubet

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 25, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 12.

THE STORM REVEALS THE FLOWER.

By Peloubet

It is said there is a flower in South America which is visible only when the wind blows. The shrub belongs to the cactus family, and the stem is covered with warty-looking lumps in calm weather. These lumps, however, need but a slight breeze to make them unfold large flowers of a creamy white, which close and appear as dead when the wind subsides. Fit emblem this of many Christians who, in ordinary times, exhibit but little of active grace and are supposed to be unsympathetic and indifferent, but when reverses or afflictions come to themselves or others, when there is a call for what they can do or give, open out into the loveliness of charity, and minister joy to all about them by their grace.—Peloubet.