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diff --git a/37521.txt b/37521.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d82405 --- /dev/null +++ b/37521.txt @@ -0,0 +1,688 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Broken Bough, by Anonymous + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Broken Bough + No. 435, IV. Series + +Author: Anonymous + +Release Date: September 24, 2011 [EBook #37521] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BROKEN BOUGH *** + + + + +Produced by Larry B. Harrison, and the Archives and Special +Collections, University Libraries, Ball State University +and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + +[Illustration: Book Cover] + + No. 435 IV. SERIES. + + THE BROKEN BOUGH. + + Revised by the Committee of Publication of the American + Sunday-school Union. + + AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION. + PHILADELPHIA: + 146 Chestnut Street. + + + + + THE + BROKEN BOUGH. + + Revised by the Committee of Publication, of the American Sunday + school Union. + + _PHILADELPHIA_: + AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, + No. 146 Chestnut Street. + + + + +THE BROKEN BOUGH. + +[Illustration] + + +"What a beautiful afternoon it is!" said little Charles to his brother +on a fine Sunday in the month of May, as they both rose from their +seat in the class to return home. "It is, indeed," replied John, as he +peeped through the old casement window of the school, and saw the +pretty lambs feeding in the broad green meadow in the distance; "it +is, indeed, and a fine walk we shall have in the orchard, too." + +Now, little Charles loved his school and his teacher also; but the +thought of going home had its own peculiar charms, for he loved his +dear father and mother, and his little sister Jane: and now he +thought, "I shall soon be home, and tell them all that my teacher has +told me." Indeed, the children in the class had spent a very happy +day; for Mr. Fulton, their teacher, was so kind, and took such pains +to make the lessons plain, that all his scholars loved his company; +some of them even said that they had never seen the beauties that were +in the Bible until he taught them. + +They had been repeating that afternoon those verses in the 15th +chapter of John's gospel, in which the Saviour compares himself to a +vine, and his disciples to the branches. As the orchards were all in +full blossom, Mr. Fulton reminded his scholars of the beautiful change +which had taken place in the appearance of the trees within the last +few weeks. He said, that though their growth and beauty arose partly +from the vegetable life which God had given them, and partly from the +sun's warm rays, and gentle dews and showers, yet that both their life +and growth must be attributed to God. + +When they had done reading Mr. Fulton said, "You see, my dear +children, that the vine is intended to represent the Redeemer, the +Lord Jesus Christ; through whom spiritual life is conveyed to his +people, who are as the branches in the vine. Let me impress this truth +upon your minds, that they who are made partakers of this life, are as +much dependent on Christ to maintain its existence, as the branch is +dependent on the vine for continued nourishment and support." + +It is delightful to a teacher to find that his scholars are attentive; +and Mr. Fulton was much pleased by a remark from John, who said, "I +think, sir, the trees seem to explain the observation which you made +this afternoon, that all the followers of Christ love to follow his +example, and may be known by their fruit or conduct; for, sir, I see +that all the branches of a tree bear the same kind of blossoms, and +those of each sort of tree differ from all others." "That is quite +true," said Mr. Fulton: "I am glad you notice these things; for they +are both pleasing and instructive. But there is another lesson which +may be gathered from the trees, and it is this, that although the +branches differ much in size and strength, and therefore very much in +the number of the blossoms seen upon them, yet the smallest will go on +increasing until it may, in time, become very large. Thus you, though +now so young, and like the tender twigs upon the trees, with here and +there a blossom, will, I trust, as years roll on, grow up both strong +and fruitful in the ways of God." + +Their teacher was about to say something more on the same subject, but +the school-bell rang to prepare for an address: the children then put +by their Bibles, and stood up to sing that pretty hymn: + + "How sweet the precious Saviour's words. + What solid joy this truth affords + To those who early pray; + They shall the heavenly boon obtain, + And Jesus and his favour gain, + Who walk in wisdom's way." + +After the address, they sang another hymn, and then the school was +closed with prayer. + +It was at this time that little Charles and John began the +conversation I have mentioned, about their walk in the orchard on +their way home; and as Mr. Fulton overheard them, and had been +interrupted in his remarks by the ringing of the school-bell, he thus +addressed them: "My dear boys, as I am going up the green lane towards +your father's house, we will all walk through the orchard together; +and perhaps I may there find something to supply a better explanation +of this day's lesson, than I have yet given you." + +The little boys were both much pleased with Mr. Fulton's offer, and +wishing their school-fellows good-by, set off with him towards their +home. + +As they walked through the meadows, and saw the young lambs feeding +with their flocks, and noticed their shepherd who watched them, Mr. +Fulton called their attention to the language of King David in Ps. +xxiii., where he speaks with such confidence in the Divine protection +and care, and says, "The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want." Now, +as both John and Charles seemed to be much pleased when their teacher +referred them to this very beautiful psalm, he proceeded to say, "You +see, my dear boys, that every one of the sheep in the flock is equally +the object of the shepherd's care; and there is not a lamb, however +young or weakly, but he is anxious for its safety. Just so, the Lord +is the Shepherd and Keeper of his people; for it is said of him, 'He +shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with +his arm, and carry them in his bosom,' (Isa. xl. 11;) and if you are +his disciples, he will protect you as the lambs of his flock." + +Here Charles, who had seen some of the lambs pass through an opening +in the hedge, and wander from the fold unseen by the shepherd, said to +his teacher, "But the lambs of Christ's flock must be more secure than +these, sir; for this shepherd cannot see all his flock at once, +although he may wish to do so: but you told us, last Sunday, that +those who love the Saviour, however young or poor, are each as much +the object of his care, as if there were no others in the world." "I +am very glad to find you remember that remark," said his teacher; +"for, as you grow up in life, you may find it a comfort to think, with +Jacob,'He knoweth the way that I take;' and to adopt the language of +David as your own,'I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy +servant: for I do not forget thy commandments.'" Ps. cxix. 176. + +By this time they had again entered the green lane, from which they +had departed to pursue the path across the meadow; and having gone +over the stile by the village church, they entered the orchard through +which Charles and John had expected such a pleasant walk. + +I do not wonder at their wishing to go home that way, for the trees were +all so full of beautiful pink and white blossoms, and the birds sang so +sweetly as they hopped from twig to twig, or fluttered on the branches, +that you could not have been there without rejoicing with them. + +It was not long before Mr. Fulton invited the attention of his +scholars to a little apple tree, on every twig of which were buds and +blossoms. The two little boys, on seeing it, cried out together, "O, +what a beautiful tree!" to which their teacher replied by saying, "And +I hope you will be like it." This remark surprised them both, +especially little Charles, who looked at his teacher as if he would +inquire, "How can I be like this tree?" He was not kept long waiting, +however, for Mr. Fulton, observing his astonishment, explained himself +by saying, "I wish that, as this little tree has so early put forth +blossoms, so you both, my dear boys, may begin, while young, to show +that you are His, who said, 'I love them that love me, and those who +seek me early shall find me.'" Prov. viii. 17. + +As they walked onward, the grass beneath the trees was strewed in some +places with blossoms, which the recent thunder-storm had broken off; +and whilst the little boys stooped to pick up some of them, +exclaiming, "What a pity! what a pity!" their teacher availed himself +of that opportunity, also, to teach them a lesson. "It is a pity," +said he; "for each of them might have become a fine rosy apple; but +they will not have fallen off in vain, if we learn this truth from the +circumstance, that death sometimes calls away those who have scarcely +yet begun to live to God. But it is cheering to see a young tree +promising to be fruitful; and it is much more pleasing to see young +persons likely to bear the fruits of wisdom and goodness." + +"I remember, sir," said John, "that last year our pear tree was full +of blossoms; but father said the blight had killed them." "Yes, my +dear boy," said Mr. Fulton, "storms, and tempests, and blights also +frequently disappoint our fondest expectations: so also there are +moral blights, as I have sometimes told you in the class at school. +You both remember poor George King, the orphan boy; how well he said +his lessons, and how serious and attentive he was; but when his pious +mother died, he fell into bad company, and is now a sad evidence that +those who associate with the wicked have turned their backs upon the +ways of God. O, then, flee from bad people, bad books, and bad scenes, +as from that which will blight the best interests of your souls." + +Their teacher had never had such a happy opportunity of conversing +with them until now, and as they both seemed to look upon the trees +around them as so many objects from which instruction might be +gathered, he proceeded to point out a circumstance which had before +escaped their notice; it was this, that where the branches had been +sheltered from the passing tempest, there all the blossoms were +unhurt. "Now," said Mr. Fulton to his young companions, "while +thinking of our Saviour's language in this day's lesson, 'I am the +Vine, ye are the branches,' we may learn not only that the life of our +souls must be drawn from him, but that if we bring any fruit to +perfection, it is the result of his most gracious and protecting care." + +[Illustration] + +At this moment, Mr. Fulton's attention was drawn to one of the largest +trees in the orchard, which seemed to surpass all the others in the +beauty and abundance of its blossoms; but the boisterous winds had +broken off a fine bough, one end of which lay spread upon the grass, +whilst the other continued hanging by a long strip of bark which it +had torn away in falling. It must have been some time in this +situation; for the tree was not only full of blossoms, but was putting +forth its green leaves in every direction, whilst, on this poor +branch, there was not a trace of either bud or blossom; but it hung +upon the ground both dry and dead. + +This was too striking an object to be passed by without an +observation; therefore their teacher immediately availed himself of +it, to explain that part of the chapter which his scholars had been +learning, in which the Saviour says "If a man abide not in me, he is +cast forth as a branch, and is withered." + +He felt very anxious also to impress upon their minds that true +religion does not consist in being called a Christian, or in any +outward distinction; but that it is a living principle in the heart. + + "Without the fruit the Lord expects, + Knowledge will make our state the worse; + The barren trees he still rejects, + And soon will blast them with his curse." + +"Now," said Mr. Fulton, "you see, my dear boys, that the broken bough +has no life, because it is severed from the tree, and therefore gets +no sap or moisture from the root. And as our Lord remarks, 'The branch +cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine;' so the +broken bough has not a bud or blossom, whilst the tree is full of +both. You see then that there must be life and union, or there can be +no fruitfulness; and as the root supplies the living sap to all the +branches, so Jesus is the source of life to all his people. It is your +blessing, my dear boys, to have godly parents; but do not think that +this will prove a substitute for true religion in your own souls. See +how the bough hangs to its parent tree by the strip of bark; it is +true, they are not altogether parted; but, whilst the tree is living, +the broken bough is dead. Learn, then, that without an interest in +Christ and union to him, you must perish. No Christian relatives can +save you; their life is drawn from him, but they cannot give that life +to you. It is possible you may have thought yourselves almost +disciples, because you have kept company with those who are such; but +this fellowship, so long as you keep your hearts from Christ, is only +like the strip of bark which holds the broken bough; no life flows +from it. Let us then, on parting, each go home, and pray to Him who +'quickeneth whom he will,' (John v. 21,) to make us indeed living +branches of the true vine." + +[Illustration] + + + + +A HYMN. + + + Another fleeting year + Has fled and passed away, + Since we were taught to worship here, + On this most holy day. + + Years hurry quickly by, + And we are fading too; + And soon the year when we shall die, + Will come upon our view. + + If we are ready then, + For us it will be well; + Removed from this low earth of pain, + With God in heaven to dwell. + + + + +Transcriber's Note + + + * Obvious punctuation errors repaired. + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Broken Bough, by Anonymous + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BROKEN BOUGH *** + +***** This file should be named 37521.txt or 37521.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/3/7/5/2/37521/ + +Produced by Larry B. 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