Knox-Kennebec County ME Archives History ..... POEM pre 1956
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      GARDEN OF LIFE 

  Do you know that each life is a garden, 
And we sow as the days go by 
  Seeds, for a future harvest 
To be gathered with smiles, or a sigh? 

  Then what of the soil of our garden, 
Is it fertile, or stoney and old? 
  Will it bring forth the thorn and the thistle, 
"Or the grain of a thousand fold?" 

  Have we planted the rose of "forgiveness," 
And the lily of purest white 
  That sends forth its sweetest fragrance 
Through the long, dark hours of the night? 

  Is the pansy there with its "pleasant thoughts" 
And the violet, modest and true; 
  And the sunflower bright, with its face towardGod, 
A lesson for me and you? 

  Have we planted that rare little blossom That blooms when the days are hot; 
  Ever echoing the voice of its Master, 
"Dear friends, forget Me not?" 

  Have we planted much in our gardens 
From His wonderful Book of Life? 
  Have we sown the seeds of "obedience," 
His assurance of help through the strife? 

  Have we also sown the seeds of "truth?" 
Have we done the best that we can 
  To'ard sowing that marvelous seed of "love," 
Love for both God and Man. 

  You know that in this world's sowing 
'Tis true, and will ever be, 
  There will come into every garden 
Some grief...…from Gethsemane. 

  But after the grief in the garden 
The harvest we'd hoped to see 
  Will blossom in all its beauty, 
Through the glory of Calvary. 

  Then know that your life is a garden, 
And you sow as the days go by 
  Seeds…...for a future harvest, 
To be gathered with smiles, or a sigh. 
 
          ---by Harriette Flora Gray 


Additional Comments: 


Harriette Amanda (Flora) Gray (1869KS-1956ME) 

First white child born in Montgomery county, Kansas according to Cutlers 1883
historicial writings, American Mother of 1937 as choosen by Golden Rule Foundation,
wife of vice chairman of the Union Pacific Systems (railroad) Mother of Carl Raymond
Gray, Jr, Russell Davis Gray and Dr Howard Kramer Gray.two of whom in Vol 27 & 29
Who's Who in America.



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