{"product_id":"2940012844736","title":"IN GOD'S GARDEN STORIES OF THE SAINTS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN","description":"ABOUT THIS BOOK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a garden which God has planted for Himself, more beautiful than\u003cbr\u003eany earthly garden. The flowers that bloom there are the white souls of\u003cbr\u003eHis saints, who have kept themselves pure and unspotted from the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn God's garden there is every kind of flower, each differing from the\u003cbr\u003eother in beauty. Some are tall and stately like the lilies, growing\u003cbr\u003ewhere all may see them in their dress of white and gold; some are half\u003cbr\u003econcealed like the violets, and known only by the fragrance of kind\u003cbr\u003edeeds and gentle words which have helped to sweeten the lives of others;\u003cbr\u003ewhile some, again, are hidden from all earthly eyes, and only God knows\u003cbr\u003etheir loveliness and beholds the secret places where they grow. But\u003cbr\u003eknown or unknown, all have risen above the dark earth, looking ever\u003cbr\u003eupward; and, although often bent and beaten down by many a cruel storm\u003cbr\u003eof temptation and sin, they have ever raised their heads again, turning\u003cbr\u003etheir faces towards God; until at last they have been crowned with the\u003cbr\u003eperfect flower of holiness, and now blossom for ever in the Heavenly\u003cbr\u003eGarden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book you will not find the stories of all God's saints. I have\u003cbr\u003egathered a few together, just as one gathers a little posy from a garden\u003cbr\u003efull of roses. But the stories I have chosen to tell are those that I\u003cbr\u003ehope children will love best to hear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet us remember that God has given to all of us, little children as well\u003cbr\u003eas grown-up people, a place in His garden here on earth, and He would\u003cbr\u003ehave us take these white flowers, the lives of His saints, as a pattern\u003cbr\u003efor our own. We may not be set where all can see us; our place in God's\u003cbr\u003egarden may be a very humble and sheltered spot; but, like the saints, we\u003cbr\u003emay keep our faces ever turned upward, and learn to grow, as they grew,\u003cbr\u003elike their Master, pure and straight and strong--fit flowers to blossom\u003cbr\u003ein the Garden of God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Saints are like roses when they flush rarest,\u003cbr\u003e  Saints are like lilies when they bloom fairest,\u003cbr\u003e  Saints are like violets, sweetest of their kind.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF STORIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                                      PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT URSULA,                                                          1\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT BENEDICT,                                                       16\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT CHRISTOPHER,                                                    29\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA,                                             41\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO,                                             54\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY,                                        62\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT CECILIA,                                                        71\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT GILES,                                                          79\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT NICHOLAS,                                                       84\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT FAITH,                                                          97\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT COSMO AND SAINT DAMIAN,                                        102\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT MARTIN,                                                        110\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT GEORGE,                                                        119\u003cbr\u003e  SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI,                                             128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF PICTURES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                                  AT PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAINT URSULA,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e She slept calmly and peacefully until she dreamed a dream, _Frontispiece_\u003cbr\u003e Ursula stood on the landing-place, the first to greet the Prince,       8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    By Vittore Carpaccio at the Accademia, Venice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAINT BENEDICT,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A little demon seized the robe of the young monk,                      22\u003cbr\u003e A terrible storm began to rage,                                        28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    By Lorenzo Monaco, Uffizi, Florence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAINT CHRISTOPHER,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The child upon his shoulder seemed to grow heavier,                    38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    By Titian, Doge's Palace, Venice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Holy Child placed a ring upon her finger,                          46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    By Benozzo Gozzali, Uffizi, Florence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The child had digged a hole in the sand,                               60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    By Sandro Botticelli, Accademia, Florence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAINT CECILIA,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A crown of lilies and roses in each hand,                              74\u003cbr\u003e She taught them about the Lord of Heaven,                              78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    By Spinello Aretino, S. 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