1.—Lilies of the Valley

You know them, of course, with their tiny bells of pure snowy white, hung upon a slender stem. They are so graceful and so modest, sheltering among broad green leaves, and always loving the shade. Their gentle, pale faces turn towards the earth, and their beautiful fragrance spreads all around.
It always seems to me that God has written this in lilies of the valley— “Be true, be pure, be modest, and your life shall be sweet and beautiful.”