A Pretty Picture | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 28, 1873

A Pretty Picture.

The following is from an essay contributed to the Herald of Health, by Mrs. Gleason:—

“I once sat on a porch at twilight with a little boy in my lap. His bright, plump face glowed with a coaxing admiration as he turned it upward, saying: ‘Moon and star, come down to me.’ After an expectant delay, he seemed to remember that please was a powerful word for procuring pleasures in his happy circle. Feeling sure of success this time, each tiny hand was extended, with palms upward, ready to receive the gifts when they descended, as he said, ‘Moon and star, please do come to me.’ Finding that even please did not bring down the desired treasures, he gently laid his hands in his lap, and with a soft sigh of resignation, said, ‘Moon and star too high for me!’ but still with radiant face he gazed admiringly. I then thought terror and trouble would come to us if, in maturer years, we had our own way at all times, just as in mercy moon and stars were held in their course despite childish pleadings. So when our hopes are deferred, or plans fail, we may by a contemplation of nature’s quiet grandeur grow cool and content, saying, ‘All this which we asked was too high for us.’”