Transcriber's note:
Minor spelling and punctuation inconsistencies been harmonized.Obvious printer errors have been repaired. Paragraph breaks,as they are in the book, have been retained. Missing page numbersare page numbers that were not shown in the original text. 
THE HAWTHORN. THE MOTHER'S JOY.
Page 172.
NEW YORK, J. C. RIKER
129 FULTON STREET.
1845
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THE HAWTHORN:
A
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S
PRESENT.
MDCCCXLV.
NEW YORK:
J. C. RIKER,—129 FULTON STREET.
1845.
ii
WEST BROOKFIELD, MASS.
C. A. MIRICK, PRINTER.
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PREFACE.
We call our little book "The Hawthorn." We chosethe name of a blossom for our young readers, in preferenceto that of a gem, because the cold glittering beautyof the latter has little in common with the affectionateness,and beaming freshness of the young, to whom the natureof flowers seems more analogous.
When the young man came to the blessed Saviour toinquire as to eternal life, he bade him keep the commandments,and being told "all these things have I observed;"it is then recorded that, "Jesus beholding him,loved him." We know too, that he "loved little children,"for he "took them in his arms," in token of tenderness;we infer that he loved the flowers likewise, forhe said, "consider the lilies of the field;" and we findthe most beautiful illustrations of the Divine precepts ofJesus borrowed from the kingdom of flowers.
What wonder then that we should love these delicateivcreations; and that when we wish to appeal to the youngand the trustful, the hopeful and the good, we should seekthese, for appropriate utterance.
"They tremble on the Alpine height,
  The fissur'd rock they press,
The desert wild with heat and sand
  Shares too, their blessedness;
And wheresoe'er the weary heart
  Turns in its dim despair,
The meek eyed blossom upward looks
  Inviting it to prayer."
Thus it is, my dear friends, that we present you, nota Bouquett, which, however tasteful, and however beautiful,might still confuse you with its many significations; wepresent you not a Gem, to remind you of the brilliancy ofmind, that may yet be unsympathizing, and bewildering,but a simple flower, one, from a paradise of freshness andbeauty.
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