"Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them."

God, Children, Flowers, Summer

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"Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them."

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"See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security."

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"Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them."

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