Excerpt from Winter Berries: Bible Promptings In these piping times old age is not at a prem ium in the market-place, but it is not without its pri vate resources. It is not necessarily as a Valley of Dry Bones, nor is it always desolated by the storms of winter. In our temperate zone, genial Nature asserts itself m the patches of green that line our highways or define our hedges and garden walks, de spite blizzards and snow-drifts. All seasons of the year enter in the light and shadows of a winter day. So, also, the winter of life has its inheritances. Loves and friendships mingle with the evening twilight. The promise of spring, the fulness of summer and the ripeness of autumn are mingled in the glow of the Christmas fire and respond to the gladness of the Christmas greeting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.