Some splendid pines were found, after a heavy gale, lying
prostrate, tho they were strong trees in their full prime. To a
questioner an old woodman said: “They got their water far too
near the surface. If they had had to strike their roots deeper
for moisture no winds could ever have uprooted them.”
Many folks are easily upset because all life has been too easy with
them. Their roots have never struck deep because there was no great
compulsion to make them go deeper for the sources of life. Our very
wants, if we do not succumb to them, but go deeper until we find the
heart’s need, may become the means of our strength. (Text.)
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