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Its beautiful branches were cut away and cast aside, and its soft, thick foliage was strewn to the tenderer mercies of the winds. ITS BEAUTIFUL BRANCHES WERE CUT AWAY AND CAST ASIDE AND ITS SOFT THICK FOLIAGE WAS STREWN TO THE TENDERER MERCIES OF THE WINDS
. And the other trees of the forest joined in its happiness and its sorrow, for they, too, loved the Master. And the angel always hovered near. The Master came one night alone into the forest, and His face was pale with anguish and wet with tears, and He fell upon His knees and prayed. The tree heard Him, and all the forest was still, as if it were standing in the presence of death. And when the morning came, lo! the angel had gone. [Illustration: "They are killing me!" cried the tree.] Then there was a great confusion in the forest. There was a sound of rude voices, and a clashing of swords and staves. Strange men appeared, uttering loud oaths and cruel threats, and the tree was filled with terror. It called aloud for the angel, but the angel came not. "Alas," cried the vine, "they have come to destroy the tree, the pride and glory of the forest!" The forest was sorely agitated, but it was in vain. The strange men plied their axes with cruel vigor, and the tree was hewn to the ground.  GOODNESS AND WHEN HE CAME TO THE FOREST IT WAS FULL OF JOY BUT WHEN HE CAME NOT IT WAS SAD AND THE OTHER TREES OF THE FOREST JOINED IN ITS HAPPINESS AND ITS SORROW FOR THEY TOO LOVED THE MASTER AND THE ANGEL ALWAYS HOVERED NEAR THE MASTER CAME OUT ONE NIGHT ALONE INTO THE FOREST AND HIS FACE WAS PALE WITH ANGUISH AND WET WITH TEARS AND HE FELL UPON HIS KNEES AND PRAYED THE TREE HEARD HIM AND THE FOREST WAS ALL STILL AS IF IT WERE STANDING IN THE PRESENCE OF DEATH AND WHEN THE MORNING CAME LO THE ANGEL HAD GONE THERE WAS A GREAT CONFUSION IN THE FOREST THERE WAS A SOUND OF RUDE VOICES AND A CLASHING OF SWORDS AND STAVES STRANGE MEN APPEARED UTTERING LOUD OATHS AND CRUEL THREATS AND THE TREE WAS FILLED WITH TERROR IT CALLED ALOUD FOR THE ANGEL BUT THE ANGEL CAME NOT ALAS CRIED THE VINE THEY HAVE COME TO DESTROY THE TREE THE PRIDE AND GLORY OF THE FOREST THE FOREST WAS SORELY AGITATED BUT IT WAS IN VAIN THE STRANGE MEN PLIED THEIR AXES WITH CRUEL VIGOR AND THE TREE WAS HEWN TO THE GROUND
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