Allegories of Life

by Mrs. J. S. Adams

Allegories of Life

BY MRS. J. S. ADAMS

1872

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CONTENTS.

[I.--THE BELLS.]
[II.--THE HEIGHT]
[III.--THE PILGRIM]
[IV.--FAITH]
[V.--HOPE]
[VI.--JOY AND SORROW]
[VII.--UPWARD]
[VIII.--THE OAK]
[IX.--TRUTH AND ERROR]
[X.--THE TREE]
[XI.--THE TWO WAYS]
[XII.--THE URNS]
[XIII.--SELF-EXERTION]
[XIV.--THE VINES]
[XV.--IN THE WORLD]
[XVI.--FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY]
[XVII.--GOING FORTH]
[XVIII.--THE FEAST]
[XIX.--THE LESSON OF THE STONE]
[XX.--THE SEEDS]
[XXI.--ONLY GOLD]
[XXII.--THE SACRIFICE]
[XXIII.--STRANGERS]

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I.

THE BELLS.

In the steeple of an old church was a beautiful chime of bells, which for many years had rung out joyous peals at the touch of the sexton's hand upon the rope.