There stood in a garden a child sweet and fair,
Watching some fruit that hang ripening there.
Two anxious angels were watching from above,
One gazing in hatred, the other in love;
The child never dreamed that the angels were there.
He just longed for the fruit so rich and so rare.
How I should like that big apple so red,
But I cannot forget what my dear mother said,
That doing the things forbidden to do
Would make me unhappy and grieve her heart, too.
"Take it," the dark angel whispered, "and eat it.
It is not very often you get such a treat.
There is no one to see you and no one to tell."
So up went a hand, it could reach the fruit well.
Again there's a whisper...sweet, gentle and low.
"You know you're dear mother told you though no one is nigh,
But Jesus can see you from heaven on high."
But the child paused a moment and said as he smiled,
"I'll not be a thief; I'll be a good child."
The rustling sound stirred the soft summer air.
One angel was gone, but the other was still there.
The angel of darkness had taken its flight.
The child was alone with the angel of light.
In this little story, we plainly can see
An everyday lesson for you and me.
We can conquer temptations - the angel of night,
If we listen to conscience - the angel of light!
Watching some fruit that hang ripening there.
Two anxious angels were watching from above,
One gazing in hatred, the other in love;
The child never dreamed that the angels were there.
He just longed for the fruit so rich and so rare.
How I should like that big apple so red,
But I cannot forget what my dear mother said,
That doing the things forbidden to do
Would make me unhappy and grieve her heart, too.
"Take it," the dark angel whispered, "and eat it.
It is not very often you get such a treat.
There is no one to see you and no one to tell."
So up went a hand, it could reach the fruit well.
Again there's a whisper...sweet, gentle and low.
"You know you're dear mother told you though no one is nigh,
But Jesus can see you from heaven on high."
But the child paused a moment and said as he smiled,
"I'll not be a thief; I'll be a good child."
The rustling sound stirred the soft summer air.
One angel was gone, but the other was still there.
The angel of darkness had taken its flight.
The child was alone with the angel of light.
In this little story, we plainly can see
An everyday lesson for you and me.
We can conquer temptations - the angel of night,
If we listen to conscience - the angel of light!
3 comments:
this is such a nice story! inspiring!
Hi honey, thanx for your post. Ok lang ba mag add ng ibang lines? memorize ko din ito 47 years ago. May nakalimutan ako kaya nag hanap ako sa internet para maremind ako. Buti meron. Kaya lang ito may idadagdag ako...ok lang ba?
Between Two Angels
There stood in a garden a child sweet and fair,
Watching some fruits that hang ripening there.
Two anxious angels were watching above,
One gazing in hatred, the other in love;
The child never dreamed that the angels were there.
He just longed for the fruit so rich and so rare.
"How I should like that big apple so red,
But I cannot forget what my dear mother said,
That doing the things I'm forbidden to do
Would make me unhappy and grieve her heart, too."
"Take it," the dark angel whispered, "and eat.
It is not very often you get such a treat.
There is no one to see you and no one to tell."
So up went the hand, it could reach the fruit well.
Again there's a whisper...sweet gentle and low.
"You know, your dear mother told you though no one is nigh,
But Jesus could see you from heaven on high.
The child paused a moment and said as he smiled,
"I'll not be a thief; I'll be a good child."
The rustling sound stirred the soft summer air.
One angel was gone, but the other still there.
The angel of darkness had taken its flight.
The child was alone with the angel of light.
In this little story, we plainly can see
An everyday lesson for you and me.
If we listen to conscience, the angel of light,
We shall conquer temptation, the angel of might.
God bless
aj54
wow, thank you for the added lines. i'll try to amend the one that i posted, yours sound more sensible, hehehe.
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