Project Gutenberg 2011-09-24 Public domain in the USA. 63 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous The Broken Bough No. 435, IV. Series Reading ease score: 69.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Larry B. Harrison, and the Archives and Special Collections, University Libraries, Ball State University and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Broken Bough" by Anonymous is a didactic text most likely written in the early 19th century. This book serves as a religious tale aimed at educating young readers about the principles of Christian faith, using nature as a backdrop to illustrate its teachings. The narrative centers on the lessons taught by a kind schoolteacher, Mr. Fulton, who imparts moral and spiritual lessons using analogies related to trees and their blossoms. In the story, two young boys, Charles and John, leave Sunday school excited to return home and share their teacher's lessons with their family. Mr. Fulton accompanies them on their walk through an orchard, where he draws comparisons between the vitality of trees and the spiritual lives of individuals. He emphasizes the importance of being connected to Christ, the "true vine," and the dire consequences of spiritual detachment as symbolized by a broken bough that is lifeless yet still clinging to the tree. Through engaging dialogue and observations in nature, the book conveys messages about personal faith, the significance of nurturing one's spiritual life, and the contrast between true vitality in faith versus mere outward appearances of religiosity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories Brothers -- Juvenile fiction Sunday school teachers -- Juvenile fiction Salvation -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 42597 42585 2024-10-16T03:35:47.656400 2023-09-16T10:10:51.909468 text/html text/html 39339 2011-09-24T11:14:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 449681 2011-09-29T16:01:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 451197 2024-10-16T03:35:51.811416 application/epub+zip 449594 2024-10-16T03:35:49.476379 application/epub+zip 76719 2024-10-16T03:35:48.300385 application/epub+zip 529839 2024-10-16T03:35:53.589360 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 522376 2024-10-16T03:35:51.112366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 137173 2022-09-17T08:05:20.009216 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33838 33644 2024-10-16T03:35:47.345373 2023-09-16T10:10:51.700479 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 33752 2011-09-24T11:14:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12767 2011-09-29T16:01:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20531 2024-10-16T03:35:53.726370 application/rdf+xml 11320 2024-10-16T03:35:48.846394 image/jpeg 3032 2024-10-16T03:35:48.568381 image/jpeg 603818 2024-10-16T03:35:47.674432 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Unknown