A reprint edition of William E. Barton's classic parables, with Scripture verses added.William Eleazar Barton (1861-1930) was a Congregational minister and a prolific author. Among his writings are hundreds of short works known as the Parables of Safed the Sage, in which he characterizes himself as the philosopher Safed, and his wife Esther as Keturah. These parables originally appeared as a magazine column, and were later compiled into several books due to popular demand. Inspired by Barton’s own life experiences, they were intended “to teach their homely lessons of kindness, faith and courage in terms that are easily intelligible.” Anecdotes from the everyday are treated with thought-provoking candor, along with the right touch of humor to make them truly memorable. “If they are fitted to add to the enjoyment of life, that in itself is worth while. If they teach some wholesome lessons, and discover in common things suggestions of things spiritual, the author is doubly glad.” – W. E. BartonParables in Volume 2: The Dog and the Limited, The Man From Jonesville, The Curves and the Tangents, The High Cost of Living, The Doughnut, The Man In the Upper Berth, When Business Was Really Good, The Coffee and the Doughnut, Having Enough, The Women and Their Carfare, The Windmill and the Pump, The New Recipe, The Grindstone that Dulled the Scythe, The Bad Boy, The River and the Flood, The Crossing-Tender, The Bay Rum, The Collection of Geniuses, On Being Independent, The Time for Weariness, The Home of the Sparrow, Crumbs and Bubbles, The Barber-Shop, On Duty Half Done, The Catalogue of Flowers, The Different Kinds of Seed, The Easter Bonnet, Hollyhocks I Did Not Plant, Hollyhocks I Transplanted, Parable of the Shore Dinner, Heaven and the Steamboat, The River Current, The First Robin, The Robin and the Cherries, The Height of the Sky, Concerning Rest, The Quick and the Dead, The Scrub Team, The Next Time, The Moving Pictures, Eden and the Serpent, Hollyhocks and the Storm, The Signal Tower, The June Christmas Tree, The Circus Procession, The Bumble Bee, The Potato Bug, The Pulloon, The Button and the Plus, Things One Wants to Know, The End of the War, The Four-Cent Birthday, The New Suit of Clothes, The Panama Hat, The Recoil, Concerning Extremes, Out and In, Magnanimity, The Two Inn Keepers, The Inn and the Eating House, Golf Ball and Earthquake, The Lost Affections, Sympathy and Helpfulness, The Piece Cut Out of the Paper, The Needs of Great Men, On Growing Old