Books with author Cristoph Von Schmid

"A Basket of Flowers," set in Germany 100 years ago, is the tale of a godly young woman and her father who wrongly suffer great persecution, but who learn to trust the sovereign hand of God through every difficult circumstance. "A Basket of Flowers" centers on James, a godly gardener, and his young daughter, Mary. Their happy and simple life is disrupted when Mary is accused and convicted of theft. At her trial, Mary tells the truth, maintaining her innocence in spite of great pressure. Convicted as thief and accomplice, Mary and her father begin their sentence for the crime. Continuing his lessons from nature about the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, James encourages Mary through this trial and prepares her for the next, greater blow. Writer of children's stories and educator, Christoph von Schmid was a pioneer in writing books for children which taught Christian values. His first work was a bible history for children (1801). Christoph von Schmid continued with his calling as a writer of children's books throughout his long life, one of his most noted stories being Die Ostereier (Easter Eggs, 1816) due to its popularity and also that he started signing himself as author of "Easter."

The Basket of Flowers is a story of James and his daughter Mary. James is the landscape gardener of the king and he sincerely relishes tending for and planting flowers. He coaches his daughter Mary several values and moralities of being righteous through the plants and flowers. There came a time when, unexpectedly, Mary is wrongly suspected of theft, and she was penalized with death. Even though Mary encountered a lot of difficulties and sufferings, she comes to know God from what her father taught her, in God’s untimely love and forbearance, the dedication of praying for her adversaries, in thinking through her hurdles as an exultation, and genuine reconciliation. Christoph von Schmid was born on August 15, 1768 in Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria and died on September 3, 1854 in Augsburg. He wrote children's stories and was a teacher. Many of his books are well recognized and interpreted into distinctivet vernaculars. His most famous story in the English-speaking countries is The Basket of Flowers or Das Blumenkörbchen. Christoph took up theology and was later ordained as priest. Thereafter, he served as assistant in many parishes until 1796, when he was positioned at the head of an enormous school in Thannhausen, where he taught for several years. From 1816 to 1826, he became the parish priest at Oberstadion in Württemberg. In 1826, Christoph was designated as a canon of the Augsburg Cathedral, where he died due to cholera at the age of 87. He wrote books for children, teaching Christian principles, soon after his appointment at the school in Thannhausen. His first book was a Bible history for children in 1801. His real reason for writing was to recompense his pupils after school by reading aloud his Godly books to them. He dedicated most of his life through writing stories mainly about the virtues of Christianity.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.