, 1879-05-17
HORTICULTURE.

HORTICULTURE.
It Ratnsl It RaEnaf-Jo Among tlts Farm.
cra-syhnt N afore Lovaly than an WALL
Nntered Ghrtler "7-strlktng Analogy Of u
WeIi.Ort1orcd Mimi.
Frnm Dur o,pn Corrtlrondtnt
NO. 10 EIGHTEENTH BTRkEr, CHICAGO, May
Ill have spent tho week paM among tho
formers mud ttliers Of Tic soil, and hare heard
thrn1 talk. and preach, und prophecy. Tho
common thctno has been
.-. THE DROUGHT.
"Whcn will It. c1.di There Is to bo = change
in The moon. Surely, this Will bring rain. II It
does not, no shall flave no rorn to acll." Corn
Is about all planted. ]. will sprout immosltatc)y
under this hot sun; hut, having lille
iuofsturc, the tender plants Will withcr
md dic II It does not rain soon.
But arel sondcr thess il n ratn-cloud In the
west. There II water in the ar. 1t sprlnklest
1t rafnsi And for tht4ty-s!x hours the rain l,ns
guntly falien,-fallct, 20 rr1rcsh!ne1y tllat the
valleys and thu hfllstIes eeem "to clap their
hands," md nil the plants aud trees Join tflcir
voices With tho fasraer-boys, "sllouting aloud
for joy.'
havc heard toSnsmen say that farmers were
constitutional Erum1icrs.n When 1t rnIn.,
they complain Of wet; and. when It Is t]ry, thcy
complalu Of drought. "lt Is yery hard 10 please
them exactly" This is wlat hear some say.
don't kuow that II Is so. 1woutd not say that
1t Is true of them. Humanity is much the same
In town or country, Humanity ia In tic rough
here In this world, aIul will need MI immense
nnount Of bowling Gre "tiic Great Sculptor nf
SouIs", can carrc thence angelic forms. But
sect
IT IA1Nst
And everybody Is n1osnentarity happy. WHY not
t,erp5S4H. Il falls upon t,l,e evil and urott The
the landscape on the right haud nnd on thu left.
1t comes with bencdiciion from .'tllc ewcct
heavens " to bless that which is low and earthly,
-accorlinE to the capacity Of each living thing
that 5s III cnch. The weed, and the thistle, md
the poisonous plant receive the rain Of btayen.
and appropriate It to the use OF the life that Is
tu them. as verify ae do the rose and te various
our gardens 90 u*stduous1y. Without water we
cannot hare O garden. No rlant Will grow with
out Nutcr. Thr norticulturiss always seeks to
llnyc well waicrcd garden; otherwise he mas
no success fn his calling.
There arc other considerations md require
ments t1lat arc reaufsitein successful gardening.
Thcre Is striking aualogy between natural
gardenint, and
sPIRtTTlL GARDENING
which, Is we'll worth every mans attention. In
our letter week aEo We iuttmated there WIS
such q thing: We will now brietlg traco the
analogy little way:
1t Il common for the sacred Scriptures to
Bpeak OF the human mind as wttderness,h ur
~ "a garden, ,n-"a nell-wascrcd gasden''; nnd
OF "tfc wilderness becoming like Eslcu." u,Il
'ule desert like The garden OF thc Lord.'' 4
garden nrd wilderness signify statcs Of the
soul. The former state implies cultivation, re-
flncmcnt, humufjzlng, and Christiantztng tn
tluehccs. 4 wilderness is where ,lnnc at these
II II ne Ehnh
men, AM! noxfous creatures are. savagcs have
no GarlGns. Gardens imply something pl
civilization and excellence that does not belong
to the wilderness atnte.
cesses OF hortfculture-are snggest!vc of tic
spiritual processes Of regeneration In the mind
OF man. Let lis sec: Tie itrst thing the horti-
cultnriss does after clearing the ground und
breaking II, to
rEScR m HIS GARDEN
to keep out all u1uraudfng creatures that might
destroy tho growing crop alter planting nml
during tile time Of cultivation till hatycst-timp.
II there were no fences, or IT the fence il mt
kept In rcratr, animals from without would
destroy in night what it had takeu mauy days
to produce.
So tho garden Of the heart needs protcctIon.-
needs fencing from the evils oi ltfc. The Ten
Commandments md the Sermon on the Mount
arc sources wflenca nc ohtntu material for our
spirltunl feuce. 1t should be fcncn 80 high
passion can break down or cltma. It Is Of no
consequence TINT Our spiritual garden be ttIe
cxnct eony Of our neiChbor's. Il may have TIN.
sumo gencrnt plan. hut the details arc necfs-
Tie great thing Is to favc garden rich In flow
ers. fruits, md horticultural products.
Then, aGain, in natural gardening NO 1nd TINT
cultivation
MUST he CONSTANT.
1Yeeds aEe continually sprinEug up. Wo tear
them hY tflc rQOtR, mid We thluk wa hnyo them
destroyed; but thicker than eycr thcY come as
t, days crow warmer. AMI! tl1ese mist be no
rclax!ng Of vigilance In the cultivation. The
harvest depends upon Ibis.
l. Is 1a'ss 80 30, In ,.o eur spiritual g.rlen!ng:
times; nut, II To persist In destroying md
"shunninE erils as sins against t,od, ,h-aa s!ns
against What ID good nll truc--w aalall soc the
desert Of the mind Hbfossotn as Tic roae.'
AZ before stated, there can be no succcssful
gardcutng without m abundant supply OF water,
In spiritual gardening
DIVINE TRUTH CoHNEsronps 70 WATER,
and is used tn refresh the soul, rs water IL used
TO refrosl. tic Garth. SO that the analogy be-
tween tie two methods OF gardening holds good
here also:
no rcs}, or ciStern, or spFiag OF tllcte own, nnd
who depend upon carrying all tlIelr water from ]
a distance; nr perhaps tloy dcnend upon their
next door ne!ghbor. Such people cultivate Their
garden at u disadvantage, and 1t will often sui. 1
for for lack Of Water.
jus, 80 some pcuplo cultivate their spiritual
garslep. Instead OF EolnE to the Word OF God,
which Is MI tHexhausttble we'll OF truth, which
they may mako their uwn mud draw from to
ti'sr fu! eapaslty M ; to receive, they look 10
hayo In Them no wc!1 Of truth sprlngIng up unto
eteraa! llfet and their spiritual garden suffers.
O. l.. d.