The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-02-11


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THE Bible compares men TO trees:
good men 10 good trees and bad men to
corrupt trees. David says that good
man j. like fruit-tree. planted b. the
channels of water. and Welding fruit in
IL season. In the ninety second Psalm
Il i said that the righteous shall -four
ISL like the palm tree. and shall grow
like cedar In Lebanon Isaiah speaks
Of those whom the Lord has redeemed
- A. trees 81 righteousness. the plant
ing Of the Lord In the Sermon on
the Mount Jesus likens bad men 10 cor
rupt trees that bear evil fruit. And
Jude compares the wicked 70 trees thar
have been plucked up BY the roots. aud
the fruit Of which has withered. II You
have ever walked through large for
ess. Won have discovered that there are
great many different kinds 81 trees.
And these different kinds Of trees sng-
ceSt the differences We see in men.
They may b. said ID represent cliarac-
ter.
There Is the elder. for example. You
see 4 growing along the fences. Il
looks Ike quite strong tree when il
grows large; but when you cut through
the trunk or stalk You find that Il i
hollow. You would hardly want to
take il for > cane and lean your weight
upon il II You were lame. II would be
very apt % break and give Won fall.
Now men Or boys VINO are not con-
trDllei b. principle are like these elder
Trees ION cant depend upon them.
They are unreliable. They NAV look
well. but II will not do 10 trust them.
There j. hollow spot in their charac-
Ter. like the hollow heart " the elder
tree.
Sometimes. when you 20 ont for 4
walk in the country. you come TO 4 ill.,
IL stream u water: and along IT, banks
son find perha1s . great many bushes
or trees with slender yellow tMirs. We
call them Willows II you take one Of
these tNiys IN YOUR hand. even quite .
large one. you iind tina: il yields u your
slightest touch lou can bend and
twist i with perfect ease. And some
boys are Ike these willow twigs. They
are plant. They are easily turned
ASIDE from the right path They Weld
- very slight temptation II i hard
for them 70 say No, when sinners en-
tice them. and % stand I'D for the truth
in the fare Of opposition. We say 81
sneh boys that they have no moral K
Strength no backbone They are like \
willow twigs.
One variety 81 the trees that line the \
sidewalks in some 81 our cities il called 4
the ailanthus- Il j. native Of China.
1 believe. but has been tran~plantei \
from H. far-Oif Eastern home into En- 4
gland ard Scotland and America some
people admire IL: but IL the blossoms AZ
the ailanthus are - disagreeable 10 Won
- they are % me- You would rather 20
ont q Your way block Or two than 10
Eet The strong. siekening odor. Let me
tell yon who these ailanthnS trees III the
time 81 blossoms remind me Or They
make me think Of boys who have
formed filthy and disgusting habits: of
those Who delile their mouths and soil
their lip with the juice Of tobacco. or
with strong drink: or who smoke Door
cigars or dirty pipes until they become
offensive % people who are neat and
rlean: Or who use foul and profane
worls. the unmis,akable index of bad
heart 1 hope that no lad who reads
this viii consent ~ become 4 moral
zilanthus-
Them away on in that Eastern world
from which the ailanthus comes. there
yrows another tree IL which Won have
III read q which you may have read
some things that are not true. II does
1ot grow In China. but 10 the south II
4. IN the Sunda and Philippine IL
lnds. 4 y called the upas-tree. CraS
= The MALAY wori for poison. From
he Juice Of this tree the Nalays rre.
pare : poison IN which they dip the !
Joints 81 their ARROWS A wound infIict-
~ ~ one q these poisoned arrows Il I
generally fatal
The story d : poison valley il tie
>land 81 Java. into which Il u dane e. | |
~ % venture because Of the oior az I
he upas-tree. j > mere fable. There |
: narrow valley IN Java IN which I
'eiiher animal nor vegetable life en- ! I
utsist; but this i owing % great guam I
ifies q carb0nic acid as constantly
scaping from the earth. the presence 4
4 which j ~ fntal % thc upas-tree Z. /
2 any other The real upas. with III d
POISONOUS juice. may b said 70 rcpre- 1
ent evil men and bad boys. whose IN Z
'uence = hurtfuI and poisonous. Sol. /
mon warns - against them IN the
50ok q fr0serbs Iic SAYS: ..Wnlk
~ thou n the WAY with them. Refrain
Az foo. from their path" We ourhf ,
avoid them - We would the up.@-
RES 4 they really gave out 1 poisonous
md deadly o<Ior