Telegram-herald., 1890-01-10
Ny NEIGHB0R'S TREE
Lesson Taught = ccss s-u3y +
the Mysteries OF Nztnre


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tres opposIse. F0r ssyea wears lhls tree
h..s ts.sa > tras frlel3 - nae uJs often
i h.Ls reffesDsd ny slgLIl 1 have here
at different giHles l9tJsd a0@n sh2g /
So .lo4lghI sna dreamed zbouE i-.
Esery lhillg ia n-lture hzs iEs 6xed dss-
tny-man alone has ths worry In nz-
ture there Is must, VITA man il Is
'4yoa s1Ali. and. therefore, there Is
desire q freedom ia the heart oy man
kind, an eadeayoE 10 discern our natural
destination Schiller says:
sszE ga las h.Eh.ssE Las yre4-1srf Cas plazs oza
teala you u
Whzs g Is -llh5lzs = vi yoa saouli bs wi1,.axly,
Th- history Of religion Begins with Ill
vine alteration Of certain trees, and tins
culture oecams 50 deeply rooted that It
was difficult 70 destroy It. The enyoys
OF Christianity had 20 apply the az %
the holy trees % destroy this kind Of
worship.
Tie crown OF the tree is too high 70 %
reached BY regulating garden shears, it
rounds itself Take a lesson from the
trse, raise yourself up, man; learn 10
Stand high IN yourself AMI the world
cannot mold you against your VIII
Ny tree stands in my neighbor's gar
den. It Is not mine, and YET my pleas
ure il not decreased By the thought that
it IS not my property. In the contem-
platiol OF that which is eternal there Is
no mine and thine, and the pleasure
makes one happy and asks not from
whence Il came.
1t Is a withered tree during the winter.
and the thought arises, Who knows If
it vet lives? VIII leaves, branches and
fruit thrive again:" Spring-new or re-
turning lfe-will show.
After "a spring sun shower, how al the
branches glitter with the hanging drops,
which play IN wonderful colors What
an absorption there must be IN tie treesl
As soon a. the rain ceases the finch ap-
pears AMI sings his song so gayly that it
seems the merry fellow had freshly
moistened his throat: and indeed, it is
So for man and bird sing better after 4
rain than IN dry and close air.
The tree has its hours OF animation.
Science has discovered that the life of a
plant il strongest under the influence Of
the light, especially in the hours before
midday.
In April there was another snow. All
the branches wers laden, al day long
the flakes whirled about, and it was al
still and quiet, except now and then q
complaint from tho finch. a chill per-
vaded nature; even people in heated
rooms could not keep warm. 1t seemed
as II life and soul were in sympathy with
the miliionfold sorrow of the scared
away birds and newly opened blossoms.
Whoever enjoys the lie Of nature must
also suffer with it. Natures life ia harsh
and sharp, for all lifo Is a struggle. Even
il a thousand blossoms. which have
scarcely bloomed, pass away. tho devel-
opment of natures forces IS overhowing;
also in human life only little comes to
pass which blossoms in the mind as wish
and aspiration.
The takes IN only fluid food, and
corresponds in this point with the first
life Of the child or animal.
y child destroying plaything which
is put together by strange hands is forced
TO do so by its curiosity - examine the
inner works Neither can science act
differently than u follow natural life,
and by investigation it kills that taken
in hand. To be separated from nature
has q tendency to make tender.
4 hail storm has broken of branch
ard another viii not grow again in its
place, but the tree may add new branches
and twiCs, and tho wound OF the torn
of branch may heal up.
\ thunder storm in the vicinity has
snapped OF tres and uprooted others,
and when n tree is down and its roots
arc exposed it is not questioned how it
vas thrown down and upTooted, but
how 1t could have existed and grown in
such a thin layer OF sol. So It is with
many So called heroes; when they have
fallen ono can scarcely conceive the pos
sibihty Of their former state.
Autumn comes with such force that
you feel as though YOU were parting with
the dearest associates; that vou had not
fully returned their friendship, and that
you had not enjoyed them "a YOU could
ard should have done. The reflection
returns how YOU could have hoped in
tho spring 70 take il tho life Of summer
ia full drauehts, and. having neglected
IL. il il now too late, AMI 20 It viii bo in
the autumn of your l.te.
Cease remorse. which overc0mes You
with tae falling of tho leaves. Wake up
and work in the new day. Inasmuch as
the fallen leaf returns 70 its stem. so VII
A day passed return II YOU. bat there
will ba new leaves and new days "a long
rs life Is allowed - you
The stripping Of the leaves seems TO
60 on more quickly than tho lcafag. te-
cause the falling of the leaves Is more
plainly visible. although the dying or of
the tree really lasts As long a. ia return
90 life
He who studios nature in winter is
nearer 60 80 than the season enjoying
ones. the CITY people. vho ouly 20 into
the country when che table ~ nature Is
set can one say of s1cb peTsons. vho
are gnfAthfui - nature. '.T ssteriaT
they seemed 80 near N y0u. and today
they scf almost ~ though thsT would
Ask 'W ao are yogF Yes. there ara
people vhosa perception - Efs il only
quickly wisheri0- grass ard r,auT Ter