The Progress., 1897-06-19
EWES FRUIT PICKING

HOW HER CURIOSITY RUINED THE
HUMAN RACE.
Rev. DIR. 1almage breaches . Picturesque
Sermon On the Calamity In Paradise.
Eating Fruit That Does Not Belong to
Us-Fatal Charms.
NEW YORK, June ia new interpre-
tation Of the calamity In paradise is given
by DIR. Tnlmnge in this sermon, which is
laden with practical lessons. The text Is
Genesis iii, 6,,"And when the woman saw
that the tree was good for food and that it
was pleasant to the eyes, and q tree to be
desired to make one wise, she took of the
fruit thereof, and did eat. and give also un
70 her husband with her, sGnd he did eat"
It Is the first Saturday afternoon In the
worlds existence. Every since sunrise
Adam has been watching tho brilliant
pageantry Of wings and scales and clouds.
In his first lessons In zoology and ornithol-
O8y and ichthyology he has noticed that
the robins fly the air In twos and that the
1sh swim the water In twos and that the
Hons walk the fields In twos and in the
warm redolence of that Saturday after
noon he fails OF into slumber, and as II
b. alieGory to teach all ages that the great
setaof earthly blessings is sound sleep, this
eovery ON the part Of Adam of CORE
spOnding Intelligence just landed on y
nsw planet. OF the mother of all the liv-
ing Ispeak-Eve. the first, the fairest and
tho best
4 Bseutiful Garden.
mako mo a garden. inlay the paths
With n,ountaln moss, and border them
0o0 0OlcOnda. Here and there are foun-
1aleetos.lne in The sunlight and ponds
No. ripple under the padding Of the
OWSN1 ] oAthe1 me lilies from the ANN
~ ahd orange groves from the tropics
end tama1inds from Goyaz. There are
vo0Ahlne and honcysuckle climbing over
tAS1ali and Starred spaniels sprawling
ehonsolveo ON 6he grass. ] Invite amid
Slhsbs trees the larks, and the brown
th1nahes, and tho robins, and all the bright
- blrds OF heaven, and they stir the afr
With Infinite chirp and carol. And yet the
pl9ce n desert filed with darkness and
1aAth - compared with the residence of
TIE woman of the text. the subject Of my
eGofy. Never since have such skies looked
down through suoh leaves into such
vaeefsi Never has river wave had such
curve and sheen and bank as adorned the
Plson, the Havilah, the Gihon, and the
Hiddekel, even the pebbles being bdellium
and onyx stonesi What fruits, with no
cuEoulSo to sting the rindl What flowers,
with no slug to 0naw the root! What ut
mOsphere with no frost to chill and with
no beat TO consumed Bright colors tangled
IN the grass Perfume In the air. Music
In the sky. Great scenes of giadness and
love and joy.
Right there under bower Of leaf and
vine and shrub occurred the first marriage.
Adam took the hand Of this immaculate
daughter Of God and pronounced the cere-
mony when he said, 'Bone of my bone
and nesh of my flesh" A forbidden tree
stood In the midst Of that exquisite park.
Eve. sAuntering out one day alone, looks up
at the tree and sees the beautiful fruit and
wonders It It Is sweet and wonders If 1t Is !
sOnr ind standing there says: 81 think
wll just pat my hand upon the fruit. 1t
VIII 90 no damage to the tree. will not
tako tho fruit to cat, but will just take
u down to examine It." She examined
the fruit. She SAID II do not think there
onn Be any harm In my just brea king the |
xtnd of 1t. )" She put the fruit to her teeth. |
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