The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-21

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The l.iy j. tho Guern Of Bible nowera.
The rose may have disputed her throne in
modern times and Won it. but the rose orig
inally had only five petals. 1t was under
the long continued and intense gaze OF the
world that the rose bluehei into its pres
ent beauty. Inthe Bible train, cas3ia and
hyssop and trankineen-e and myrrh and
-pikrHard and c0tnphOr aad the rose fol-
low the lily. Fourteen times III the Bible
is the lily mentioned: only twice the rosa.
The rose may now hat" wider en- ire, but
the lily rcignca IN tn" time 81 Esther. in
the time Of Solomon, il the time 81 Christ.
Cesar lad bis throne III the hills. The lily
iad her throHc III the vallcv. In the great
est sermon that Mas ever preached tnsre
was only bre Hover, and that q Ely. TIE
Bedford dreamer. Holm Bt.nyah. entered
the house Of the interpreter, and was
shown Il cluster Of flowers and was told u
"coneidcr the iiIie-..'
We may study or reject other sciences at
our oItion-it is - with astronomy. K IS
e. with chemistry. it j. - with Iuris-
prudence. II $50 with physiology. i !, %
with geology hut The @cleLce - botany
Christ ~commlnd- ~ 70 study VIXEN He
say, Consider the lilies Mer~urethe!n
from root to tip Of petal. Inllala thelr
breatA. Notice the gracefuIncs- of their
loisr. Hear tive VI ieper of the whit" lips
OF the Eastern and the red lips 81 the
American lily.
Belonging to this ROYAL family o. lilies
are tho lily Of the Nile. the Japan lily. the
Lady Washington Of the Sierras the Golden
band lily. the Giant lily of Nepaui, the
Turk CAP lily. tn" African lily .rGn The
Cape Of Good IloYe. Ali these lilies have
the ROYAL blood ia their veins. But +! take
the lilies ~ NV text this morning a. typical
Of all Towers, an! their voice ot floral
beauty seems TO address u-, saying. Con
slider the lilies. consider to" lzaleas. con-
slider the fuch-ias consider the r.raniuHs,
consider the iIics. consider the Evarinthe.
consider the hc!iotropc-. consider the
oieaHlcr>.' With dctercutiai ami grateful
and Intelligent and wor5htpful ,oais eon-
slider thei@. 30 with iDsipit aentimeutal-
ism or with ~olhCaotic v;iorih-. bat tor
grand and practical ard everyday and, L
need le, homc!y uses, consider Cheat.
The flowers ure the angels IF the grass.
They All haye voices. When the clouds
speak. they thunder; when tn" WhtrivirI-
speak they scream. whea the cataracts
>peal; they gar. but when the hGwers
speak they always whisper. stand here
to interpret t4"ir message. NIlaJ aaEr
You to say to ~, 9 yr angels IT tie graz:
TIL" morning / mean 70 discuss what low
"rs arc good for. That i, my subject,
"W hat are flowers good for"
remark. IN the first place. they are good
for lesson, Of GODS proyidcntiai care.
That was th:ists first thought. Al these
flowers seem to al trrss u TO-DAY. SAYING,
God VIII gave You apparel and food We
hay" no wheel with which TO spin. - loom
with which to weave, 10 sickle with when
70 harvest. 40 w"il sweep with which to
draw water. but Cod stacks our thirst Wit,
the dew. and COD feeds Us with the bread
otthe sunshine. AID GOD has ulparelel u.
with more than S5lomohic rc-alitv. We
are pr"lhcte%~ts OF aGcquat" wardrobe.
If God 20 clothed IS, the grass oi tAr ield.
Will II" not much moro ciotnc you. q Ne It