Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-14
GODS CARE.
ThlwAcE pE0UCEs LESSON FROM
TEE LILIES OF THE FIELD.

SUBJECT Significance of The Flower
Thsy Bear Messages Of Cheer to the
li.ati-sisk and DespsiriRE-Thrir APP
propriAisns.s a. Obsequis..
TIKI: .Ifthcn God SO rlothe The grass
which D. to-day in the field, and tO-mor-
row y ra.i into the oven. how much more
will He rloihe you, q We Ut little iaithF'-
Luke Kill. -,
The lily j. the queen OF Bible flowers.
The rose may have disputed her throne in
modern times and won IL, hut the rose orig
inally had only I've Petals. II was under
the long continued and intense gaze OF the
world that :he rose blUshed into its pres
eIt Le;uiy. Ia the Bible train. cassia and
hvssop aud lraukncense and myrrh and
-pikenHrd aud camphor ami the rose fol-
low the lily. Fourteen times in the Bible
j. the lily mentioned: only twice the rose.
The Iose may now have wider empire. but
the lily Tei.ued IN the time Of Esther, in
the tim" al solomon, in the time of Christ.
Caesar had his throne On the hills. the lily
had her throne IN the valley. In the great
est sermuH that va, ever preached there
was uuly ute flower. and that a lily. The
Bedf2rt dreamer, John Bunyan entered
the house Of the Interpreter. and was
shown a cluster OF flowers and was told to
consider the lilies"
We may study or reject other sciences AZ
cur 81 tiuu-it j. 80 with astronomy. it is
80 with chemistry, il is so with iEris-
prudence. it j. So with physiology. it j. 80
with geOiUGN-hut the science Of botany
Christ commands us To study when He
says, "Considrr the lilies. Measure them
from root t" tipol petal. Inhale their
breath. Notice the gracefuinCss Of their
poisc. Hear the wi isppr of the white lips
Of the Eastern and the red lips of the
American lily.
belonging 10 this royal family of lilies
are the lily 81 the Nile. the Japan lily, the
Lady Washington Of the Sierra. :he Golden
band lily. the Giant lilV OF Nepaul, the
Turks cap lily, the African lily from the
Cape 81 Good Hope. All these lilies have
the rovai blood j. their veins. But / take
the lilies Of NV taxt this morning as typical
Of all flowers and Their voice OF floral
beauty seems to address us saving. Com
slider he lilies consider the azaIeas, con-
slider the iurhsias. consider the seraniums,
consider the ives consider the hyacInths,
consider the hclOtropes. consider the
OleaHdrrs.' With delerential and grateful
and intelligent and wursbipiul souls con-
slider them. Not with insipid sentimental-
ism or with sophom0Iic vapOring. but for
grand and practical and everyday and, il
iced he honey uses. consider them.
The flowers are the angels OF the grass.
! They all have voices. When the clouds
speak, they thunder when the whirlwindS
I speak they scream, when the cataracts
speak they rorr, but when the flowers
speak they always whisper. / stand here
10 interpret their 4essage. What have
/ You to say to Us. o We angels of the grass:
This morning | mean TO discuss what how-
4 crs are good for. That is my subject,
"Whut are flowers good for"
/ remark. in the first place. they are good
for l,ss4u. Of G1d's rr1yidpnii9I care
/ That was ChIl~l's first thought. All these
] flower. seem to address us TODAY. saying
/ God will give YOU apparel and food We
/ have no wheel with which to spin, no loom
/ with which to weave. no sickle with which
/ to harvest. no well sweep with which 10
/ draw water, but Tod slacks our thirst with
/ the dew. and God feeds us with the bread
/ Of the sunshine, and God has appareled US
with mere 'hau Solomonie regality. We
are prophetesses of adequate wardrobe.
! If God 50 clothed US. the grass OF the field
will He not much more cl6the Won, o We OF
| little faith" Men and women Of worldly
unxieties, take this message home with
YOU How long has God taken care ofyou'
| Quarter of the Journey OF life? Half the
! journey Of Ike! Three CHARTERS the Jour
| Irv Of life: Can YOU not trust Him the rest
of the WAY? God does not promise YOU
/ ANYTHING like that which the Roman en-
, peror had On his table at vast eXpense-500
! uightincHlcs tougues-but He has promised
to take care of you. He has promised you
! The necessities. not the Injuries bread
J not cake. II God SO luXuriantly clothes
the grass Of the field. will He not provide
/ FOR you. His living and immortal children:
, He will.
| No wonder Mart II Luther always had a
/ flower On his writing desk for inspiration,
| Through the cracks of the prison floor It