Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-04-15

midst of the garden there was scpul- -
cher wish that every sepuicher q
might be in the midst OF a garden. :,
Ifvou asked me the question: What r.
are flowers good FORE" Iauswer; "For. !.
religious symbolism Have you ever !
studied Scriptural fora? The Bible l. .
an arboretum. it is Divine couser'a-
tory. 10 IS a hcrbarum Of exquisite :
beauty. n You want 20 illustrate the :
brcvitv OF the brightest human life You !
viii quote from job: MAN cometh r
forth as fovcr and ia cut down" Or ?
-cu VIII quote from the psalmist; AS ,
thc flower OF the fcid. 50 ne perishcth' ,
The wind oasscth over it, and iti gone.
Or you viii quote f-ou Isaich; All
! sesh Is grass. and the godhness thereof
I is as the flower % the feld.' Or you
/ vill quote from James the apostle; "As
/ the flower OF the grass. SO he passeth
away" What graphic Bible syin-
| hclisrn,
All the cut fowers viii soon be dead.
whatever care vow take of them
Tl,ou-h morning and night you bapti7~
the~. in thc name 81 thc shower. fhc F.
baptism will not be- 90 them "a saving .
ordinance. They have been fatally .
wounded with the kuif. that cut fhcni- /
They are bleeding their ufc away. they
are dvinr now. The fragrance in the
. mir f. thcir departing and ascending
spirits. Oh. Ncsi Flowers are almost
! hur,an. notarists teu us chat flowers
, breathe. they take uour. ~hmcnt. thcy
, cat thcy drink. They arc sensitive.
r rh,y have their lil,s- and disihca- They
q, sicrr. thrr wake They live in families.
z rhc, have their ANCESTOR and their dee
a scendaufs their birth. their burial
pr thcAr cradle. their grave. The zcphyr
o roDls thr one and the storm digs the
~ trench for The other The cowslp must
II leave IFS gold. the hiv must leave ife
h. silver. the rose must leave its diamond
r necklace of morning dew. uust Co
,s dust. So vc come zap. $50 we prosper. We
n spread abroad. vc dic. as the hower
,d IA the dowcr,
pr Change ana decay in an around So.
/ O Thou Who charEesf MOE. abide with re
Flowers also anord mighty symbol
~ ism OF Christ. vho compared himself q,
the ancient queen. the lly. and the mod
80 crn queen. the rose. when Tie said- "
10 am the rose OF sharon. aud the hly o
M the valley" Rcdolent like the one
h- humble like the other. Like both. ap
-. propriats for the sad who want sSrnps
eft thizcrs and for the cloicing who war
ln banqueters. lowering over the ma
riare ceremony like "a wedding bell ,
ant folded like a chalet on the pui-ele'
,ev heart of thc dead % Christ. let Che pc
OBJ fumc OF Thy name oe waited au afo"n
nto the earth-hly and rose. hiy and rose
ash until the wilderness crimson lnto ga
So den and The round earth turn into oi
eds great bud OF immortal beauty la
for / against the warm heart ot 'oSi. onai
rsr. down from the worlds banners eAe
ON and lion and put on hly ana rose' h
TRY and rose
ken But my friends. howers have
the grander use than when on Easter "oI
the ing We celebrate 'he rran A-l l.on
Ties. Christ from ihc eafacomns' ne Move
the spell resurrection Ahtrr is nol no
the or corner in all the building nai
liug touched WIN the incense. ne ."
$ all carried spices 70 the 'omo ot '"'
the and they dropped spices "H "''u
rags about the tomo. ano from t"eee riN
We have grown ai tne mowers OF f-''s
% 20 morn. Inc Two "'i''-I""to aug
stem that hurled the STONE away ''o"
FL i'm door or the toinh uulieu l' WIN ?.
have violence down 'nf nih 'hAt Ut S'"a'
the an the door ot ihe "orld sep"i,"'''
nhions OF aeaa ahal. come ioi'"'
COW; however lapy pyrluthihe '"e ulAusoie
!" 1 however costy the sareoPn"sus'
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