The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-04-19

den eastward IN Eden, ana Cnefe ne
put the man whom he had formed,
and out of the ground made the Lord
God to grow every tree that is
pleasant to the sight sight and good
for food, and the tree of knowledge
of good and evil. And the Lord God
commanded the man to dress it and
keep it and to eat freely of the fruit
of every tree but of the tree of
knowledge"
According to the book of Genesis,
after God had formed man he placed
him in a home orchard, instructing
him to keep it, cultivate it, and to
eat freely of the fruits excepting the
fruit of the tree of knowledge of good
and evil We learn from this that
God saw that the home surrounded
with beautiful trees and fruits was
the most desirable place for man to
live and that fruits and herbs were
his natural diet. Had he not thought
so, he might have placed Adam and
eve in a stock yard instead of home
orchard.
When a man neglects his orchard
he ignores the laws of nature as well
as the divine command of God. We
do not learn how well Adam kept this
commandment; but he must have
given the garden of Eden excellent
care and cultivation, for otherwise he
never could have raised an apple pos
sessed of such wonderful properties
as the apple which caused the down
fall or, rather, I should say, the en-
lightenment of man; for in the past,
as well as the present tn ewell kept
orchard, with it's luscious fruits has
ever brought health and prosperity
to producer and consumer. Only the
i'll kept orchard which runs riot with
weeds, injurious insects, disease and
loose stock can bring disgust and dis
appointment.
| do not know what variety of apple
Eve tempted Adam with; but | do
know that women of the present day
are just as willing to persuade man
to eat of the forbidden fruit as Eve
ever was, and more so; and that men
are equally as anxious to be tempted
thereby.
At our Plains meeting, Mr.. Dali
man said that the Mcintosh was the
apple with which woman beguiled
man. When we view the beauty Of
form and exquisite coloring of such
an apple, we will not wonder that
Adam fell such an easy prey, and
had | been in Ewes place, the sight
of a tree laden with such delicious
fruit would have tempted me without
any persuasion on the part of the SER
pent. IF we read and understand the
Scriptures correctly we will readily
see that Eve not only transformed
herself from a beast to woman, but
rescued man from the chains of
ignorance and made him as one OF
God. Eve is not deserving of cen
sure for having beguiled Adam after
she herself had tasted of the fruit
for she had gained knowledge and
knew that Adam in his beastly ignor
ance was not a fit person for her to
dwell with. Like any other woman
she preferred a man to beast. And
so it is at the present day-the higher
position woman attains, the more eX
allied man becomes.
1t was Gods intentions when he
placed the tree of knowledge as 6
stumbling block in the garden o
Eden that Adam and Eve should dis
obey him, and had various reasons
for releasing man from ignorance IL
this peculiar manner. 1t is not al
ways wise to obey, and the world:
history will bear me out in this state
ment Had our forefathers refused
to take of the fruit of knowledge
mans brain would be in darkness ant
the wonderful inventions of the pas
and present would still be unfulfilled
Had our colonial fathers obeye6
tyrannical England the laborin
classes of this great republic woul
never have Enjoyed the privileges o
a free government, where all me-
are equal in the eyes of the law. Ha
women in olden times obeyed thei
masters, ignorance would compe
women of the present day to be tn
slaves of men instead of their con
panions. Were the world ruled b
brute force, women would have n
chance whatever. Eve knew, afte
she had eaten the apple, that Go
had not wronged her by making maj
physically, her superior; for whe
Adam had partaken of the fruit {
knowledge at her bidding, she kne
that she possessed an indescribab
power which, if properly used, woul
sway man, place his brute force
the background and bring his flint
nature in use. 1t is the same powt
which marks women of the presel
day as the great civilizing inf1uenC
which so strongly characterizes tt
American home and nation.
Healthy people are more attracti1
than the sick, and nothing is mo
conducive TO good health than firm