Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-29


/ am satisfied that no one can read tn,
Bible TO the best advantage who doe
not read the natural world a grea
deal. These things are very much t
each other-what blossom is to frui
and what germ Is to blossom. One II
not the cause Of the other helps to pro
duce II. And so these two revelations
the external and the internal, work to
gether and both work for the same
purpose"
Symbols of Gods Care.
Can you not see Gods love and care
for you In the looms which weave to
gether a rose leaf, in the strength OF
the honeysuckle, which lifts itself
above the ground, clamberlng over the
sides of a wall or porch In order tC
reach the light Of the sun? Can you
not find Gods protection lowering over
you in the brlstling thorns of the bush
which guard the wild flower from the
reckless touch of an approaching foe!
Can you not fathom Gods care for you
by studying the roots that suck up the
strength out Of the ground and the mar
velous chemistry which can gather out
Of the same black soil the red for the
azalea, the purple for the daffodil, the
blue for the heliotrope, the lavender
for the hyacinth, the pink for the car
nation and the white for the lily?
Though there are millions and millions
OF wild flowers every spring aud sum-
mer, though the fields may be covered
with dandelions and daisies and sun
flowers and goldenrod, yet each indi-
vidual flower shows Gods tender care,
whether 1t be the trailing arbutus hid
ing in the mountains or the sweet mi
gnonette and the bluebells and the for
getmenots and all the Trailer floral
beauties which are grown In the green
houses Of the horticulturists. If God
cares for the inanimate things Of this
world, for the many weeds like the
thistle, which the farmer tries to de-
stroy; II God cares for the daisies,
which cannot speak; for the moon
flowers, which only bloom at night; for
the sensitive plants, so sensitive that at
the least rough shaking Of the winds
their petals will fly.shut; for the pollen,
which Is tossed In the air by the sum-
mer breezes, that rose may be married
to rose, aster 10 aster, mignonette to
mlgnonette clematis to clematis-sure-
" God does care for immortal man, for
whom Christ was born and Christ died
and Christ was resurrected on Easter
day. Yes, God does care for you,
though you have been an invalid for
the last twenty years. He does care
for you, though a widow, and seeming
ly facing a life of financial struggle,
with large brood of little ones at
your back. He cares for you, though
-s~----aarn at this moment not IN, have. a
friend In all the wide, wide world. He
cares for you, know it. This Easter
day Christ says: Consider the wild
flowers of the fields. AS | have cared
for the lilies, so l am caring for you,
oh, ye Of little faith"
God Loves the Flowers.
Christ loves the Easter lilies. There
fore be respects the work which these
Easter lilies are doing. AS he comes
out Of the tomb today he does not bend
over a little daisy or a forgetmenot
and say, "Oh, insignificant flower, why
are you not a chrysanthemum among
the flowers or a cedar Of Lebanon
among the trees? Then the birds Of the
air could come and build their nests
among your great branches. Then the
great beams Of my cross could have
been cut out Of the trunk Of your tree.
Then a house could have been erected
from your wood near to my carpenter
shop In Nazareth" Oh, no. Christ
would not speak thus on this Easter
day to a daisy. For If he did, the daisy
would look up and say: "Oh, risen
Lord, why art thou rebuklng me? If
thou dldst want me to do the work Of
a cedar Of Lebanon, why didst thou not
make 1t possible for me to grow into
great tree? Is a tortoise to be con-
demned because 1t has to crawl and
has not the wings of dove? Shall the
blind fish Of the Mammoth cave Of
Kentucky be upbraided because thou
hast put out their eyes with centuries
upon centuries Of darkness? Shall the
bat be slain because 1t has no ears with
which to hear or trout be excommu-
nicated from thy love and care because
Il has no feet with which to climb the
river bank and walk dryshod upon the
land?
No, no. Christ honors the wild flower
because 1t is willing to do the work Of
q wild flower, as we should be willing
to do the work for which we were ere
ated and not for our attempting to do
the work which 1t Is impossible for us
to do. And yet as wander In and out
among these Easter lilies how often do
| find men trying to win the divine
commendation, "Well done, thou good
and faithful servant" when they have
neglected the work which God has
given them to do and have been trying
ten, twenty, thirty years to do some
work for which they were never fitted.
They are not willing to do simple
work like that Of the wild fiowers-the
simple, beautifully colored, sweet
scented wild flowers. They are always
trying for some position they cannot
attain. They are always dissatisfied
with what they are. Here, for instance,
is a young woman. She has good,
ordinary, everyday brain. She is
wife and a mother. But Instead OF
staying at home and looking after the
children and sharing her husbands
sorrows and cares she feels she must
be Joan Of Arc or Frances e. VIII
lard or a Jenny Lind. She is persuaded
she has talents. She has had visions IN
reference to her true career" No one
can dIssuade her from this idea. SO
she rms around hither and thither and