The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-03

into sweet and nutritious pulp, which
is used as food by both man and
beast. After the sweet pulp has been
pressed from the pods the latter are
thrown to the pigs.
This is the tree of the Parable of the
| Prodigal son. "The huskS that the
swine did eat, i" and which the prodi-
gal fain would have shared with them,
were the dried pods of this carob tree,
the fruit of which is known also as
bread of st. John.
In Matthew 10: 81, 81, the Saviour
tells of the mustard seed that sprouts
into a tree. ga grain of mustard
seed which man took and sowed in
his field, and when it is grown it is
the greatest among herbs and becOm-
eth tree so that the birds of the air
come and lodge in the branches there
Of"
Commentators have been puzzled
and worried by this passage, TO the
men of the occident, Knowing only the
small mustard plant of Europe, this
image of a mustard seed growing into
tree that affords birds lodgment in
it's branches was so perplexing that
they sought to explain it. So they
said that the Saviour referred to
tree that grows by the shores of the
Dead Sea, where it reaches a fair
height among the hot rocks. This
tree bears grape like fruits that have
an aromatic taste with a decided tang
of mustard. But although the IN
habitants call this tree by a name
which may be translated loosely as
mustard seed, it is unnecessary to
strain and direct the meaning Christ's
words at all. For to this day men
NAV 90 by the sea of Liberals under
wild mustard plants that grow SO
high that they tower over a man on
horseback.
Lilies of the Field
In valley and in jungle, growing in
gardens and as wild flowers, are the
Easter offerings of the great lily faml-
ly. They are as widely spread now
as they were in the DAYS of the proph-
cts when the favorite smile was that
of lily: "a lily of the valleys
and las the lily among thorns." The
lilies of the Holy Land are OF many
kinds. Here one sees the red fire OF
great lilium chalcedonicum, there the
bell shaped imperial lily stands regal
and still among the weeds OF the Jun
ole. The beautiful crown of the RED
anemone lily uplifts itself in the low
lands. But fairer than all, and be-
loved throughout the country as 1t
is loved everywhere else, stands the
pure virginia. white lily, lilium con-
didum.
With them and among them grow
the beautiful saffrons, a variety OF
crocus, mostly blue, but often golden
white. Soon after the winter rains
the pastures and meadows of Pales-
tine are covered with carpet of wild
flowers, for the grasses do not often
form a turf as they do with US, but the
pastures consistof deep tangled mat
ting of herbs and plants. Suddenly
as they sprout they disappear again
before the hot breath of the summer
sun. But as soon as the late seasonal
rains cease the first flower to shoot
ND is the pretty meadow saffron. 1t
belongs to the same family as the Eu-
roDean flower, but in Europe it IS
viewed as symbol of the coming
death of nature, while in the Holy
Land, says Prof. WINNER, 1T IS
hailed as joyfully as our first vioIetS'
Roses bloom now throughout Pales-
tine as they blOomed in the time OF
Christ; but they were not Biblical
flowers. for the old Jews did not know
the rose. According to the latest au-
thorities where the rose is mentioned
in the Songs of Solomon and other
carly parts ofthe Bible entirely differ
emf flowers are meant. 1t is believed
that the rose first reached the gardens
of Palestine after the return from eX-
lie and was carried into the land from
E0vnt where it had been introduced
by the Greeks.
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