Putnam patriot., 1908-05-01

tsaAstt 'lA1tFh tdA&& kssaH tdp Joy and the happiness of lis oUu fife In afh. ef words, love Is the power which VII make a hnman Ire sr1ft nn,D H. self other buman hrauchsS. and then that e=isiaal haAan tree Si49H live sim. piF for the purpos, of hearing luscious fruit for The benedj of same other hu- man 5fe.s Tn other words. true love finds its harpiBesS ln the freuetits which thas HaM@a fife eaa bring ta other lives rafaer than for The beaeats Of it's own selfish Hfe
 The Grating ef Trses-
 "uaw do yoa graft oae tree on m otAefea ! astad aH 8id California h9r tleaitafist We'll be answered. that depends upon the tree Fea Intend 10 graft= f l Were gelng te eraft lemon tree unnu an oran-r free-- What" l Interrupted. Are nearly all our lem on trees gE4fted upon tha aHaHee tree 7. Yes. be answered. nearly all If | were going to graft lemon tree upon an orange tree. ! would so out to my orchard in spriugtim9 aud euf q slender branch of my lemea tree From this branch would cut the healthiest bud. making the glafting bud about three quarters af an inch long Then would cut the bark Of an orange tree about two years old and gently psess the lemon bud into the bark Then would hermetieally seal the weeas together with wax Then. when the lemon bud took roat and epi to growing fully, would eut of the orange tree just above fae lemon bud Se that all the strength nf the trunk of fhe orange tree would he conserved to develop the lem on braneh and the iemon Fruit us it ought Ah. yes. said te myself while my friend was talking: the orange tree has its branches cut on so it's trunk can produce susteuance for the lemon branches And that is love. We are the human tree aud will have the branches of our own selfish desires amputated in order that We may bear fruit in the lives of oHr fellow men That is the whole definition of love in d nutshell
 Tel ne friend. is your life fife of love3 Are you the human orange tree with fhe lemon buds grafEed into your barkf Have you bad tae selfish iimbs of your own life eus off Are yon standing like the trunk ef the orange tree Ii Ihe center of the ma.tiudinous orchards of the world with your own name forgotten and obiivratcd that the honor and the glory of Christ may shine in the lives of yonr dear ones Are you driving your roets farther and farther into Inc ground in order ta gather un the rich nourishment of the soil to noHriSh and feed hundreds of buds which have been erafted on your foundations? If you are then you have the priceless characteristics which God honors above all other virtues; then you have love-puritied love, tri- umphant love. divine love: then you are like the Lord God Almighty him self. for God is love and love is God.
 Loves First Duty.
 Now, if the whole essence of love Is to put the joys and the blessings and the happiness of others above all self ish happiness and joys and blessings. what is then in it's erudest form the first duty of love? First. never to give another pain: never do anything which will bring the tear to the eye or the quiver to the lip er the sob to tine aching heart It does not take much to wound the sensihilities of an tYI vour jufy of Ii fe. js to learn not to hurt yourself. so the first duty of love should be never to hurt or to wound the feelings of an other.
 Now. 1t was no easy matter to learn how not 10 do yourself q physical dam. age when you were young It was only hy painful experience that those laws of caution were mastered. For instance when you were a boy you had a great habit of balancing upon the chair in the dining room. Your father again and again warned you to stop He told you that you would hurt yourself But there was fascination in making that chair tip back. You felt like trapeze performer in mid air. But one day you lost your balance and fell backward and struck your head against the mantelpiece The cut was deep, the blood flowed. and you have scar upon your head 10 this day. Then after that you never bal anced upon a chair because you knew your father was right. Or take that old habit you had of sliding down the banisters of the staircase IL was great fun until your hand slipped and you fell stunned upon the floor below. UT do you remember that toy cannons You asked your mother if you could have one. and she said you were too young. but you thought differently. and you went and bought one on the sly. When you were about to play Bunker Hill the cannon went on at the wrong time, and instead of knocking down the toy soldiers your face re ceiyed the charge and your father and mother had to sit fer hours dig ging the powder out Aye, 1t was not easy to learn the lesson Of physical caution You learned 1t by suffering and pain; you learned 1t by fearful sorrow. And now you know that nre burns and a sharp knife cuts and tumble will hurt So you guard your body in the light of warning experi- ences.
 Mental 6ufferinos-
 But the physical sufferings are never IS bad as the mental The accidental blow from the baseball that prostrated you on the Geld and gave you s head ache for days never hurt you ss did the cruel word, the harsh criticism. the unkind misrepresentation. or the man