Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-11
SARAH D. LOWRLE,S
,SATURDAYEVENLNC TALK
Garden Thoughts That Were Fragmenary but Personal
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and make continuity. such az we
look for in sermons or more artificial
discourses. impossible. We can certainly
see what He saw as He mctlitated aloud
on the fact of the Creators care for
the things that lie had created. They
| had been speaking evidently of the fu.
turc, and the talk had concerned the
| disciples worldly affairs. which their
| lack Of possessions seemed to threaten.
This conversation. as we know. tool;
place on the garden slopes Of hillside.
| lie reminded His companions that undue
| thought or, MS we would call it. worry.
| and inccssant questioning rs to their
| future welfare in the matter Of the
body and its wants. were out OF place.
since they. of all men, should by now
realize that the life they were hence:
| forth to live had an end more vital
| than the fulfllmcnt Of bodily wnnts.
And just Mt that point flight Of birds
overhead and the noisy settling Of per.
haps a pair of those wise birds Of the
| East, the ravens. on some nearby olive
tree. must have caught His eye ana
momentarily diverted His attention:
while at the same time His quick mind
used that very intcrruption rs q means
| to illustrate to Himself and His com.
panions the very truth Of the law OF
life which lie had been stating.
Consider the ravens. for the!
neither SOW nor reap. which neither
| have Storehouse nor barn. yet how 1nucn
more are yo better than the birds?
| "And which Of YOU anyway. even by
taking great forcthought, can add to
| life? And If YOU are not able even to
do that. why do YOU trouble yourselves
with worry about the future?'
And then to further buttrcss this very
nalpable argument Christ. seeking about
for further analogy, found from the
very ground itself examples of the
transcendent quality Of His Father &
forethought. The red and purple
! flowers, the ancinonc of the modern
world. the so called lilies of the field OF
Palestine. caught His eye. We have
the testimony Of many travellers IN
Palestine that those close to the-ground
blossoms are indeed one of the mos
characteristicallv beautiful incidents OF
! the landscape. scattered as they are lf
the vivid grass OF the cultivated ana
watered patches along the tcrraCcd hill
side. They gave Him the clue that h
needed to fix forever on the disciples
minds the picture of Gods genius fol
giving TO His creatures.
Consider the lilies. how they grow
| they toll not. they spin not. and yet
say to you that solomon in all his glory
was not arruycd like one of these. |
then God 80 clothc the grass which i
today in the field and tomorrow is cas-
into the oven. how much more will III
clothe you. oh. We Of little faith? Ant
seek not We what yc shall eat or wha
yc shalt drink. neither be Of doubtful
mind. For since for all these thing
do the nations of the world seek after
your Father knoweth that ye have nee
Of these things. Rather seek ye tn
kingdom of God, and all these thing
shall be added unto you" And then a.
though 10 encourage them by yet on
more assurance Of Gods forethough
for them. He adds:
Fear not, little flock 1t is you
Fathers good pleasure to give you tn
Kingdom
A ND so the picture completes itsel
"A in our minds; the birds, the bril-
liant purple and red of the ananones
in III" grass on the slope of the hill
the distant s.Ihouetted figure Of
reaper beginning already to cut swath
in the verdnre. the drying plies of hi
cuttings withcring behind him under tn
rays OF the tropical sun. and not ia
of perhaps in the nearby village tn
blue smoke from some oven risin
silently into the still deeper blue of tn
! sky. SARAH d. LOWRIE.