Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-05
The Easter Lily and the
Rose
BY JOHN T. BOFEUILLET
wy HEN spring unlocks the flowers to
| w paint the laughing SOIL then
''By cool Siloam's shady rill
How sweet the lily grows"

! "By cool Sloam's shady rill
| How sweet the lily grows"
The beautiful lily comes every Easter to
! tell us that THE Lord is risen,' and that God
had neither forgotten us nor forsaken the
world. 1t teaches the lesson of trust in the
Father and faith in the Son. It is a silent
messenger of hope and blessing.
| The lily, which is the perfection of beauty
and grace, blooms without pride and fades
without regret-a lovely illustration of the
virtues of humility and resignation, and a
gentle rebuke to human vanity and discon-
! tent.
The lily is the loveliest and most popular
of the flowers of the Easter season. The spe-
cies which held favorite places on last Sunday
in Atlanta around the affairs in the churches
of the living God, about the graves of the
treasured dead, and in the loving home circle,
| is known as the Ascension lily, an exquisite
white flower, of purest beauty, most graceful
| form, and rarest fragrance.
Legend of the Scarlet Lily
There is lily that is brilliant red, and is
of the variety which stood in Gethsemane,
and according to legendary story, was orig
inally white and very erect upon its stem.
Christ often walked in the garden at sunset,
| for He loved to see the flowers, the beautiful
messengers from Paradise, which God had
clothed with glory, and He delighted to 1nhale
/ their delicious perfume.
The flowers all knew Jesus and bowed their
heads in loving alteration, all but the lily. 1t
kept it's white crown proudly erect, and would
not bend it's crest at any presence. The Lord
stood still and looked full into the beautiful
bells Each silvery cup began to bend be-
meath that touching look, and deep bushes
came upon them all. The Master passed on
and when morning came all the other flowers
in the garden tossed their gay heads in the
sunny light. But the lily bent it's head and
each little bell was full of glowing color. This
is the interesting explanation that Legend
gives as to the scarlet or brilliant red lily.
Solomon and the Lilies
This is also the season of the Haunting col
o. of fashion, the signing for the costly
adornments of dress, and the longing for the
diamonds and pearls that only the wealthy
can buy. But, Jesus, in a Well-knoWn pas
sage in the Sermon on the Mount, referring
to the gorgeous apparel of the most magnifi-
cent of all the kings Of Israel, said to the in
tently listening multitude: "And why take
we thought for raiment? Consider the Hles
of the field, how they grow; they toll not,
neither do they spin: and, yet say unto you,
that even Solomon in all his glory was not ar
rayed like one of these.
It is well for us to consider the lily, the
beauty of it's meek and quiet spirit its SIM
plicity and grace; an emblem OF trust-a
symbol of life and Immortality.
The "'Battle Hymn of the Republic rings
out this beautiful note:
"In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born
across the sea,
With glory in His bosom that transigures
you and me-"
When the Poet Was Rewarded
have read that it was the custom In the
olden days to scatter lilies on the graves OF
those who passed away in their youth. When
Marcellus, the nephew of Emperor Augustus
of Rome, died, Virgil beautifully referred to
him in the "Aeneid,' and said, Bring lilies
by the handful" to strew on his tomb Oc-
tavia, the mother of Marcellus, was so deeply
touched by the words of the poet, that she
tainted when she first heard them, and as
token of her appreciation she presented Vir3I
with sum of money, the equivalent OF seven
thousand dollars.
The Song of Solomon contains this lovely
and highly complimentary strain: LAS the lily
among thorns, so is my love among the daugh-
ters."
| How is this from Shakespeare: "A most
unspotted lily shall she pass to the ground
and all the world shall mourn her."
| In "Hope Is Like Harebell,' is this line:
Faith is like lily, lifted high and white"
! Often in the lite of every man: "Ad1eu,'
she cried, land waved her lily hand"
| Referring to the mutual love of Christ and
His church this union is found: Il am the
rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valley:
| Ever since that halcyon time when the
morning stars sang together, the rose and
the lily have been the beautiful theme of
poets and sages.
"There is garden in her face,
| Where roses and white lilies snow.
| Why the Queen Became Contented
| The rose reigns in majesty among all of
Natures more than two hundred thousand
floral species that have adorned the earth
throughout all the centuries that have rolled
| by since Creations wonderful morn. Her
praises have been sung by the poets of all
cIimes and times and her splendor and fra
GRANGE will be the theme of every muse that
strikes a golden harp in all the ages to come.
And yet arrayed in color imperial, this Queen
of Flowers, because she wore thorn by
which she was protected, was discontinued
and dissatisfied with her lot-until one day
she saw an antelope eat a lily.
''Who has ut heard of the vale of Cashmere,
With it's roses, the brightest that earth ever
gave?"
The Symbol of Silence
According to NEUROLOGICAL writer's, the first
rose is said to have been given by the god OF
love to Harpocrates the god of silence, to en-
gage him to conceal the amours OF his mother
Venus, and hence it was made the symbol of
silence. rose was always placed above the
theads of the guests in the banqueting rooms,
Ito Danish restraint and to denote that moth