ANNIVERSARY PUBLICATIONS. 
SECOND ANNUAL FLOWER SERMON. 
BY THE REVEREND MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER. 
1st Kings, Chap. IV., 33d Verse (Part). 
‘¢ And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon, even unto 
the hyssop that springeth out of the wall.” 
At the request and by the appointment of the Bishop of 
the diocese, I am the second under the provision of the will 
of the late Henry Shaw, to preach on the ** Wisdom and 
Goodness of God, as shown in the growth of Flowers, Fruits 
and other products of the Vegetable Kingdom.’’ It may 
not be amiss in me, as it was my privilege to have been 
personally acquainted with the testator for many years, 
and as it is not probable that such a privilege has been 
accorded to others who may succeed me, to speak of him, 
in the character under which he is brought before us, by 
this special bequest. 
Though not known by public profession as a Christian 
man, he was baptized in infancy in the English Church, and 
retained through life a deep reverence for her teaching, and 
devotion to her forms of worship. He was not a man 
indifferent to religion, or inimical to the great truths of a 
written revelation. The motto he left inscribed on his 
mausoleum, —‘* How manifold are Thy works, in wisdom 
hast Thou made them all, the earth is full of Thy riches,’’ 
joined with that other motto, in striking prominence in the 
Garden, ‘‘ Glory to God in the Highest, on earth peace, 
good will to men,’’ — bespeak a reverence for the Bible 
indicative of marked religious feeling. 
Since I was asked to preach this sermon, I have thought 
often, and earnestly of this unique provision of the will ; 
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