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dry waste lands ; there is no spot but has some Grass, or Rush, or Sedge, 

 or Reed ; they spring up by the water-courses, on the dry parched sands 

 of desert places, and in our path by the way -side ; thus we find this lowly 

 herb, under some distinguishing form, wherever we go. Is it not intended 

 as a silent monitor to remind us of the frailty of our earthly being, by 

 bringing back to us the words of the Psalmist : " As for man his days 

 are as grass, as a flower of the field so he flourisheth, for the wind 

 passeth over it and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no 

 more." — Ps. 103. 



How often in the inspired words do we find similar allusions made 

 to the grass in language alike practical and touching. 



" The voice said Cry ! And he said What shall I cry ? " 



"All flesh is grass and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower 

 of the field." 



" The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, * * * * i^ut the 

 word of our God shall stand for ever." — Isaiah XL, 6-7. 



Thus the grass that we tread beneath our feet, as well as the 

 fairest flower, has alike a significance and a teaching to lead us up to 

 the throne of Him who makes the grandeur of the heavens above, and 

 the lowliest plant on earth, to speak to us of His goodness, His wisdom 

 and His fatherly care for all. Let me close with the lesson of faith that 

 Christ the Lord himself gave to his disciples : " If God so clothe the 

 grass of the field, * * * * shall He not much more clothe you, 

 O ye of little faith?" 



