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within him rises heavenward, and MaiiiLs Tiice fecerunt is his 

 psalm of praise ? 



And the truths of Revelation, the histories and the pro- 

 phecies of the Older Testament, the miracles and parables 

 of the New, are taught as constantly and as clearly to the 

 gardener in his daily life. In our gardens always 



" There is a book, who runs may read, 

 Which heavenly truth imparts ; " 



ever reminding us of that Eden wherein were all things 

 pleasant to the eye and good for food ; of Gethsemane, and 

 of that garden where our crucified Lord was laid. What is 

 our love of flowers, our calm happiness in our gardens, but 

 a dim recollection of our first home in Paradise, and a 

 yearning for the Land of Promise ! Here in the wilderness 

 we love to reclaim these green spots from the brier and 

 thorn ; to fence and to cleanse ; to plant and sow ; to sit 

 at eventide, when work is done, every man under his vine 

 and under his fig-tree, with thankfulness and hope. 



With hope, because these our gardens — scenes though 

 they be of brightest beauty to our eyes, and sources of our 

 purest joys — do not satisfy, are not meant to satisfy, our 

 heart's desire. Perishable as we ourselves, for the grass 

 withereth, the flower fadeth, they are, moreover, like all our 



