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*' By the strength of my hand I have done it, and 

 by my wisdom " ? Does he not stand the rather, 

 with a reverent wonder, to consider the LiHes (the 

 Auratum, it may be, the glowing AmarylHd, the 

 Pancratium, the Arum, or the lovely Eucharis, in 

 robes pure and white as a martyr's) until the very 

 soul within him rises heavenward, and Manus 

 TticE fecerunt is his psalm of praise ? 



And the truths of Revelation, the histories and 

 the prophecies 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 aliook, 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 



