LIKE A TREE 



with its weaknesses, that must be cared for, pa- 

 tiently and always; never ashamed of the fact 

 that he must give a good deal of time, carefully, 

 patiently, to taking care of his body, in order that 

 he may have within a sound body, a sound mind 

 and a reasonably wholesome soul. 



But the tree gains added dignity, because, while 

 it is firmly of the earth, grows out of it, deeply 

 rooting itself down and wide out into the earth 

 and gripping it surely, the most of its life is far 

 above the earth. . And the true man also is like 

 the tree ; he does grow out of the earth, he does 

 recognize his physical limitations; he does take 

 care of his body, as a sacred possession, but he 

 does not live for his body ; he does not exist for 

 the sake of taking care of his body; he does not 

 find the joy of living in ministering to his body. 

 His life, the real, large, forthputting life of the 

 man is above the earth ; the finest things in his 

 life are the things that are farthest lifted above 

 the earthly plane; and the man is careful, even 

 as the tree is careful, that it shall be ever above 

 the earth. 



Sometimes, as a curious phenomenon among 

 trees, you may note how the roots of the tree 

 seem by an effort, a conscious effort, to be lift- 

 ing themselves, to be reaching out and up to keep 

 themselves and the tree above the encroachment 

 of the soil. 



I passed an orchard this summer, that had 



