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blossom only to be cut down; some to bloom and 

 fill the world with fragrance and passing nor- 

 mally on, leave the seed for succeeding generations. 

 'He cometh forth like a flower,' indeed. 



And speaking in much the same tenor of 

 thought, the Psalmist in referring to the man 

 whose life is actuated by those great, enduring 

 principles which form the foundation of Chris- 

 tianity, declared in the first of the marvelous col- 

 lection of poems, 'His leaf not to mention the 

 flower, but the least part of all the leaf, 'His 

 leaf also shall not wither and whatsoever he doeth 

 shall prosper.' 



Isaiah, whose pen was never moved by fear nor 

 a desire for popular favor, declared : 'The grass 

 withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of our 

 God shall stand forever.' In this striking meta- 

 phor, the truth that men wither and fade in their 

 activities, 'but the laws of God sweep on through 

 time and eternity. 



On the other hand, speaking of those men 

 whose lives are marked by courage, and principle, 

 and right living, this same fearless writer declares : 

 'The wilderness and the solitary place shall be 

 glad for them and the desert shall rejoice and 

 blossom as the Rose.' 



The Great Teacher in attempting to aid us> in 

 establishing a true scale of values made use of the 

 Lilies in such a striking fashion that this is per- 



