10 THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY 



garden, in order to meet the requirements of the people. 

 In the mad rush for wealth we have overlooked the natural 

 state, but we see a healthy reaction setting in. With the 

 improvements in steam and electricity, the revolutionizing 

 of transportation, the cutting of the arbitrary telephone 

 charges, it is becoming possible to live at a distance from 

 our business. May we not expect in the near future to 

 see one portion of our cities devoted entirely to business, 

 with the homes of the people so separated as to give light, 

 sunshine, and air to all, besides a piece of ground for a garden 

 sufficient to supply the table with vegetables ? 



You raise more than vegetables in your garden : you raise 

 your expectation of life. 



Life belongs in the garden. Do you remember the first 

 chapters of Genesis show us our babyhood in a garden the 

 garden that all babyhood remembers, and the last chapter of 

 the Apocalypse leaves us with the vision of the garden in the 

 Holy City, on either side of the river, where the trees yield 

 their fruits every month and bear leaves of universal healing. 

 Just so will it be in our holy cities of the future the garden 

 will be right there " in the midst." 



