HON. MARSHALL P. WILDER. 51 



which the faithful and considerate parishioner may 

 bring to him ! 



Mr. President, I represent here to-night, very im- 

 perfectly it is true, that Power which claims at least 

 one seventh of a man's living hours. There comes a 

 day in each week when, by common consent, there is 

 a truce in the o-reat world's warfare and toil. There 

 comes a day. Gentlemen, when all the strain and 

 struggle of your commerce, all the pursuits of your 

 agriculture, cease, and man can turn his thoughts 

 to higher things. And it is these higher things 

 that give value to the lower ; it is the carrying of 

 the hio-her into the lower that redeems them and 

 makes them blessings. Everything, indeed, rests 

 in something higher than itself : the material in 

 the spiritual. What we see here to-night, these 

 fruits and flowers developed by human taste and 

 skill : this is the higher and the spiritual invading 

 the material and using it for its own ends. I be- 

 lieve that the coming of the kingdoni of heaven 

 will be by the interpenetration of the earthly by 

 the heavenly. I believe that the time will come 

 when, literally, it shall be true that " the wilderness 

 and the solitary place shall be glad because of Him, 

 and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the 

 rose." 



I am glad to be here, Mr. President, and join with 

 you in this heart-felt tribute of affection and venera- 



