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unusual success achieved in his garden ! If we 

 were all amateurs in the vineyard of the Lord, 

 throwing our hearts into the work of stimulat- 

 ing and training character into symmetrical, 

 fruitful, deathless life, how this wilderness world 

 would blossom ! Too often we are like the hire- 

 ling, whose aim seems merely to " put in the 

 day" and get his "penny." But plants and 

 human souls are alike in this, that they feel 

 and recognize the touch of love ; and the mysti- 

 cal and material garden both thrive doubly well 

 under the care of those who work con amore, 

 rather than officially. 



But the saddest part of it all is, that the ma- 

 jority will not work at all in the way of pro- 

 ducing anything of real value. They are like 

 my cherry-tree, and all their native vigor and 

 activity results in that which adds nothing to 

 the well-being of the world. 



What would I not give for the physical 



