OUT FROM 

 THE GARDEN 



OUT FROM THE GARDEN 



THIS little book but records the thought of 

 one who has tried to translate in part the mes- 

 sage which the flowers bring to him. It is a 

 feeling after an interpretation of nature that 

 will answer to the spiritual in man. Itgrowsout 

 of the conviction that in spite of the sterner 

 aspects which Nature often wears, there is 

 also evidence of a gentle Goodness as well as an 

 infinite Wisdom at the heart of things; and in 

 nature nothing tells us this so persuasively as 

 do the beautiful flowers. If this booklet should 

 dispose any man or woman to seek more of 

 the meditative life, to live more in the garden 

 of flowers and thoughts, the writer shall be 

 glad. 



But, after all, it is asked, is such a life con- 

 sistent with the noble "impulse of service" so 

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