more than that. I see that the plant does not OUT FROM 

 exist for itself alone. Its one aim is to give its 

 fruits to the future. It exists to bloom and 

 ripen seed, and often yields its life in thus giv- 

 ing on into the future its gifts of flower and 

 fruit. The plant grows and blooms and bears 

 fruit, not for itself. Nothing comes back to it. 

 It ripens its seed only to increase the giving. 



Does it not teach us the deepest truth of life? 

 What is a true service of man? What is love? 

 What its glory? Is it not that which is also its 

 pain? The love of a parent never comes back 

 to him, but is carried on and given to the chil- 

 dren 's children. What is the deepest of all les- 

 sons taught by Him who has shown us in Him- 

 self the love of the Father in heaven ? Is it not 

 that all love is a gift? It came not back to the 

 Man of Galilee and Calvary, but has gone 

 on through the ages, the true disciple always 

 pouring out on others what to him is so un- 

 stintingly given. 



The teaching of my garden does not end 

 here. The rosebud that greets me in the morn- 



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