6 THROUGH GLADE AND MEAD. 
This appeal of Nature to the spirit of man is, I 
take it, one of the most mighty of the influences of out- 
door life. 
In all ages there has been a marked tendency among 
men to gather into communities, larger or smaller, for 
the advantages of mutual help, protection, the gaining 
of wealth by mechanic arts and by trade, and the gratifi- 
cation of the social instincts. The current has set city- 
ward. In prehistoric times it was as true as it is to-day, 
witness the ruins of great cities which have left no name 
behind. The glamour of city life has always existed 
and will exist. It may be interesting to note in this 
connection the fact that in the second chapter of the 
Bible we have a description of the garden, the Earthly 
Paradise, which God planted in Eden, where grew 
‘every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for 
food”; and then after cycles of wandering and struggle, 
in the next to the last chapter Saint John the Divine 
gives us his vision of that great city, the Heavenly 
Paradise, the holy Jerusalem, whose “light was like unto 
a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as 
crystal, . . and the foundations of the wall of the city 
were garnished with all manner of precious stones” ; 
and best of all “there shall be no more death, neither 
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more 
pain.” Is not that the realization of the highest aspira- 
tion of the race, that attaining to the gates of the celes- 
