And the Tree Spake and Said: 



I Am a Tree 



I Am the Handiwork of the Creator 



I Am Here by His Appointment 



I Am for the Service of His Creatures, Chiefly Man 



From Man's Entrance into the World until His Departure 

 out of It I Am His Servant and Benefactor 



I Make the Cradle Wherein His Infancy is Rocked and the 

 Staff Whereon His Age Doth Lean 



I Build the Home Wherein His Loved Are Sheltered; I 

 Make His Hearth to Glow with Cheerful Flame. I Build 

 His Schools and Churches, His Hospitals and Asylums. 

 I Build the Places of Assembly Where He Foregathers 

 in Fellowship with His Kind 



On Land and Sea Man Needeth Me. I Build the Ships that 

 Sail His Seas, the Boats that Navigate His Rivers, the 

 Vehicles that Traverse His Highways. I Carry Him 

 Hither and Yon and Bring to His Door the Products 

 of All Climes. I Build His Depots and His Barns, His 

 Storehouses and His Granaries. His Marts of Com- 

 merce and Exchange. In All the Myriad Ways in 

 Which Lumber is of Use I Am of Service to Man 



I Am to Man for Beauty, Shade and Shelter; for Warmth 

 and Coolness; for Fresh Air and Living Water; for 

 Food and Health and Wealth and Larger Life 



That's Me — I Am a Tree 



