SPRUCE TREE (Abies excelsa) 
Endurance. 
Behold, we count them happy 
which endure. James v. h. 
He that shall endure unto the 
end, the same shall be saved. 
St. Matthew xxiv. 13. 
STAR OF BETHLEHEM 
(Ornithogaluni umbellatum) 
Divine light. 
There came wise men from the 
east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is 
He that is born King of the Jews? 
for we have seen His star in the east, 
and are come to worship Him. 
St. Matthew ii. 1, 2. 
START ORT (Aster Tripoliuri) 
Welcome, stranger! 
The Lord your God 
loveth the stranger, in giving him 
food and raiment. Love ye there¬ 
fore the stranger. 
Deuteronomy x. 17-19. 
STEPHANOTIS (Asciepias) 
Will you go with me? 
And Ruth said, . . . whither 
thou goest, I will go; . . . thy 
people shall be my people, and thy 
God my God. r uth i. it. 
STOCK. see Gillijlower 
STONECROP (Sedum acre > 
Tranquillity. 
I will both lay me down in peace, 
and sleep: for Thou, Lord, only 
rnakest me dwell in safety. 
Psalms iv. 8. 
STRAW (whole) 
Agreement. 
Agree with thine adversary 
quickly, whiles thou art in the way 
with him; lest at any time the 
adversary deliver thee to the judge. 
St. Matthew v. 25. 
BROKEN 
STRAW 
Quarrel. 
If it be possible, as much as lieth 
in you, live peaceably with all men. 
Romans xii. 18. 
STRAWBERRY (Fragaria) 
Be liberal. 
The liberal deviseth liberal things; 
and by liberal things shall he stand. 
Isaiah xxxii. 8. 
WILD 
S 1 RAWBERRY (Fragaria vesca) 
Foresight. 
Take no thought for your life, 
what ye shall eat; neither for the 
body, what ye shall put on. The 
life is more than meat, and the body 
is more than raiment. 
St. Luke xii. 22, 23. 
SULTAN (Amberboa moschata) 
Forgiveness. 
I, even I, am He that blotteth out 
thy transgressions for Mine own 
sake, and will not remember thy 
Sins. Isaiah xliii. 25. 
SUMACH (Rhus Coriaria ) 
Excellence. 
My goodness extendeth . . 
to the saints that are in the earth, 
and to the excellent, in whom is all 
My delight. Psalms xvi. 2, 3. 
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