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of the flowers, and health was simul¬ 
taneous on the application. 
“ Yet many of the flowers had been 
tinted with the pure blood of the 
sorrowing one, in various degrees of 
intensity. These became the white 
and red roses of the antediluvian 
period. Then, they had no thorns. 
How dreadfully has this still beautiful 
flower degenerated ! 
ce These were the first of the post- 
Eden flowers that were created. At 
the joyous sight, the angelic choris¬ 
ters that had, in grief, watched the 
penible journey of the primal parents 
of mankind, burst forth into one 
universal song of praise to the Dread 
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