Forest leaves . he State already pos-sesses more than a thirdof the area included withinthe boundaries of the propos-ed Adirondack State Park.,et us all, collectively and individ-ually, continue to urge the hasten-ing of the realization of this grandproject of international interest—[the Adirondack Park. Let us useour best efforts to induce the Leg-islature to be liberal in its appropri-ations for the purchase of Adiron-dack lands by the State. Whatdoes not look forward with enthusi-astic longing to the day when every acre of thewild land within the park boundaries shall be the common possessi


Forest leaves . he State already pos-sesses more than a thirdof the area included withinthe boundaries of the propos-ed Adirondack State Park.,et us all, collectively and individ-ually, continue to urge the hasten-ing of the realization of this grandproject of international interest—[the Adirondack Park. Let us useour best efforts to induce the Leg-islature to be liberal in its appropri-ations for the purchase of Adiron-dack lands by the State. Whatdoes not look forward with enthusi-astic longing to the day when every acre of thewild land within the park boundaries shall be the common possessionof all the people, and the matchless beauties and wonders of theAdirondack region taken out of the hands of private speculators andconserved forever by the commonwealth ? We have a model public do-main in the far West—the Yellowstone National Park—and we are aunited host which demands a similar model reservation in the East—the Adirondack Park. And we shall win, for our cause is a grand and worthv Adirondack Sorrow is a condition of time, but joy is the condition of eternity. All sorrow lies in exile from God. All joy lies in union with heaven joy will cast out sorrow, whereas there is not a lot on earthfrom which sorrow has been able altogether to banish joy. FOREST LEAVES. 25


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