Christian herald and signs of our times . got outrageously wicked, it was plunged intothe Deluge and kept under for months till itsiniquity was soaked out of it. But I rejoicethat on the first Tuesday of the worlds exis-tence the water was taught to know its placeand the Mediterranean lay down at the feet ofEurope, and the Gulf of Mexico lay down at thefeet of North America, and Geneva lay down atthe feet of the Alps, and Scroon Lake fell tosleep in the lap of the Adirondacks. And theevening and the morning were the second dav Now it is Wednesday morning of the worldsfirst week. Gardening and
Christian herald and signs of our times . got outrageously wicked, it was plunged intothe Deluge and kept under for months till itsiniquity was soaked out of it. But I rejoicethat on the first Tuesday of the worlds exis-tence the water was taught to know its placeand the Mediterranean lay down at the feet ofEurope, and the Gulf of Mexico lay down at thefeet of North America, and Geneva lay down atthe feet of the Alps, and Scroon Lake fell tosleep in the lap of the Adirondacks. And theevening and the morning were the second dav Now it is Wednesday morning of the worldsfirst week. Gardening and horticulture will bejborn to-day. How queer the hills look, and so)unattractive they seem hardly worth havingbeen made. But now all the surfaces arechanging color. Something beautiful is creep- ting all over them. It has the color of emeraldAye, it is herbage. Hail to the green grassJGods favorite color and Gods favorite plant, asI judge from the fact that he makes a largerMc May 27, 189r. THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. 323. THAT LIMPIXti HORSE. number of them than of anything else. Butlook yonder ! Something starts out of theground and goes higher up, higher and higher,and spreads out broad leaves. It is a palm is another growth, and its leaves hangfar down, and it is a willow tree. And yonderis a growth with mighty sweep of here they come—the pear and the apple,and the peach and the pomegranate, and grovesand orchards and forests, their shadows andtheir fruit girdling the earth. We are pushingagriculture and fruit culture to great excellencein the nineteenth century, but we have nothingnow to equal what I see on this first Wednes-day of the worldsexistence. I takea taste of one ofthe apples thisWednesdaymorning, and 1tell you it ming-les in its juicesall the flavors ofSpitzbergen andNewtown pippinand Rhode Is-land greeningand Danvers win-ter sweet andRoxbury russetand Hubbard s-ton nones uch,but added to all,and overpower-ing all other
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