The Botany Of The Bible; Or, God Among The Flowers
T. DeWitt Talmage
Luke, 12: 28: " If then God so clothe the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, 0 ye of little faith?"
The Botany of the Bible, or God among the Flowers, is a fascinating subject. I hold in my hand a book which I brought from Palestine. It is bound in olive wood, and within it are pressed flowers which have not only retained their color, but their aroma; flowers from Jerusalem, flowers from Gethsemane, flowers from Mount of Olives, flowers from Bethany, flowers from Siloam, flowers from the Valley of Je- hoshaphat, red anemones and wild mignonette, butter- cups, daisies, cyclamens, chamomile, bluebells, ferns, mosses, grasses, and a wealth of flora that keep me fascinated by the hour, and every time I open it, it is a new revelation. It is the New Testament of the fields. But my text leads us into another realm of the botanical kingdom. Though never before visited in sermonic discourse, I think before we get through it will lead us to adoration and prayer.
The lily is the queen of Bible flowers. The rose may have disputed her throne in modern times, and won it; but the rose originally had only five petals. It was under the long-continued and intense gaze of the world that the rose blushed into its present beauty. In the Bible train, cassia and hyssop and frankincense and myrrh and spikenard and camphire and the rose follow the lily. Fourteen times in the Bible is the lily mentioned; only twice the rose. The rose may now have wider empire, but the lily reigned in the time of Esther, in the time of Solomon, in the time of Christ. Cesar had his throne on the hills. The lily had her throne in the valley. In the greatest sermon that was ever preached, there was only one flower, and that a lily. The dreamer of Bedford jail, John Bun- yan, entered the House of the Interpreter, and was shown a cluster of flowers, and was told t ...
T. DeWitt Talmage
Luke, 12: 28: " If then God so clothe the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, 0 ye of little faith?"
The Botany of the Bible, or God among the Flowers, is a fascinating subject. I hold in my hand a book which I brought from Palestine. It is bound in olive wood, and within it are pressed flowers which have not only retained their color, but their aroma; flowers from Jerusalem, flowers from Gethsemane, flowers from Mount of Olives, flowers from Bethany, flowers from Siloam, flowers from the Valley of Je- hoshaphat, red anemones and wild mignonette, butter- cups, daisies, cyclamens, chamomile, bluebells, ferns, mosses, grasses, and a wealth of flora that keep me fascinated by the hour, and every time I open it, it is a new revelation. It is the New Testament of the fields. But my text leads us into another realm of the botanical kingdom. Though never before visited in sermonic discourse, I think before we get through it will lead us to adoration and prayer.
The lily is the queen of Bible flowers. The rose may have disputed her throne in modern times, and won it; but the rose originally had only five petals. It was under the long-continued and intense gaze of the world that the rose blushed into its present beauty. In the Bible train, cassia and hyssop and frankincense and myrrh and spikenard and camphire and the rose follow the lily. Fourteen times in the Bible is the lily mentioned; only twice the rose. The rose may now have wider empire, but the lily reigned in the time of Esther, in the time of Solomon, in the time of Christ. Cesar had his throne on the hills. The lily had her throne in the valley. In the greatest sermon that was ever preached, there was only one flower, and that a lily. The dreamer of Bedford jail, John Bun- yan, entered the House of the Interpreter, and was shown a cluster of flowers, and was told t ...
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