Show ARBOR DAY ADDRESS it 01 I 1 sl sa s1 Deli vead by of ahe erwim young college arbor day its origin growth aud ob dervalics beautiful lessons to ie be learned from trees history Eli story of men and ana nations likened unto a trie trae the day dav we have met to lo cele aiato adilor arbor div di i n about a arter of a century old that is it observance is ia that old in tile the I 1 cited state slates it originated in t e yer year 1872 in the state of xe ne bra hraska iska tin thi eastern i extremity of nhat was ones once k known own a tile the t L reat arneri amerian an de afert ert at the suggestion of hun hon J stirling mor t in n a day was wag set apart for tree pi planting throughout the state and it is said that the sun gun set that day upon twelve millions mil liona of ris rising sini q si ne nera rations tiona of trees tree s newly planted iv thin the boundaries of nebraska 4 her states state t adopted the custom I 1 and arbor aty adly is ia now observed as a legal holiday in various parts of oit ait country it t doubtless had its origin in the ment espre ed cd by the old cine that lie he who c causes two bides li ides of gras to grow where only c c 0 grew hf lore is a public bene f tor if this he be true of blades of g 0 tee how bow much more true of tree A much more I 1 should say gay as a it e iq n bigger and more than a lade of grass so that you who have bave met today to day to plant trees to t t ke be two grow where one grew befi fi e c may look upon yourselves as alic benefactors as re deepers deemers rede emero he desert it wran was especially to laa lanting was ineil buted for as you know vegetation induces moisture and the more tr es and verdure the nine mire dews and rains there are nd thus the barren waste is redeemed in some parts aarts of the lani land it is not necessary to observe this diatom you have heard of the dense forests of the south of new england and of california to plant trees in those regions would beelike belike be like varry lag coals to newcastle or eringi cringing ng salt to the dead sea of A america merica but there are vast areas w i the central west week that are at al acost 00 oot treeless and and i ieee must be made to blosom in 0 auty until they shall rival if not lipse the smiling shores of the atlantic x and pacific and the flow y coast of the gulf of mexico when the pilgrim fathers landed added in america one of the obstacles confronting them was the biek t forests through they cut their way gradually toward the slopes of the Alleg banies the ng of the settlers ax am was heard beard rom irom morning till night clearing away the surplus timber that there might be room for the orchards and cornfields corn fields the indians indiana had their tittle ottle cornfields corn fields before the white uen cuen came but they had no axes with which to fell the forest it was their custom to peel the bark arora the trees so that the tha sap rould not run the tree would then wither its foliage disappear and tile me sunlight penetrate to and bless with its rays the little cornfield corn field in tie lie forest many beautiful lessons may be x u arned arced from trees some of them dire taught in the scriptures of di no ge truth truth trees are t typical of adious things they symbolize men nations and the kingdom of heaven the tha savior said eaid that every tree that ilis his father had bad not planted would be plucked up thit that every tree that brought not forth good fruit would be hewn down and 1 I cast into the fire ile he had reference to men and their works I 1 lie ile submitted the truth of his great mission to the test A tree is known by its fruit lie he had been called in question for performing miracles some of them upon the sabbath day and was accused of casting out devils by beelzebub the prince of devils ile he showed his accusers their incon A house boue bou e divided against itself cannot stand in other words why think ye that beelzebub would cast out his own why make the fruit good and the tree evil Elit either ber make the fruit good and the tree good or the fruit evil and the tree evil for the tree is known by iti ita fruit other great teachers have used the tree to symbolic symbol iB human life end and its experiences experience emerson Emera oo in his grand essay compensation showing hn iving how sorrows and calamities that thai are bravely and patiently borne benefit by purifying and expanding the foul says and the man or or woman who would have remained a sunny garden flower with no do room for its roots and too much sunshine fr fir its head by the falling of the wall and the neglect of the gardener becomes become the banyan of tile forest yielding shade and ruit fruit f to wide neighborhoods of men it is so with nations they become strong and great through tribulation rome the mistress of the world the mightiest empire of ancient time had the smal smallest leit and obscurest obscure st beginning 0 a 0 giant oak springing from an acorn two orphan haes babes suckled by a she wolf a band of outlaws fighting for their existence then ihen a puissant power trampling under its iron heel all the nations of the earth it was frugality temperance and chastity that made rome home great so 80 long as taie i he practiced these virtues shello unshed far and admi mightily atily jilce e ar abe I 1 rest r t she laughed to scorn the warring elements that only added to her fresh vigor and longevity but when she no longer practiced those hardy primitive vitues virtues vi tues when her branches were peeled and lier her moral sap spent she commenced to wither and decay till eventually a strong blast sweeping through her ber leafless tops broke her asunder and she fell to earth with a warning crash that echoed throughout tile the world she fell as men and nations have ever fallen as the nations of modern times will fall if they tread in her footsteps and follow her pernicious example you my young brethren sisters bisters are as trees planted in the garden of god see that you bring forth good fruit that your faith is prolific of good works avoid those habits that are de tive that lead downward to death let not the bark be peeled from your branches let not the sap pap of virtue ceab to run ruil if you do you will wither from the earth as surely as the trees stripped of their bark by the indian farmer withered beneath the blighting rays of the llie sun bring forth good works and encourage others to do likewise and always judge men by their works whenever you are called caled upon to choose between right and wrong between good and evil eil between false and true do not RAPP listen to idle gossip heel not the slander of lying iving tongues be not swayed by passion or prejudice judge the tree by its fruit it if the fruit is good the tree is good no matter what men say sav of it the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a tree springing as from 1 mustard seed the tiniest of all seeds it becomes the mish liest of all trees its top touching heaven its branchek bran chea cheb overshadowing the earth the fowls of heaven resting in its branches the gospel of christ is the tree of life in the midst of the eda ellen of time they who eat of it live lire forever fd X god bless us all oyid impress upon our hearts the beautiful dutiful lessons taught by trees ard ing |