Show FLOWERS A fl f i THIS CITY COULD BE MADE FAM OUS BY THEM hev J E carver tells of 2000 varieties found in this neighborhood bo rev J B carver la his sermon sunday night to a largo congregation in the presbyterian church found his text in one of the most interesting and profitable portions of the teachings of the lord and master jesus christ he said we picture him upon one of the broad knolls which reached out toward the plain of the jordan around him are gathered those to be the future leaders in tho church and as the master seeks to teach and to impart to them his deepest lessons concerning the life which now la he as was so often his wont turned to the beauties and marvels of nature to illustrate and enforce his divine precept the broad fields of palestine were clothed in their richest beauty and here and there the crimson lily lifted its beauteous head was from this wild and graceful flower of beauty that the master drew abo illustration and lesson immortalized in our text consider the lilies of the field how they grow they toll not neither do they spin and yet I 1 say unto you that even solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these it the master in his day found these beauteous children of matuie worthy to be used as object lessons in his great sermon of the ages truly they are worthy of our own thought and consideration today utah is famous tor her natural beauty and the day will come when she will be equally famous for tho richness of her wild floral beauty it is interesting to note why it is that utah con bains so rich and varied a collection of flowers and plants the theory of the botanist ia that the plants were originated first in the tropical zone and as they were carried to other climes they adapted themselves through many changes to alie soil and climate of their new homes so we find various types of plants in our own st george has a flora all its own mantl marks the northern limit of another type of plants and as you walk over the hills back of the temple you see but few flowers similar to those we have near ogden ogden has five distinct types of flora those of the salt marshes those of the alkali plains those of the sand ridges those of the shaded canyons and those akin to the alpine plants a the ones which cluster about the highest peaks now while thero are but few of each variety there is an exceptional ly large num berof varieties for five great plant divisions bring probably twos thousand varieties close to our own door this Is very exceptional and few if any other cities are as favored as ogden for having so varied a display this is seldom noticed owing to the fact that semiarid semi arid re gions produce flowers singly rather than in clusters moreover the sand flowers are concealed by the sage tho canyon flowers are found in the side canyons where they are protected while the alpine salt and alkali flowers are in places seldom visited the mountains are ever before us and whether we see them or not we can but be aware of them but these smaller beauties of nature must be sought for and did we but know it ogden could be as famous for ais wild flowers as it tor its more rugged attractions the text speaks of the desire for estee mand prominence and the master says seek ye prominence seek it as the flowers seek it by individual worth the flowers only value lies in itself you cannot adorn a lily or a rose more than nature has already done no high sounding name will give to them a richer perfume or an added tint they are loved and adored because they are worthy we see the chick weed or the cockle and they attract but little attention but when we sea the lawson carnation we instinctively adore it once the carnation was but a cockle there are many wild roses in the shady recesses of our canyons and they are usually passed by with bul little admiration but the tea rose or american beauty challenges our wonder the only way these flowers have become worthy is toy the long hard way of overcoming and the only ay and I 1 can win esteem from our Is by the same long hard fload of overcome overcome the master says consider the of the field this word consid eraas a history it originally was only to the of the heavins in days when those starry heights were studied only with tho nak edeo it therefore means to look earnestly how we bao it in ital right meaning and seldom do we give to tho beauties of nature more than a casual glance hav you ever considered the OK den caubon its richest beauties must be for for they lie deep in the sibe cannons this week we enjoyed day in the nearest most rugged any most beautiful of them all no path red up through its wooded depths butt the whole way was fringed with wild and a nd floral beauty the lily ball the aliue bell the forget me not the violets i were in rich beauty and far up a great spring gushed from the side and flowed down throng i a tangled mass of and pine tio wild buttor cup waa blooming in rich profusion but all this beauty lad to be sought for so it Is ever wi th hat of greatest worth so it Is UK master says with the kingdom of sod for in the verse that follows he says seek ye the kingdom of god t 0 here s whore so many fall they will sik worldly refreshment social presta e and pleasure they will seek fame v health as we saw men in the cannon carefully for traces of go id but righteousness and christ are n t sought for when ina that ast day wo stand before he ji bar of god what answer can wo give for not seeking christ and his kingdom for herein lies real value of life agven in its immortality with christ life ia wot all show and tho liyeh which are really doing th most for the worlds betterment are to tig found in obscure and unattractive places it we look well tie will find in the alkali attracts s beet like plant its blossom hakea but little pretense to beauty and yet this flower of the field obscure and unadorned Is winning back fertile plains from alkali laate it seems t absorb and feed upon the alkali and aa its fleshy roots decay soil is formed upon which other plants may live great mound like spots of ter tile loam may be seen in the midst of an alkali waste telling how well this humble plant is doing its work jao in obscure ways you and I 1 must make the world better so jesus christ drew into his life all the evil of sin and bore it upon the cross that the world might be better he knows the power and the cunningness ot evil let us go to him for strength |