And  then  what  fruit,  sweet  to  the  taste  of  the  godly,
instructed  believers  bear!  We  can  never  trust  in  men
as  we  trust  in  the  Lord,  but  the  Lord  can  cause  the
members  to  bless  us  in  their  measure,  even  as  their
Head  is  ever  ready  to  do.  Jesus  alone  is  the  Tree  of
Life,  but  He  makes  some  of  his  servants  to  be  instru-
mentally  to  us  little  trees  of  life,  by  whom  He  gives
us  fruit  of  the  same  sort  that  He  bears  Himself,  for  he
puts  it  there,  and  it  is  Himself  in  His  saints  causing
them  to  bring  forth  golden  apples,  with  which  our
souls  are  gladdened.  May  we  every  one  of  us  be  made
like  our  Lorcl,  and  may  His  fruit  be  found  upon  our
boughs !

We  have  put  into  the  tomb  many  of  the  saints  who
have  fallen  asleep,  and  among  them  there  were  some
of  whom  I  will  not  at  this  moment  speak  particularly,
whose  lives  as  I  look  back  upon  them  are  still  a  tree
of  life  to  me.  I  pray  God  that  I  may  be  like  them.
