Much to Hope From the Flowers
Today I want to share this quote/excerpt
from a Sherlock Holmes novel, written by Arthur Conan Doyle. For those
who don't know, the books are written from the point of view of Dr. John
Watson, Holmes' closest friend. Here 'tis:
“What a lovely thing a rose is!"
He [Holmes] walked past the couch to the open window and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green. It was a new phase of his character to me, for I had never before seen him show any keen interest in natural objects.
"There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as religion," said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. "It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.”
―Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty
He [Holmes] walked past the couch to the open window and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green. It was a new phase of his character to me, for I had never before seen him show any keen interest in natural objects.
"There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as religion," said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. "It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.”
―Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty
Isn't
that lovely? (Despite the fact that I'm a huge Holmes' fan) I think
that was very well said and pointed out. We need only look around us to
see all the blessings and "extras" of life that are given to us by such a
loving Heavenly Father.
He lives and His Son lives. Even when it seems our lives are at their hardest and lowest, they are there, and they do love us. Look around you. You'll see it. :)
Note: This
post was originally published on my blog, https://lookingupinsong.blogspot.com, 16 May 2012.
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