Oklahoma Arbor and Bird Day, Friday, March Twelfth, 1909/Part One: Arbor Day/Scripture Reading for Arbor Day

SCRIPTURE READING FOR ARBOR DAY.

TEACHER: I will plant in the wilderness the cedar tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine and the box tree together.

PUPILS: Blessed is the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord. He shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water that bringeth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also doth not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

TEACHER: I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranites budded.

PUPILS: And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord.

TEACHER: For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land; a land of brooks of water of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranites; a land of oil, olive, and honey; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

PUPILS: And Israel said take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds.

TEACHER: Wisdom is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is everyone that retaineth her.

PUPILS: The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life.

TEACHER: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

TEACHER AND PUPILS: To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.