From Flower to Fruit

“For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of the birds is some…The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.” — Song of Solomon Rain — Flowers — Fruit. According to one of the poets, the purpose of flowers is “To minister delight to man and to beautify the earth.” This, however, is not the chief aim, for in Genesis 1:11 and 12, the emphasis is laid upon the fact that the...