In Eden’s garden fair we see

In Eden’s garden fair we see

That God before two trees placed man

The trees of life

and knowledge too

Which for the Lord and Satan stand.

The tree of life the center is

Of God’s eternal

perfect plan

Denoting God in Christ as life

To be received as all by man.

The tree of knowledge standing there

Bespeaks a sure and warning voice:

Outside of God there is a source

Of death to all who make this choice.

If man would eat the tree of life

Then God as life he will receive

And be transformed to precious stones

God’s will and Purpose to achieve.

If man the tree of knowledge takes

Then Satan enters into man

As sin

which brings him into death

That he may not fulfill God’s plan.

This signifies that only God

Is our full source of life and breath;

To touch ought else is but to touch

The source of knowledge and of death.

For knowledge only bringeth death

Though evil or though good it seem;

For any thing apart from God

Is but the fruit of Satan’s scheme.

Not only evil

but the good

Is contradictory to Christ;

Not only knowledge of the bad

But even good is versus Christ.

Lord

teach us only Thee to touch

That with Thy life we filled may be

And not to touch the good or bad

Or anything apart from Thee.