Walnut Hill Farms
There is a legend, that at
the time of the Crucifixion the dogwood had been the size of the oak and
other forest trees. So firm and strong was the tree that it was chosen
as the timber for the cross. To be used thus for such a cruel purpose greatly
distressed the tree, and Jesus, nailed upon it, sensed this, and in His
gentle pity for all sorrow and suffering said to it:
"Because of your regret
and pity for My suffering, never again shall the dogwood tree grow large
enough to be used as a cross. Henceforth it shall be slender and bent and
twisted and its blossoms shall be in lhe form of a cross . . .two long
and two short petals. And in the center of the outer edge of each petal
there will be nail prints, brown with rust and stained with red, and in
the center of the flower will be a crown of thorns, and all who see it
will remember . . .that it was upon a dogwood tree I was crucified and
this tree shall not be mutilated or destroyed, but cherished as a reminder
of My death upon the cross."
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