Suppose I hire two men to set out trees, and after a day or two I go
out to see how they are getting along. I find that one man has set out
a hundred trees, and the other only ten. I say:
"Look here; what does this mean? That man has set out a hundred trees,
and you have set out only ten. What does it mean?"
"Yes, but he has cut off all the roots, and, just stuck the tops into
the ground."
I go to the other man, and say: "What does this mean? Why have you
planted all of these trees without roots?"
"I don't believe in roots; they are of no account. My trees look just
as well as his."
But when the sun blazes upon the trees, they all wither and die.
There are a lot of people running around who haven't got any roots. A
good many live on negations. They are always telling what they _don't_
believe. I want a man to tell me what he _does_ believe, not what he
does not believe. And I like to meet a positive man. We just want to
know what men do believe. We don't want trees that haven't any roots,
for they will dry up when the sun blazes on them. There are a good
many persons that are going on without any foundation; they have no
faith.