The national Republican., 1869-06-28
RELIGIOUS.
Services In the Csrrcne- Yesterday.


In spite of the heat of the day n large con |
gregation assembled at this church In the |
morning. Tho pastor, DR.. j. 7. Newman, |
In his opening prayer prayf 4 for tho foreign |
element that comes to our shores, that we
might control them so that they might be
subsoryient 10 us in our system OF free gov
crnment.
Ills subject was "The Three Gardens"
taking for his text verses descriptive Of them
"a found in Genesis, I'd chapter and 7th
verse; Together they read rs follows; "And
the Lord God planted garden castwnrdi
and there he put man whom he had formed
"When Jesus had spoken these words, he
went forth with his disciples over the brook
C,lrnl. where was a garden, into which he
entered, and his Disciples To
him that ovcrcomcth will ! give to cat OF the
tree Of life, which is in the midst Of the par
adlsc of God"
lie said these three gardens were signln.
cant of sin, sorrow and salvation, or the
fall, the redemption and the glorincation.
The garden of Eden was the lovely spot
where was the tree OF life, and where God
loved to meet Adam aud Eve.
There was a time when God existed alone,
In solitude unbroken, and no thought Of
creation came TO his mind. Prior TO the
creation the universe foatcd In the Divine
Imagination. First, there came the prmor-
dial atoms, then the sun, moon aud stars,
the earth with its minor creations, and then
Adam and Eve. When all these things had
passed through the Divine imagination, lie
spake and IL was done, and in perfection.
Man aud woman, coming from His hand,
came In perfection; painters have put upon
canvas their idea of female beauty, but oh,
| how far short II comes from Gods Ideal.
The nuptial song had scarcely died away
| in Eden ere sin came. The fall of the an
! gels and the fall Of man were cotcmporan-
cuus. II Is II curious fact that jesus said,
az bChcld Satan as lightning fall from
Heaven The fallen angels are reserved In
cll1ins everlasting under darkness unto the
| Judgment of the great day. Together au-
| gels and man fell-togCther they are TO De-
| Judged and punished.
| Sai IN leaves the place TO which lc was
| : ven from Heaven, and hearing OF tic Gre.
alton OF earth, comes to II, and full OF Ids
| cy.l. became Ewes tcmpter. Upon her he
made three attacks; the first came In The
| form OF 4 tluut, for he said unto her. "yoU
cannot cat of every tree Of the gardcn;h Ehc
, sists this temptation for she said, "wo may
| r It OF the fruit of the trees Of the garden,
| but of the tree iu the D,idd of the garden.
God hath said, 'ye shall not cat Of 1t, neither
| shall We touch 1t, lest yc die."' But then
the tcInpter assails her faith IN the second
attack, SAYING, "yc shall not surely dici'
her flith remained stcadiast, The third
l
! knowledge, What motive could have been
more powerful than the promise Of knowl'
| edge Alas, she yielded to the promise,
took the fruit, and a'l earth felt the wound.
| Adam partook of 1t also. and both wore
driven from the garden.
But let Us consider these facts. The temp.
tntion applied 10 no necessity of her nature
no want was unsuppllcd. In the temptation
was involved the great principle of Obcdi'
/ Np., ytat N,NH At ltaT n y
serving our sympathy rs We Oftcn think.
Woman il stronger than man In spirituality,
stronger In Virtue. II was cunning In the
serpent 10 capture her, for to capture woman
il TO capture man.
It was q test Of character, and In this test
was involved the happiness of us all. Oh, j
In that moment Of trial she had called 10
, God; II she had called for Adam; II she hn'
only delayed to take the '-uit but the pro
mise Of knowledge was % great that sh
yielded. The angels came down from hCaycI
to guard the tree of life, but now, being fu,
Vi knowledge, the guilty pair should cat q
e il aud live forever. beautiful tradition
that after the expulsion from the garden
= the angels transplanted 1t to the paradise /
the skies, where one that oyerconcth ma
cat OF Il by-and-by.
-Four thousand years have passed, and
another garden IS second Adam. FOu
thousand years before Sin was committed
! q garden, and In this garden sin Is to
'' atOncd for. Over its gate is written, "Witl
' out shedding of blood Is no remission
sins" He described the path by which Jesl
: and the disciples came to the Garden
i Gcthsemlnc, the garden, and the surroun
q ings.
1t Is said that Jesus became sorrowful
y lie came to the garden; what ie the reason
III the producing cause Of that sOrrowi b
, meath those trees He bo'~s TO the Lround ~
, cries out, Ny soul is exceedingly sorrowf
~ unto death" Paul said, al have gre
hcayiness and continued sorrow in my heart
but what was Paul's sorrow compared wi
- that OF Jesus-a sorrow unto death. I
ns doom of an unsavod world rested upon Hi
" His mind recalled the past, looked upon 4
. present, and gazed into the dungeons of doc
W In the futdre.
81 There times IN human life when a 5u
g. den Withdrawal of the spirit seer 10 lea
0 &c forsaken. On three occasions I'1u5 G
w pericnccd this fcollngi once, so great was
'' feeling that an angel came to cheer him.
IN the garden and on the cross, he cried, "Wl
III hast thou forsaken me-" To be forsakcn
NJ this world by ones friends In the hour
n' trial Is enough to make one soTrowiul; b
In addition TO this, to DO fOrsakcu Of God,
'c hell Itself. No wonder that lie wgs CXCCI
Ingly sorrowful. Yet God did not Crda
ns calvaiy; that was done by wicked men.
~ Is not possible for Us TO suppose that God
~ qr'rcd a condition Of murder to ilmish
l.. plan Of salvationi that was outside of
n' Pm.
u The blood that ran dow 1 to the groun |
re- drops from the brow of jesus IN lis ago
hg in the garden was the blood of the atOi
re ment. His dying there because of the gr,
!cs agony would have been the death; but
hy Jews came, carried Him away, and IN
.'h dercd Him, and ! thank God that upon til
''V Il QUO rests the responsibility Of his dcn
When prisoners were condemned to die
'n' poison. in the oldcn time, they were pla,
nc nc In a row, and the cup was passed from {
Lhe - the other. When II came to the one "
'1s had obtained the mercy Of the judge, 1t '
iu. passed from him; so in His agony, In
nc' garden, lie cri.d, "Lct this cup pass ir
no mel" but the angel came to Him, on VIII
we b. ON he rested His head, aud then "a
lor Not my will, but thine be done" As
rabblG take Him from the garden, buhei
o. Him with their stayes, fancy cnn h
{" Him still saying, ''Thy will be done
The Bible opens and closes with the sn
thought a gurden-onc Is m heaven
49, Eden was heaven before thsfHLl. How I'll
.rfv two gardens are linked together cur
| In the second, takes shold Of Eden with (
,.,s hand and with the other tho garden In Pa
nsr disc. Sinner, would you cross this bcautl
A. Dridgc-hasten, or It may soon, for you,
','s goue. The elixir of life Is In this Third {
,pi den. There will De the tree Of life.
H., sufferer will be there, but not to say "
Wr soul is exceedingly sorrowful.' 1t will
'',r an lmmortl garden. 1t Is open now for
81" to enter, hut remember that 1t Is open by
r,. suffering OF Jesus Christ. Tue great lcsi
si,. Of lie Is, that there is no happiness with
,'.s suffering. Come, then, accept Christ .
,h another r len will be open to your receipt
o,y lTc II kG at night upon the 9Th
W Crosse text: Luke, 23l chap, 33l vcrs
,,,, "Wu,u they were come to the place wh
"s was called Calvary, there they cruciled i
f,N rld the malcfuctors, one on the right ln
~, a. aud one on the lcft.'
T. lie Lnvc vivid description Of the bc
te. Of the execution, and then proceeded to
rod scribe Chrlst's mcCkuess Oh the crossi she
Inc ny also His power to have hurled His {
lie nos to pcrdilion. But in the hour ofnoI
fro. agO,y He did not forgctllls duty, for
calletto John and gave His mother into
.rrc keeping. There was a lrInncss telling 0
drl, brave he'r within. The rabblc wanted II
1r,r TO come dwn, saying they would bcliev
hls He could ave himself. Not when ey