Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-23
IMAGES SERMON.
L. ot a Series on the voices
u,e Gardens and Fields"
e,ocested by the Preachers Sum.
.blings-The Campfire Plant
-,,,cal of Christ-The Re.
-.or.tiye Power of Grace.

= Dewitt Talmage opened a new
- sermons on special topics at
]omntons," N. Y, on a recent Sab
(sa uyoices of the Gardens and
hsinc the theme. His text was:
,oyca is unto me as a cluster of cam.
,he VINEYARDS of En- gedi.-Song OF
u, i, III
[mop,s Song" has been considered
rs fit only for moonstruck senti-
ists: written by a voluptuary; the
a a man crazed by a fair maiden;
ther for family prayers nor for
indeed we must admit that there
bars in Solomon's life when he had
bnndred more wives than he was
to: but he repented of his sin, and
[ose him to write some of the best
about Christ that have ever been
Besides that, l think the criti-
modern times upon the immodesty
RIFLE comes with poor grace from a
1 in which the writings of George
cme to their fortieth edition, and
ms cor not get to the prayer meet
lause they have tickets for places of
,ent so depraved that they make
ack Crook" respectable. l think,
kr. as far as I can see, in my stupid
/ there are things turned out upon
immunity to-day that bid fair to do
image than the Song of Solomon.
now, one of his fresh and fair de-
bns of Jesus. If l had twenty
0 preach 1 would like to employ ten
IN in bringing out to observation
presentations of Christ that have
zen passed by. I do not know why
bit should hover over few types
,t when there are so many symbols
/. that have never been discoursed
Why should we employ our time
mining a few lilies, when the Bible
at garden filled with fuchsias, and
atfodils, and with amaranths, and
yening primroses for the close of
ny, and crocuses at the foot of the
ank of sorrow, and heartsease for
lbled, and passion flowers planted
loot of a cross, and morning glories
ing out under the splendors of
sking day? Some years ago I dis
to you about "the white hairs of
and some of the newspapers sup
/ was a mere fancy of my own-the
bols not knowing that in Revela-
he first and fourteenth, the Bible
OF Christ:
cad and His hairs were white like
white rs snow
iaing the eternity of Jesus.
|ced on the side of the mountain
E VINEYARDS of En-gedi. Oh, they
wcet places! From a shelving of
b~untain, four hundred feet high,
came down in beautiful baptism on
Esof the leaves; the grapes intoxi-
tn their own wine; pomegranates
rices bursting from the rind; all
Id flowers and aromatic woods
tue sweetest of these the campfire
the text. Its flowers r in
like our lilac-graceful, fragrant,
(cal of Jesus; for
flowed is unto mo rs a cluster of
e from the vineyard of En.gedi.
carry out the idea Of my text, and
first place show you that this
Re plant of the text was a symbol
st, because of it's fragrance. If 1
ranch Of it and should wave it in
DIST, it would fill all the house with
lence. The campfire, as we have
ensive to some! but the campfire
the text had a fragrance gracious
The vineyards of En-gedi bathed
lie branches, the buds, the blossoms,
g with sweetness, typical of the
(ss of Christ.
sweet the name of Jesus sounds
p believers ear!
othes his SORROWS, heals his wounds,
u drives away his fear.
anne of Cesar means power; the
Herod mean cruelty; the name
lander mean conquest; the name
'sthenes means eloquence; the
Milton means poetry; the name
amin West means painting; the
fhidias ear sculpture; the
Beethoven means music; the name
ard means reform; but the name
means love.
le sweetest name that ever melted
or heart. AS you open an old
pat has long been closed, the first
AT strikes you is the perfume of the
at We're packed amid the clothing;
are hundreds Of hearts here which,
a. would first offer to you the name
llaveyou not seen Him? Through
X night of your sin has he not
Upon your vision? Beautiful when
$ TO help, beautiful when he comes
A little child was crying e
ufing the time of an eclipse. 1t
park at noon that she was afraid
sobbing, and could not be ST.
h'll after awhile the sun came out
aha she clapped her hands, and
" the sun! the SUM" Some of
been in the darkness of our sin;
Alter eclipse has passed over our
II after awhile the Sun of Right
poured his beams upon our
II we cried: "The sun!
Beautiful dawn in the
OF the Bethlehem khan!
in His mothers shawl,
70 Egypt! Beautiful with his
IT, 'alilean surf! Beautiful with
wren hanging about His neck!
Il the home circle of Bethany!
,an the sons of men; day-spring
A'gh; light for those who sit in
rose of Sharon; lily of the val
PSether lovely! o! He is such
"fooner, such a trcuble-sooth-
a "ound-binder. such a grave
mat the faintest pronunciation
a'ie rouses up all the incense of the
no all the perfume of the tropics,
soul, in ecstasy of affection cries
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