Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-05
THE vINEYARDs OF EN-eEDI.

THE VINEYARDS OF EN-GEDI.
o. they were sweet placesi From shely-
ing OF the mountain, four hundred feet
hich, waters came down in beautiful bap-
tism ON the faces of the leaves; the grapes
intoxieate with their own wine; pOme-
granates YithjuiceS bursting from the rind;
all fruits, and flowers and aromatic woods
among thesweetest Of these the campfire
plant of the text. It's flowers are in cuS-
tiers like our Hac-gracctul, fragrant SYM
bOlieal Of Jesus; for my beloved is unto
me as a cluster of campfire from the vine
yards of En-gedi.o
will carry out the idea Of my text, and
in the first place show you, that this cam
phire-plant of the text was u symbol of
Christ, because of its fragrance. III had
a branch of it and should have it in your
midst, it would fill all the house with its
redolencc. The campfire, u we have it,
is offensive to some; but the campfire
plant of the text had a fragrance gracious
to all. The vineyards of En-gcdi bathed in
1.-THE branches the buds, the blossoms,
dripping with sweetness, typical of the
sweetness of Christ.
elbow sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In q believers ear!
Il sOothcS his SOrOwS, heals his wounds
And drives away his fear.
The name of Cesar means power; the
name of Herod means cruelty; the name
of Alexander means conquest; the name of
DemOSthenes means eloquence; the name
of Milton means poetry; the name OF Ben
iamin West means painting; the name OF
PhidiaS means sculpture; the name of Bee
thoven means music; the name of Howard
means reform; but the name of Christ
means love. 1t is
THE SWEETEST NAME
that ever melted from lip or heart. As
YOU open an old chest that has long been
Glssed, the first thing that strikes you is
the perfume of the herbs that were packed
amid the clothing; so there are hundreds
of hearts here which, if opened, would first
offer to YOU the name OF Jesus. Have You
not seen him? Through the dark night OF
your sin has he not flashed upon your Wis
ion? Beautiful when he comes to help.
beautiful when he comes t0 save. / little
child was crying HeIy much during the
time OF an eclipse, II got so dmk at noon
that she was afraid and kept sobhing, and
could not be Silenced, until after awhile
the sun came ont again, and she clapped
her hands and said: 20, the sun. the sun
Some of us have been in the dark
ness of our sin; eclipse after
eclipse has passed over our soul; but after
awhile the sun of Righteousness poured
his beams upon our hearts, and we cried,
''Thc sun! the sum- Beautiful dawn in
/ the straw of the Bethlehem khan! Beauti
! ful i'm his mothers shawl, fugitive tC
| Egyptl Beautiful with his feet in the Gal
lilcan surf Beautiful with the children
I hanging about his neck! Beautiful in The
home circle Of Bethany! Falror than the
sons of men; day-spring frOm on high
light for those who sit in darkness; rose o
/ sharon; lily of the Nalley-altogethel
/ lovely! O! He is such sin-pardOncr, Suct
n trouble-SOOther, such wound-blndcr
! such grave-breaker, that the tainteSt pro
nunciatiOn of his name rouSeS up all TIT
| incense of the garden, and all the perfum,
of the tropics, while the soul, in ecstasy o
affection. cries out: ''My beloved is unit,
me rs a cluster of campfire from the vine
yards of En-gedi.'
But how shall talk of
THE SWEETNESS OF CHRIST'S PARDON
to those who have never felt it; of tn
sweetness of His comfort TO those who hav'
refused His promise; of the sweetness o
! His face to those who have turned ther
back upon His love? Now, great man.
people may think this is merely Sickly sen
timentaliSm. Jonathan Edwards was {
cool man. He was harsh in some of hi
opinions-he was never afflicted with an.
1 sentimental ardOf; and yet, when tn
name of Christ WAS mentioned, IT threv
him into transport. Paul was coo
logician, with nerves mistaken in tn
Mediterranean shipwreck, granitic m
ture, comfortable with the whole worlt
against him, shaking his fist in the face 0
the governments of earth and the forces o
darkness; yet the thought of Chris
thrilled him, transported him, over
whelmed him. John Knox was unbend
! ing in his nature, and hard in some re
speots. The fash Of his indignation mad
the Queen shiyer and the Duchess quake
yet he sat down as q LITTLE child at tn
fsst OF Jesus. solomon was snrTounded b
ali palatial spIendoF -llis rs gAag ou
/ ffona Ezionrgeheg on yoyag thEs9enEl
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