The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-08-27
TALMAGE's SERMON.
Opening OF q Series on the "Voices
OF the Gardens and Fields"

Opening OF Series on the "voice
OF the Gardens and Fields"
suhjects Suggested by tho Pseacher's sun
ner Ramblinss-rhe Campfire Plant
- Typical of Chrisi-Tho Re.
storative Power OF Grace.
Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmage opened . ne,
series Of sermons on special topics a
1.-THE Hamptons," N. Y, on a recent Sab
bath, the "Voices of the Gardens an,
Fields" being the theme. His text was
My beloved lie unto me a. q cluster OF cam
phire In the whey ards Of En- gedi.-Song o
Solomon. l., II.
"Solomon's Song" has been considered
by many as 1T only for moonstruck senti
mentalists; written by a voluptuary; tn
story Of a man crased by fair maiden
at neither for family prayers nor fo
church. Indeed we must admit that ther,
were years in Solomon's life when he had
several hundred more wives than he wa.
entitled to; but he rspented Of his sin, and
God chose him to write some of the bes,
things about Christ that have ever beer
written. Besides that, think the criti-
cism Of modern times upon the immodesty
Of the Billie comes with poor grace from a
century In which the writings of George
Sand come to their fortieth edition, and
Christians can not get TO the prayer meet
ing because they have tickets for places of
amusemens 30 depraved that they make
the "Black Crook" respectable. / think,
however, - far a. can see, In my stupid
tty, that there are things turned out upon
the community to-day that bid fair to do
more damage than the Song of Solomon.
Hear, now, one Of his fresh and fair de-
scriptions Of Jesus. II / had twenty
years to preach would like to employ ten
Of them in bringing out to observation
those representations of Christ that have
- yet been passed BY. do not know why
the pulpit should hover over few types
OF Christ when there are so many symbols
ct Jesus that have never been discoursed
upon. Why should we employ our time
In examining . few lilies, when the Bible
u great garden filed with fuchsias, and
with da6odils, and with amaranths, and
with evening primroses for the close Of
Hfs's day, and crocuses at the foot of the
snow bank Of sorrow, and heartsease for
the troubled, and passion flowers planted
ct the foot Of . cross, and morning glories
spreading out under the srlendors Of
the breaking dayf Some years ago l dis
courssd to you about "the white hairs Of
Jesus" and some OF the newspapers sup
posed It was . mere fancy of my own-the
poor fools not knowing that In Reveia-
lions, IL first and fourteenth, the Bible
speaks Of Christ:
HIS head and His hairs were white like
wool. - white - snow
symbolising the eternity Of Jesus.
THracsd ON the side OF the mountain
we're the VINEYARDS Of En-gedi. Oh, they
were sweet placssi From . shelving of
the mountain, four hundred feet high. |
waters came down In beautiful baptism on |
the faces OF the leaves; the grapes intoxi- |
cate with their own wine: pomegranates
with juices bursting from the rind; all |
frufts and flowers and aromatic woods-l
among the sweetest OF these the campfire
plant Of the taxi. it, flowers are in
clustsrs like our hiac-graceful, fragrant,
sYmbolical Of Jesus; for
~ beloved 70 unto me ~ q cluster Of |
eamphire from the vineyard Of I'm. gsdl
win carry out the idea Of my text, and
IN the frat place show you that this
Damphire plant OF the text was 4 symbol
u Christ, because Of its fragrance. I'LL
had branch Of Il and should wave ie in
POUR midst Il would All all tho house with
= redolence. Tho campfire, as We have
9 v Offensive 70 somsl but the campfire
plant Of TIE text had . fragrance gracious
. AL The vineyards Of En-gedi bathed
= 1.-THE branches, the buds, the blossoms,
tripping with sweetness, typical Of the
Of Christ.
bow sweet the name OF Jesus sounds
In = believers cart
u soothes his sorrows. heats his wounds.
And drives away his fear.
The name OF Cesar means power; he
lame OF Herod means cruelty; the name
Alexander means conquest; the name
Z Demosthsnss means eloquencs; the
'azae Of Milton means poetry; the name
{ Benjamin West means painting; the
'ams OF Phtdias means sculpture; the
'ame a Beethoven means music; the name
Howard means reform; but the name
{ Christ means love.
II = the sweetest name that ever melted
rom lip or heart A. you open an old
hest hat has long been closed, the first
hing hat strikes you 10 the perfume Of the
cribs that were packed amid the clothing: i.
. there are hundredsof hearts here which.
opened, would first Offer to you the name {
Jesus. Hsvsy zen not seen Himf Through
10 dark night OF your sin has he not !
ashsd upon your vfsioni Beautiful when ,
conos 70 help, beautiful whom he comes
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