Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-12

10 a thirst TO AL poison, TO eli SIN, TO aii l
DEATH The smallest cluster larger than /
tue famous one OF Ecshol, which two men
carried on a stan between then II ,he |
one apple in Eden " led Il q race, this |
one cluster OF mercy shalt lcs t1roit.
Again, ths church In my text Is zip. |
propriately called garden, because It is
thoroughly irrigated. No garden could !,
prosper long without plenty Of water. | ]
have seen q garden in the midst OF a dos
ert, yet blooming and luxuriant, All
around was dearth and harrenness; hut
there were pipes, aqueducts, reach
Ing from this garden upto the mountains, !
AMI through those aqucducts the water
came streaming down and tossing up into I
beautiful fountains, until every root aud
leaf and flower were saturated. That Is
like the church. The church is garden
In the midst Of a great desert of sin and
suffering; but II Is well irrigated, for
sour eyes are unto the hills from whence
comoth our help" From the mountains
OF Gods strength there fiow down rivers
OF gladness "Thereis river the stream
whereof shall make glad the city OF our
God" Preaching the gospel is one OF
these aqueducts. The bible Is another
Baptism and the LCrd's Supper are aquo-
ducts. Water TO slake the thirst, water
70 wash the unclean, water tossed high
up in the light OF the sun OF righteousness,
showing us the rainbow around the
throne. oh, was there ever garden so
I thoroughly irrigated? You know that
the beauty of Versailles and Chatsworth
depends very much upon the great sup
ply of water. ! came 10 the latter place,
Chatsworth, one day when strangers are
not TO be admitted; but by an inducemept
which always seemed as applicable to an
Englishman as an American, got ia, and
then the gardner went far up above the
stairs Of stone and turned ON the water.
| saw 1t cleaning on the dry pavement,
coming down from step TO step until II
came so near ] could hear the musical
rush, and ali ove7 the high, broad stairs
II came foaming, flashing, roaring down,
until sunlight and wave In gieesome
wrestle tumbled NJ my feet. SO II Is
with the church OF God
EvRRY THING CoNiEs FROM ABOVE;
pardon from above, Joy from above, adop-
ton from above, sanctlhcation from above
q, that now God would turn ON the wa
tiers of salvation, that they might dow
down through this heritage, and that to-
day we might find this very place to be
"Elim, with twelve wells of water aud
three score and ten palm treesln
Hark hear the latch of the garden
gate, and look to see who is coming.
hear the voice of Christ. al am come
into my garden" | say. "Come 10, O
Jesus! We have been waiting for thee /;
walk all through the paths Look at tho
/ flowers; look at the fruit; pluck that
which Thou wilt for Thyseli,n Jesus
comes into the garden aud up TO that old
man and touches him and says; "Almost
home father not many more aches for
/ thee; | VIII never leave thee take cour-
age q little longer and | will steady thy
tottering steps, and | will soothe thy
troubles and give thee rest. Courage old
man. Then Christ goes up another gar
den path, and he comes to a soul In trouble
and says: "Peacel All Is well. | have
seen thy tears. | have heard thy PRAYER
, The sun shall not smite thee by day nor
the moon by night, The Lord shall PIE.
serve thee from all evil; He will preserve
/ thy soul. Courage, 0 troubled spiritlh
, Then see Jesus going up another gar.
den path, aGd | see great excitement
among the leaves, and | hasten up that
} garden path TO see what Jesus is doing
I there, and To- he Is breaking OFF flowers
. sharp and clean from the stem, and say
: "Stop, Jesus, don't kill those beautiful
flowers" He turns to me and SAYS; :"
law NPAhN ANU ny ta"iNNh w EhthNl Allltl
, and l mean to take these up to highe
: terrace, for the garden around my palace
G and there ! will plant them; and in bette
= soil and in better air they shall put fortl
7 brighter leaves and sweeter redolence ,anC
$ no frost shall touch them forever.r AnC
| looked up into his face and said "Well
Y IL Is His garden and He has right to d,
/. what He will with IT, Thy will be done y
! the hardest prayer man ever made.
1t has seemed as II Jesus Christ tool
the best; from many Of your households
$ the best one Is gone. You know tina
she was too good for this world; she wa
! the gentlest in her ways, the deepest il
y her affections; and when at last the SICK
d ness came you had no faith In medicines
y You knew that the hour of parting haC
I come, and when, through the rich grac,
q OF the Lord Jesus Christ, you surrendere,
that treasure, you said "Lord Jesus
I. take tilt Is the best we have; take Il
It Thou art worthy" The others in Tn,
N household may have been OF crosse
{ mold. She was Of the finest. One day
e a man was taking me from the depot I,
= village. He was very rough and coars,
@ and very blasphemous; but after awhil,
d he mellowed down as he began 70 talk o.
IS his little son whom he had lost. "Oh
& sir" he said, "that boy was differen
}. from the rest Of us. He never used an,
n bad language; no, sir never hear,
4 him use bad word in my life. He used t,
d say his prayers, and we laughed at him
e but he would keep on saying his prayers
!. and often thought: Il can't keep tina
d child and said TO my wife: Mother
J. we can't keep that child But, sir, tn
I, day he was drowned, and they brough
l. him In and laid him down on the CARPET
n 80 white and so beautiful, my heart broke
II sir. knew we couldn'tkeep MIN. -
n The heaven OF your little ones will no
! be fairly begun until you get there. Al
J. the kindnesses shown them by immortal
d they are, the radiant throngs that wen
II out from your homes. throw kiss Il
Q the sweet darllngs. They are all wei