Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-05

bringing back all the wonders of the world;
his parks afiOat with myrrh and trankln-
cense. and a-rustic with trees brought trom
| foreign lands: the traces of his stupendous
gardens found by the traveller of this day.
solomon sits down in this place 10 think
of Christ. the altogether lovely, and the
altogether fair, and while seated, there
comes breath of the spices and the arc
matte woods, and of the blossoms, IN
through the palace window, and he crles
out: ''My beloved is unto me as cluster
of campfire from the vineyards OF In
gedi
o. rich and rare, exquisite and everlast-
ing perfume! Let it i'll every poor man
windows; plant it on every grave; put its
leaves under every dying head; wreath its
blossoms for every garland; wave Its
branches in every home; and when am
about TO die, and my hand lies cold and
stiff and white upon the pillow, let some
plain and humble soul come and put In
my dying grasp this living branch with
clusters 'Of campfire from the vineyards
of En-gedi."
1t is many years now since / found the
Lord, and must in your presence tell you
HOW GOOD He HAS BEEN
to nv soul. Often since then | have given
him hard thrust in his sore sidei but he
has been patient with me by day and by
night. 1t is the grief of my life that l have
treated him so badly; but He has never let
me 20. have seen no wonderful sights,
have heard no wonderful sounds, have
no marvellous experience; 1t has been a
plain story of patience on his part ana OF
unwOrthincSs on my part. Some oil my
dear friends before me have had more rap
turouS experiences. Christ to them has
been the c0nqueror on the white horse, or
the Sun of Righteousness, setting every
thing ablaze with light; or the Bridegroom,
coming with lantern and torches. To me
it has been Il very quiet and undemonStra-
five cynprienca. 1t has been something
very sweet but very still. How shall l
describe it? | have it now: My beloved
is unto me rs Il cluster of campfire from
the VINEYARDS of En-gedio -
But | remark further: This campfire
plant of the text was Il symbol OF Christ IN
the fact that
IT GIVES COLORGNG.
From the Mediterranean to the Ganges the
neoplc of the East gathered it, dried the
leaves, pulverizcd them, and then used
them as a dive for beautiiying garments of
their own persons. 1t WAS that TACT that
gave the camphire-plant Of the text its
commercial value i'll the time OF King
solomon; type of my Lord Jesus, who
identifies and adornS and colOrS everything
he touches. have no faith i'll that man 5
conversion whose religion docs not color hls
entire life. II was intended 50 10 do. II
a man has the grace of God in his heart it
Ourht to show itself in the life. There
ourht to be this "cluStcr of cImph!re. In
the LEDGER. in the roll OF government
securities. in the medical prescription, IN
the law book. \ religion Is Of no value to
a merchant unless it keeps him from put
ting false labels on his goods; or to the
plastercr, unless it keeps him from putting
up ceiling which he knows will crack IN
six months; or to the driver, unless it keeps
him from lashing his horses to eight miles
an hour when the Thermometer Is ut nmc-
ty. or to the farmer, unless it keeps HIM
from putting the only sound pippins on
the top of the barrcll; or to the shoemaker,
unless it keeps him from substituting
brown paper for good leather in the sOleS,
In other words, the religion of Christ is
GOOD for everything, or il Is good for moth
ing. The grace Of God never affects Us BY
piecemeal. II the heart is changed the
head is changed, and the liver is changed,
and the spleen Is chrnecd, and the hands
are changed, and the feet are ehsngeA and
the store is chalSgcd, and the house Is
changed, and everything over which the
man has any influence comes To complete
and radical change The religion OF the
Lord Jesus Christ is not 4 pot of hyacinth
to be set in parlOr bay-windOw for pass
crs-by to look ut, and to be examined only
bv ourselves when ": have company; but
it is to he perfume filling all the room OF
the heart rs "a cluster Of campfire from
the vineyards of En-gedi.' The trouble is
men do not
TAKE THEIR RELIGION WITH THEM.
The merchant leaves it outside the
counter lest it disturb the goods The
housekcepcr will not let her religion trail
its robes in the kitchen on washing day.
The philosopher will not let his religion
come in amid the batteries lest it get gall
vanic shock. Bat ! tell you unless your
religion goes with you everywhere 1t goes
nowhere. That religion was intended to
color all the heart and the life,
But, mark you, it was bright color.
For the most part it was an orange dye
made of this campfire plant, one of the
most brilliant of cOlors; and 50 the religion
OfJeSus Christ casts no blackncSS Of gloom
upon the soul. 1t brightanS up life; it
brightens up everything There is no more
religion in funeral than there is i'll a
Wedding; no more religion in tears than iii
smiles. David was no better when he said
he cried out of the depths of hell than
he was when he said that his mouth
was filled with laughter and his tongue
with singing. The best men that | have
ever known have laughed the l0udeSt.
| Religion was intended to b sh.el up.
/ all our character. Take ont the Sprig Oi
cypress from your coat and put i'll "a clus-
| ter of campfire from the vineyards of En-
codi." Religions ways are ways OF pleas,
antncSS and ali her paths are peace
have found it So There are hundred in
| this house who have found il so.
remark again, that the camphire-plant
of the text was a symbol of Jesus Christ,
/ because it Is
! A MIGHTY RESTORATIVE.
You know that there is nothing that start:
/ respiration - soon in one who has tainted
rs camphor, as we have 1t, Put upon {
sponge or handkerchief, the effects are al
most immediate. Well, this campfire
plant of the text, though sOmwhat differ
cnt from what we have, was 4 pun
gent aromatic, and in that respect it be
comes type of our Lord jesus
Christ, who is the mightieSt of all restOra
tives. | have carried this camphire-plan
into the sick room, after the doctors haC
Il. 4 a Al,