Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-06
ANGELS OF THE GRASS.
Tina FIowars Good for Lessons of
G5d's ProVidentiaI Care, for the
Bride and for the Dead,
They Form a Religious Symbolism TO
RemInd Us Of rhs Resurrection
and the Promises of salvation.
ES.t,r Day oom,s TO RsoAu the savioI's
Earthly D-Te~r ana EiIa Dare for
His Immortal OhiIdrsD.
DR. TALMAGE's EAsTER MORNING. DIS
COURSE.

COUhSE.
Special to the Gaz=ve.
BRooKLYN, n Y, April 1.-The plat
form and gall ries Of the Tabernacle were
this morning proiusely decorated with
lowers. On toe previ US evening the
church had been open to prepare the
dccorS,ions, for which the congregation
hsd been Invited to bring f)weys.
The immense audience room is not
large enough to contain the people Oh
ordinary OCCASIONS; it must be lett to the
Imagination to suggest the throDgs, both
inside and outside the church on this
great festal dsy.
The Rev. T. Dewitt Tslmsge, DID, ,
took for his text Luxe xii IS: "If then
God so fl.3the the grass which Is To-Day
In the fed, and 10 morrow is cast into
the oven, how much more will he clothe
your" He said:
The lily is the queen of Bible flowers.
The rose may have disputed her throne in
modern times, and won it; but the rose
originally had only five petals. 1t was
under the long Continued and intense
gaze Of the world that the rose blushed
into its present beauty. In the Bible
train, csssik and hyssop and frapkincense
lnd myrrh and spikenerd and c.mphir
snd the rose follow the lily. Fourteen
tlmas in the Bible 10 the lily mentioned /;
only twice the rose. The rose may now
have wider empire, but the lily reiensd
IN the time Of Esther, in the time OF S0lo-
mon, in the time OF Cnrist.
Cesar had his throne on the hills. The
lily had her throne In the valley. In
no 70 hot h.
ed, there wss only one flower, and that
lily. The Bedford dreamer, John
Bunyan, enssred tie house Of the inter
prefer, So vas shown cluster OF
flowers, and Vas told to "constoer the
lilies"
We may study or reject other sciences
1t our option. [. is 81 with astronomy,
1t is 50 vita chemistry, it is so with ju-
rspTufencu, IL is SO With physiology, II is
60 WITH geology; but the science of bot
sGy Christ comm.nds Us to study when
he SAYS, "Cupsider the lilies" Measure
iaem from root TO tip of petal. IOhale
their bresth. Notice the graceiulpess OF
helr poise. HeSr the whisper OF the
white lips Of the eastern and Of the red
lips Of
THB AMERICAN LILY.
Belonging TO This royal family OF lilies
Is the lily of the Nile, the Japan lily, the
Lady Washington of the Slerrss, the
Golden BsDd lilv, the Giant lily OF Nspsul,
the Turks Cap lly. the African lily from
the Cape of Good Hope. All these, lilies
hsVe the royal blood in their veins. Blu
take the lilies Of my text this mornipe
as typical Of all flowers, and this Easter
dsy, gsrlanded with sill this opulence OF
floral beauty, seems to address US, say
ing HConsider ths lilies, consider the
sEsleas, consider the fuchsias, consider
the gersniums, consider the ivies, con
sider the hyacinths, consider the hello
tropes, consider the olesnders." Will
dlfsren.inl and grateful and intelligent
aad uorshipful souls, consider them MOI
with insipid sentimentelism, or Will
s0phomoric vaporing, burfor grand ene
PRACTICAL and every day, aud, II need De
homely uses, consider them.
The flowers are the sngels OF the grass
They sill have voices. When the cloud'
speak, they thunder; when the whirl
Winds speak, they scream; when The
eStaracts spesk, they rosr; but when Inc
lwers speak, they always whisper.
stand here to interpret their message
UuHt nhN6 fUu W Bays " SSASSStS~AsA A'
grass, to this worshiptul multtudef
This morning l mean to discuss wns
Sewers are good for. Thst is my sub
Jet: What are hDwers good tori -.
l. remark in the first place, they are
good for lessons of Gods providentia
care. That Was Christ's FIRST thought
81 these flowers seem to address us to
day, saying: "God will give you appare
and food. We have no wheel VITA which
to spin, no loom with which to weave, NJ
sickle with which to harvest, no well
sweep with which to draw water; bu
God stakes our thirst with the dew ant
God feeds us with the bread OF the sun
shine and God has epparelled us wit
more thon Solom onic regality. We ar
propheteeses Of adequate wardrobe.
God so clothed us, the grass OF the nele
will He not much mere clothe you, 0,
1 Of little fsith7"
a Men ana women Of worldly enxietieI
TAKE THIS MESSAGE HoMR
With you. How long sss g ID taken Cal
uyopf Quarter OF the journey OF lifs
has the tourney Of lifef three-qusrtel
hs journey Of niet Can you not tru