Telegram-herald., 1888-04-02

= rALMAss's EASTER SERMON
ss Discusses the Usss al Fio~srs .sa shs
Lssssas f~azhk ~ thsza -orssss
blossoms far the BRIDE. Hand
f4i of Wallets tar ths To1ab.

fai ga Wallets fsr ths fo1ab-
BaOokLrs, Aprg l-Ths platform snd
eaIlsries of rhe fabeFnacls ~sFs this Hsorn-
lnx prot1.-eiy decorated vita flowers. On
t.ls previous sseaiag tie eh1rea sAd besn
open - pTepars tas decorations fer whlch
ties congregation Ez1 seea insitsa - bring
foNeFs.
The immense audience room Is not large
enough 70 contain ras peopis o. primary
occasioHs Is Hlllst be ieft 70 ths rsnaz zinaIioa
% su-gest ths tbFoags, boGA Inside and cut.
side ths eharcb On tbs great fss1zl day
The Res T. Ds ~ u Ialnage d d took
FOR his text Luke H. >. II thea God -
cloths rhs grsss. which 5 tessay IA the aeld,
snsi to-m0rros Is cast iato the oven, hOs
mach more wil ke elotne YOU Hs saId:
The lis Is tie queen u Bible flowers. The
rcse may have dlspuled her throns Ia modern
times, and wOo Is. bat the rose originally
had ONLY I've peta.s It was under the long
coutinued and intense gaze of tie world that
toe rose bl1sned into ito pressEt beauty. In
the Bioie train, cass,a and hyssop aud frank
incense aud myrFh and spikeaard and cam
phire and the rose follow the lily. Fourteen
times IN ths b. bic j. the lily mentioned, only
wider empire, but the lily reigned IN the time
OF Esther, ia the tins OF solomon, ia the
time oe Christ
/ Csssar had ais throne on the hills. The
llly had her throne in the valley. In the
greatest sermon that was ever preached.
+ there Was oaly one d0gveF. and that lsly. Tho
( Bedford dreamer, John Bunyan, catered the
house of ths Interpreter, and Was shown .
told der
F the hhesn
We may study or reject other sciences az
our option IL IS so with astronomy, II IS 50
with chemistry, il Is 50 with Jurisprudence,
\ ir - 20 with physiology 70 il 50 with geology,
bat tho science OF botany Christ commands
Us 10 study when he says: Consider thu
lilies Measure them from root 20 tip OF
petal Iuhale thoir breath. Notice the
gracefulness Of their poise. Hear the whls-
per Of the white lips OF the Eastern and OF
the red lips OF the American lily.
Belonging To this royal family OF lilies Is
the lily u the Nile. the Japan lily, the Lady
( Washington Of the Sierras, the Golden Band
lily, the Giant lily Of Nepaul, the Turks Cap
( hIF the African lily from the Cape OF Good
/ Hope All these lilies have the royal blood
ga their veins. But take the lilies OF my
text this morning as typical Of all flowers,
/ and this Easter day, garlanded with all this
/ oDuience Of foral beauty, seems to address Us,
/ saving: Consider the lilies, consider the
/ azalias. consider the fuchsias, consider the
! ceraniutns consider the ivies, consider the
/ hFacinths, consider the heliOtrOpes, consider
the oIeanders.n With direreatial and CRATE
ful and intelligent and worshipful souls, con-
! siier them Not with insipid sentimentalissn,
/ or with sophomore vapOTing, but for grand
and practical and everyday and, If need be,
hOmely uses, consider them
The flowers are the angels OF the grass.
They all have voices When the clouds
speak, they thunder; when the whirlwiDds
speak, they scream; when the cataracts
speak they roar; but when the flowers speak,
they always whisper. I stand here TO inter
pret their message. What have you TO say,
Oh 70 angels Of the grass, 70 this worShipful
Inultitudei
This morning mean 70 discuss what flow
ers are good for. That is my subject: What
are flowers good for,
l. 1 remark, in the first place, they are
good for lessons Of Gods providential care.
That was Christ's first thought. All these
flowers seem TO address rs today, saying;
God viii give you apparel and food. We
have no wheel with which TO spin, no loom
with which 70 weave, no sickle with which
TO harvest no well sweep with which TO draw
water: but God slakes our THIRST with the
dew. and God feeds us witt the bread of the
sunshine, and God has appareled US with
moro than Solomonic regality. We are
prophetesses Of adequate wardrobe. IL God
SO clothed US. the grass of the field, will be
not much more clothe you. Oh ye Of little
faithF
Men and women OF worldly anxieties, take
this message home with you. How long ha.
God taken care Of youi Quarter of thS
journey OF lfei half the journey Of life
three quarters the journey of Lfe' Can yor
not trust him the rest os the wayi God does
not promise you anything like that which
TIE Roman emperor had on his table at vasi
exrense-5oO nightingalss' tongues-but ht
has promised to take care Of you He hai
promised you the necessities, not the lux
uries-bread, not cake. II God SO luxuri
antly clothes the grass of the field, will h'
not provide FOR you, his living and immorta
childrenl lie VIII.
70 wonder Martin Luther always had
flower his writing desk for inspira
ton Through the cracks OF the prison
floor a flower grew up TO cheer Picci
ola. Mungo PARK, the great traveller anC
explorer, had his life saved by flower
lie sank down in tho desert 20 die
but seeing a flower near by it suggested
God's mercifui care. and be got up with new
courage and travs.ed on TO safety. / sai'
the flowers are tas angels Of the grass. adj
now they are the svangels Of the sky.
H. If you insist on asking me the question
What ara flowers good fori respond. the,
are good for the bridal day. The bride mus
have them sn her brow, and she must hav
them in her hand The marriage altar mis-
be covered with them A wedding withou
flowers would be a. inappropriate as wed
ding without music. Al such a time they AT
for couEratulation and prophecies OK good
30 much q the pathway Of life Is covers
up vita tsorns. va ought 70 cover the begin
ming vita orange blossoms
Flowers are appropriate on such occasions
for fn uinetv-nin ont of = hundred cases it
the very best thing thss could have happened
The world mar criticise and pronou7ce Il a
iaauttada. and usay Iit its eyebrows IN SUI
prise and thinS is might suggest sorrethin
better. but the God vh0 sees TIE twenty
forty. City years of wesisied life before the.
havp begun srrsnres al for ths best :
that flowers. IN almost all cases. ara spprc
pirate for the marriage DAY The divergence
Of disposition viii become correspondence
~ klssSreSs viii become prudence. frivo6t
will De turned into practically.
There has been many an aged viaove
srri Who had a csrsfuilT locked hureau. an
IN the bureau box. and in toe box folde
. rsper. and In the folded paper haf blow
rase. siizhtIy fraErzas. discolored. careful
ursSsed. She put it thers f-rty or fftv rear
? so. On the anniversary dsT q Der weddin
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