Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-07-20


the worsis of tho Bible i,~iatIng 10 the
Peas, 81 tho Tabernaci-s to the Present
Tin,e.
TIE HAMPToNs. July ii.-Thc sub.
jcct Of the Rev. DR. 7. DC Witt Tai
images sermon today was: The Bower
Of Tree Branches" His text was Nchc.
miah viii. 10. Go forth unto the
mount aud fetch olive branches. and
Pine branches. and myrtle branches.
and palm branches, and branches OF
thick trees. Ia make booths" Follow
ing is the sermon:
Il seems us il Mount Olivct were
unmoorcd. The people have gone
into the mountain. and have cut oil
tree branches. and put them ON their
shoulders. and they come forth now
into tho streets Of Jerusalem, and an
the house tops. apd they twist these
treo branches into arbOrs or bonths
Then the people come forth from their
comfortable homes. and dwell for
seven days in these booths or arbors.
Why do they do tlatl Well. il is n
gycat fcstal time. II is the fcast Of
tabcrnaclcs. and these people are
going 10 celebrate the desert travel Of
their fathers and their delivcrance
from their troubles. the experience of
their fathers when. travelling in the
desert. they lived in bnihs on their
way To tho land Of Canaan. And so
these hn,ths also become highly sng-
gcstivc ! will not say they are ncccs
sarily typical. but highly Suggestive.
of our march toward heaven. and Of
the fact that we are only living tenn.
pOrarily here. ;ls il were. in booths or
arbOrs. ON our way Ia the Canaan Of
eternal rest
Aud whnt wis said To the Jews
literally may to-day lr said iigura-
lively To- NIL this audience. Go forth
into the mountain. aud fetch olive
branches. and pine branches. and
myrtle branches. aud palm branches.
and branches of thick trees Ia make
booths. Sc,. we arr. only here in a
temporary residence We are march.
ing on. The merchant princes who
used TO live in Bowling Green. New
York. have passed away. and their
residences are now the fields Of cheap
merchants. Where are the men who
fifty years ago owned New York;
Passed on.
There IL no use in our driving our
stakes too deep into the earth we are on
the march. The generations that have
preceded us have gone ~ far on that
We cannot even hear the sound Of
their footsteps. They have gone over
the hills, and We are to follow them.
But, blessed bc God, We are not in this
world left out Of doors and unshel-
tered. There are gospel booths, or
gospel arbors, in which our souls arc
TO be comfortcd. Go forth unto the
mountain, and fetch olive branches,
aud Pine branches. and myrtle
branches. and palm branches. and
branches Of thick trees. and build
booths.
THE ARBoR OF THE GOSPEL.
Well, now We are today 10 construct
4 gospel arbor. or gospel booth; and
how shall we construct in Well, We
must get all the tree branches and
build. According 10 my text we must
90 up into the mount and bring olive
branches What does that meant
The olive tree grows in warm eli.
twenty or twenty-five feet, straight
stem. aud then an Oifshoot from that
stem. And then people come. and they
strip OF these branches sometimes.
and when in time Of war the general
Of ono army takes one Of these olive
branches aud goes out 10 the general
Of another army. what does that mean
Why. il means. unsaddle the war
chargers. II means hang up tho war
knapsacks. Il il but beautiful way
Of saying. Pcaccl
Now, IL we arc today going TO sue
coed in building this gospel arbor. we
must 60 into the Mount of Gods bless.
ing. aud fetch tho olive branches. and
whatever else we must have, We must
have at least two olive branches
peace with God and peace with man.
When ] say peace with God. do not
mean 10 represent God rs bloody
chieftain. having a grudge against us,
but j do mean 10 affirm there is no
moro antagonism between hound
and a hare. between a hawk and q
pullet, between elephant and swine,
than there is hostility between holi.
ness aud sin. Aud il God is all holi-
ness. and We are all sin. there must
10 a reimbursement. there must he "a re-
construction, there must be treaty,
there must be n stretching forth of
olive branches.
THE HUMAN VS.. THE DIVINE.
There is u great lawsuit going on
now, and il isa lawsuit which man IL
bringing against his Maker: that law
suit IN now on the calendar IL is the
human versus the divine; il is iniqui,y
versus the Immaculate; il is weakness
versus oninipotcncc. Man began il;
God did not hrgin the lawsuit. We
began il; we assaulted our Maker. and
the sooner we cn,l this part Of the
struggle in which the lutte attempts
la overthrow the infinite and omnip
Otent. the sooner We end il tho better.
Travellers tell us there is no such
place as Mount Calvary. that il is only
u hill. only an insignificant hill; but
| persist IN calling il tho mount OF
Gods divine mercy and love. far
grander than any other place on earth,
grander than the Alps or Himalayas,
and thcre are no other hills as com.
pared with il. and | have noticed in
every sect where tile cross Of Christ ID
vet forth. Il is planted with olive
branches. And all We have 10 do Is
10 get rid Of this war between God and
ourselves. ~ which we are all tired.
We want tn back out OF the war. we
want Ia get rid Of this hostility. All
We have 10 do is just 10 get up on the
mount of Gods blessing. and pluck
tlissu' olive branches and wave them
before tile thrne. Peace through our
lllFsl issis Ihrtst!
oh. u ,hiEt make much difference
what the world thinks Of you what
this king. tint queen. that senator
thlrks ~ yOu. Hut como into the
warm. ultimate. glowing aud evcrlast-
ing wl.l Olsllip with the tied al the