The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-15


God; peace with man. II you cannot take
those two doctrines You are no christian.
Best be the tie that binds
Our hearts In christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like 60 that above.
From sorrow, toll and pain,
And sin We shall be free,
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.
But myl text goes further. II says: Go
| up into the mountain and fetch olive
branches and Pine branches Now what is
suggested by the pine branches! The pine
! tree is healthy; IT IS aromatic; it is ever
green. How often the physiciAn saws to
his invalid patients: "GO and have ii breath
of the pines That will invigorate you
Why do such thousands of people 60 south
every yeari 1t is not merely to get to Il
warmer climate, but to get to the influence
Of the pine There is health in it, and this
pine branch of the text suggests the health
fulness of our holy religion; it is full of
health, health for ALL health for the mind,
health for the soul.
| knew an aged man, who had no capital
of physical health. He had had all the
diseases you could imagine; he did not eat
enough TO keep a child alive; he lived on
beverage of hosannas. He lived high, for
be dined every day with the king He was
kept alive simply by the force Of our holy
religion. IL is a healthy religion; healthy
for the eye, healthy for the hand healthy
for the feet, healthy for the heart healthy
for the liver, healthy for the spleen,
healthy for the whole man. 1t
gives man such peace, such
Quletness, such indepe dence of circum-
stances, such holy equipJso. Oh that we
all possessed 1t, that we possessed it nowl
| mean that it is healthy if man gets
enough of it. Now, there are some people
who get just enough religiO to bother them,
just enough religion to make them sick but
If a man take a full, deep, round inhalation
of these pine branches of the gospel arbor,
he will find it buoyant, exuberant, undy
ing, immortal health.
But this pine branch Of my text also sug-
gests the simple fact that it is an evergreen.
What does this pine branch care for the
snow on its brow? 1t is only crown of
glory. The winter cannot freeze it out
This evergreen tree branch is as beautiful
in winter as it is in the summer. And that
is the characteristic of our holy religion; ia
the sharpest cCldost winter Of misfortune
and disaster, il is as good religion as it i,
il the bright summer sunshine. Well, now
that is practical truth. For f [ should 20
up and down these aisleS | would not find
IN this house fifty people wlO hal n d
no trouble. But there are some Of you who
have especial trouble. God only knows
what you go through with. Oh, how many
bereavemepts, how many povertles, how
| many persecutionsl How many misreOre-
sentationsl and now, my brother, you
have tried everything else, why don't YOU
try this evergreen reigionl 1t is just as
good for you now as it was in tho DAYS Of
your prosp srity; it is better for you. 4 Per-
haps some Of you feel almost like MuCkle
| BaCkie, the fisaermal, who was ca,ded one
| nay haPa1Cp ha kant working ulthnnuh
that very day he buried his child. They
came to him and said: at is indecent for
| you to be mending that boat VIII IN this at
| ternoon you buried your childn And the
| fisherman looked up and said: "Sr, it is
very easy for you gentlefolks to stay in the
| house with your handkerchiefs to your eyes
with grief; but, sir, ought | 10 let the other
| five children starve because one of them is
| drowned! No, sir; we maun work, we
maun work, though our hearts beat like
| this ham err
You may have had accumulation of sor-
| row and misfortune They come in flocks
| they come in her upon your soul; and yet
| ! have to tell you that this religion eau
console you, that 1t can help you, that it
can deliver you if nothing else will. DO
| you tell me that the riches aud the gain of
| this world can console you! How was it
| with the man who Lad such a foudness for
| money J4db Wu6ll no WRto SICK ne DIubIbtl II
basin Of gold pieces to be brought to him,
AID he put his gouty hands down among
| the gold piec S. cooling his hands Off il
them, and the rattle aud rolling Of these
| gold pieces wero his amusement aud enter
| tainment. All, the gold and silver the
| honors, the emOluments of this world
| are poor solace Tor perturbed spirit
| You want something better than this
| world can give. A young prince, ~ hen the
ol,s 1,la xEyit },
| fused to play. He said: | will play only
| with kings. And 1t might be supposed that
| you would throw aw y all other solace be-
| fore this regal satisfaction, this imperial
| Joy. Ye who are sons and daughters Of
| the Lord Almighty ought to play only with
kings.
The hill of Zion yields
4 thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
But my text takes a further step and it
says, "Go into the mountain and fetch olive
branches and Pine bra chss and palm
branches" Now, the palm tree was very
much honored by tho ancents
1t had three hun red and sixty
different uses The fruit was conserved
the sap was a beverage; the stems we're
ground up for food for camels. the base Of
the leaves was turned into hats and mats
victorious professions; and from the
root to the top of the highest leaf tn ere
was usefulness. The tree grew eighty-five
feet in hight sometimes, and it spread broad
leaves four and five yards long; it meant t
usefulness, and it meant victory; usefulness
for what it produced victory because it
was brought into celebrations Of triumph.
And oh, how much we want the palm
branches in the churches of Jesus Christ at
this time! A great many christians don't
amount to anythilg. You have to shove
them out of ne way whe1 the Lords
chariots come along We don't want any
more of that kind Of christian in the
church.
Tne old maxim says: ''Do not put all
your eggs into one basket" but have to
tell you in this matter Of religion,
you mad better give your all to God,
and then get in yourself. "Oh, sa,s some
one, my business is to sell silks and
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