Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-05-11

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nine of Christian sympathy.
CONTROL OF THE TE&FER
In this garden Of the Lord + find the
,fey;can cactus. loveliness within. thorns
without. men with great sharpness OF
behavior and manner, but w1snln 'he"
-be reace of God, the love of God, the
yrace of God. They are hard men to
handle. ugly men to touch, very APT 70 /
strike back when you strike them, YET
within them all loneliness and sttrscuon'
while outside so completely unfortunate
Mexican cactus al the time
sid a placid elder to Christian MN
lister doctor, you would do better 10
control your temper" "Ah!" said ne
minister to the placid elder, 81 control
more temper in Eve minutes than you 90
in Eve years" These people, gifted men,
who have great evaporation OF manner
and seem to be very different from what
thev should be, really have in their sous
that which commends them to the LORD
Mor;can cactus all the time. so man
said to NE years age: ''Do you thlnS l
oneht TO become member of the church'
I lave such violent temper
YESTERDAY was crossing Jersey City
ferry 1t was very early in the morn
ino and saw milkman putting large
onantity of water into his can, ana !
said That is enough, sir ard ne got Oh
the cart and insulted me. and Knocked
him down. Well" said he, do you
think could ever become Christian;
That man had in his soul the grace OF tao
Lord Jesus, but outside he vas tui! OF
tborns. and full of bra!nbles. ana ifal ol
e~asrerations. bat he could not hear the
story Of Saviour's mercy told without
having the tears roll down his Geek
There was lovelness within. but ro;:=sh
ness outside Mexican cactus al! the
time.
Rnt | remember in ooyhood that we
had in our fathers garden what we
called the Giant of Battle. peculiar
rose very red and very fiery. Suggestive
aower it was called the Giant OF b2tite:
And so in the garden of the Lord we mo
that kind of hower-the Pauls and Ma
tin Luthers. the Wycliss, the Jonn
Knoxes-giants Of battle. What m otaer
men is spark. in them is q contia.:ra-
ton. When they pray, their prayers saSe
S,a. 1rheD they suffer, they sweat great
drops of blood; whenthey preach. 1T Is
nenteeost: when they fight, it is Tier,
mopvlsg; when they die, it is martyrdon
-gisnts of battle. You say, Why have
we not more of them in the church OF
Christ at this time" | answer ycns
ouestion by asking another, Why nave
We not more Cromwells and Humboi1ts
in the world" God wants only lew
Giants of battle. They do their work
and they do it Well
NEED OF JEALOUS MEN
Bu. find also in the church OF Coo a
nlant that | shall call the snowdrop.
very beautiful. but cold 1t is very rnre
-nure as the snowdrop. beautiful as the
snowdrop and as cold as the snowdrop
i No special sympathy. That kind OF man
never loses his patience; he never weeps
r he never flashes with anger. he never c0
rers rash word Always cold. alway'
i precise. always passive-bea"tlfui sno"
drop. but don't like HIM would ra,n IN
ar have one Giant of Battle than 3.co'
: snowdrops.
Give me a man who may make some
mistakes in his ardor for the Lords serI
g ;ce rather than that kind OF nature whlci
y snands its whole life doing but oaet thing
and that is keeping equilibrium. Their
e are snowdrops in all the churches-me'
9 without any sympathy Very good: TIE
are in the garden of the Lord; therefor
4 i know they ought 10 be there. but a
: WAYS snowdrops-
d Yor have seen in some places perhap
# a century plant. do not suppose 'aef
n is q uerson in this house who has eve
# seen more than one century plant IL IN
e bloom, and w zen you see the centur
II nlsnt YOUR emotions are stirred
d look Mt it and say. This flower has bee
r gathering up its beauty for whole cei
d tnrv. and it will not bloom again for al
le other hundred years Well. ! have
II tell you that in this garden Of tie chTcci
5 spoken of in my text. there Is a ceii10t
plant
II bas gathered up its bloom from 4
h the ages of eternity, and 10 centuries as
IL It nut forth its glory 1t IS not only
Is century plant, but passion flower.
le the passion aower OF Christ, a crims(
rs eower. blood at the root and blood
the leaves. the passion flower OF Jesu
~ the century plant of eternity, Come
Y winds from the north, and WINDS fro
Q: the sonth. and winds from the east. al
al winds from the west. and scatter the p
al fums. of this flower through all na'ioh
.e- Ills worth. If al the nations knew.
.rs SIRE the whole earth would love hl'n TOO
IS Thou. the Christ Of all the ages. ha
IA, garments smelling Of myrrh and a!e
III and cassia out of the ivory palaces
I'D 4 GAHD,..: N THE DESERT
be 70 further and say the church
n Christ is appropriately compared to
'ol garden because Of its thorough irrl:
90 ton. There can be no luxuriant GARD
ost without plenty of water. | saw gard
all in the midst of the desert amid the Roc
&C. mountains. / said, How is 1t possl
,or YOU have so many flowers, so much r
ii, fruit. in desert for miles around:
AZ snppose some Of you have seen tn
Of oart,ens. Well, they told me they
ON eor,.3nc1s and pipes reaching up to
.rd hills. and the SHOWS melted on the Sic
he Nevada and the Rocky mountains
ar then poured down in water to IN
oia aeu4ducts, and it kept the fields IN 81
ual luxuriance. And thought to mysel
an how like the garden Of Christ.
e;,t ground it the barrenness of sin and
you ~ -.enness of the world, but our
the s-e unto the hills, from whence com
ain onr help. There is river the stree
.ba whereof shall make glad the city OF
God the fount in of gardens and stree
ion from Lebanon. Water to slake
lay thirst, water 70 refresh the FAINT
II WAGER to wash the unclean. water to
ON np in fountains under the sun OF n!
MS o,sness until Won can see the ram
ing around the throne.
pal wandered in garden OF Brazl
eart cashew nut, and saw the luxurlanc
/ al these gardens was helped by the al
dsnt supply OF water. l sme to II
dav when strangers We're not adml'
ugh bur by strange coincidence, at the
shat 4J,,o+; IN toe kings chariot pas