The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-09

Christ at this timer 1 answer your ques-
ton by asking another: why have we
not more Cronwells and Humboldts in the
world?' God wants only few giants OF
battle; they do their work and they 90 II
well.
| plant that | shall call the snowdrop very
| beautiful but cold; it is very pure. pure as
! the snowdrop, beautiful as the snowdrop;
and as cold as the SnOWdrOp. NO Spcci'.i
! sympathy. That kind of Il man never loses MS
| patience; he never weeps. he never fashes
| with anger he never utters rash word.
Always cold, always precise, always pas
| sive, beautiful snowdrop, but | don't IKE
him; | would rather have one giant or pat
| tie than 5000 SnOwdrops.
| Give me man WHO may make some mis-
| takes in his ardor for the Lord $ service,
rather than that kind of nature when
spends it whole life doing one thing, and
that is keeping equilibrium. There are
snowdrops in all the churches--men without
any sympathy. Very good; they are III the
garden of the Lord, therefore | know they
ought to he there; but always snowdrops.
You have seen in some places perhaps
q century plant. / do not suppose there IS
a person in this house who has ever seen
more than one century plant in full bloom.
and when you see the century plant your
emotions are stirred. You look at 1t ana
say, This flower has been gathering up ITS
beauty for whole century. and it will not
bloom again for another hundred years.
Well, have to tell you that in this garden
of the church, spoken of in my text there
is century plant. ,
1t has gathered up its bloom from all
the ages Of eternity, and nineteen centuries
ago it put forth its glory. 1T IS NOT only
a century plant but a passon-fioWfr
the passion-fower of Christ; 4 crimson
flower, blood al the root and blood on the
leaves, the passion-iower of Jesus, the CEN
fury plant of eternity. Come, O winds
from the north. and winds from the south,
and winds from thceast and winds from the
west. and scatter the perfume of this flower
through all nations.
Substantial comfort will not grow
In natures barren soil.
All can boast till Christ we KNOW
Is vanity and toll.
Thou the Christ Of all the ages, hast
garments smelling of myrrh and aloes and
cassia out of the ivory palaces.
| 90 further, and say the church of Christ
is appropriately compared to II Garden be-
cause of its thorough irrigation. There can
be no luxurient garden without. plenty OF
water. l saw Il garden in the midst OF the
desert amid the Rocky mountains | SAID,
how is it possible you have so many flowers,
much rich fruit and a desert for miles
around? | suppose some of you have seen
those gardens. Well, they told me they
had aqueducts and pipes reaching up 10
the hills and the SHOWS melted on the 81
ezra Nevada and the Rocky mountains anu
then poured down III water to those c1ulducts
and it kept the fields in great Insurance
And | thought to myself-how like the gar
| den of Christ. All around it the barrenness
of sin and the barrenness of the world,
but our eyes are unto the hills from whence
cometh cur help. There is II river the
/ streams whereof shall make glad the city
of our God. the fountain of gardens ana
streams from Leanon. Water to Stake the
! thirst. water to refresh the faltin&, water
to wash the uncleln, water to toss up n louil-
| tains under the sun of Righteousness until
| you the rainbow around the throne.
| wandered III IL garden Of Brazilian cash
| ew-nut and | saw the luXurance Of those
/ gordens was helped by the album
dant supply of water. | came 20 1t on Il day
when strangers Were not admitted, but, by
Il strange coincidence, at the moment ! got
! IN the kings chariot pass ed and the gardener
went up on the hill and turned en- the water
and it came flashing down the broad stairs
| of stone until sunlight and wave III glee-
! some wrcste tumbled at my feet. And so
it is with This garden of Christ. Everything
! comes from above pardon from above,
| peace from above, comfort from above, Sanct-
! ification from above. Streams from Leba-
| non oh. the consolation from this thought.
Would God that the gardeners
! turned the fountain Of salvation unul
| the place where we sit and stand might be,
come Elm with twelve wells Of water and
! threeScore and ten palm trees. But | hear
his sound at the garden gate ! hear the
| lifting of the latch Of the gate. W 40 comes
| there? Ii is the gardener who passes i'll
through the garden gate He comes through
this path of the garden and he comes to
! the aged man and he says, 20, man. | come
| to help thee, | come TO strengthen thee.
| Down to hoary hairs | will shelter thee.
! | will give thee strength ut the time OF old
age | will not leave. l will never forsakee
thee. Peace, broken-heartcd old man, L
will be thy consolation forever.
! And chen Christ, the gardener, comes
up another path of the garden and he sees
! a soul in great trouble and he says, HuSh,
! trouble spirit the sun shall not Smlte thee
by day. nor the moon by night, the Lord
! shall preserve thee from all evil, the LORD
/ shall preserve thy SOUL And then the sarN
dener comes up another path of the sarde,
and he comes where there are some beautirsl
break them off But ne breaks h
off, the beautiful buds and 1 see II :
futter among the leaves, and wm IT
what he is doing, and he says, Il do
come to destroy these flowers; | ans q
| going to plant them i'll Il higher tee "
! and in the garden around my palace
come into my garden to gather lilhds.
must take back whole cluster of rtyrl
Peace, troubled soul; all shall . me, \
! Suffer the little children to comes king &
and forbid them not, for of such is,nt,r Of
dom of heaven: Oh. glorious CIV. ana
the church, Christ comes to Unto the
lie has right to come. We y eff the \
face of the gardener Is h. bTorthy TO St
| !
have them; thy will be dane, or ~. moth -
est prayer ever a bereaved 30
er uttcred-"'Thy will bes'1'rnund every i
But you have noticed TIL vail You 81
kings garden there is ali Of a kings -
may have stood at the would like to ]
court and thought lilo, ,,o,' wore watch
see that garden" and w tbo ratc and the p
ing the gardener opcn, rConch it and you
royal cGupage swept ,,orJrn. but only
caught caught eli slim n'e' ok 966sat IS closed. !
bless cd j5,5 EdraG no 81 S5,n & sHq
by day, oelted on, how many there
WIN MA may 10 i in desert when they m'sne
rpT Tn" ne galen. How many there %IJ
r who re the gardS Snv of ca nS M MSrer
ind. : 60 Nth Theodore Hook. who made
~ NJ Ei ions augh when he was 'vIns' AI;u
an nheoJrc Hook on certain DAY, Mhen
YET 70 ndst of his revelry ne caa@nI a
IN linsc T his own face and his own apP'II
gum ne mirror, said, That IS true.
TX inst as ! AMIDST. body, m'nd' SOU sou,
I'd estate. los;.'' Ana 50 it was Ml'I
,hnrstonc about his garden, OF Wnlia l
.nnLr in thc beginning of my sermon. ne
spt down amid AL its beauty ahd "funs
- a,iI II have lost my Way