Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-05-27
REV. DIR. TALNAGE
THE BROOKLYN DlVlNE's Sun
DAY sERMoN.

ttan"n. S8ow d.~cphded and winter whltened
IN" ter ~ lie mountain. Then when the
p-'Iu sprluc weather came the SHOWS melted
and poured do"n the side 81 the mountain
nj CAV" .rnat Iuxuriance to the gardens at
81" foot. aul YOU s"- now the allusion Of my
ext wher i -peak- II the fountain Of gar
dcnE ans streams from Lebanon.
Ayain and a-aln the church ia represented
RS a garden all II aud Down the word IF God, |
and 1t IL a ficir" specially suggestive at this
season - the year. when the parks and the
orchards are abcnt to PM forth their blossom
and u" ar Is filled with bird voices.
A mother wiehef 10 impress her child with
fh' love y Ipd. and 50 III the spring-time,
after ~" ground had been prepared in the
~Stfien. She took It handful Of flower seeds
and scattered these seeds il shape Of letters
I'll acro-sth bed ofthe garden. Weeks passed
ly, and III" iains and the sunshine had done
Their %ork, and one/day the child came>ir
and said. Mother. come quickly to The gar
den ro:nc now Tho mother followed the
hid to tn" earier' aid the little child said
Look her" mother. SEQ 1t is spelled all
oter III ground in flowers, God is Love-
Dh. NY friends. if *e only had faith
enough We could see Gospel lessons all
around and about blossoms in shells on
the beach. lessons in sparkles on the wave,
lessons IN stars on the SKY. lessons in flowers
all over the earth.
Well. my friends. you know very well that
thrr" have been some beautiful garienst
created. There was the garden of Charlie
ma-n". aud you Remember that this king
ordered gardens laid out all through the
realm and decided by decree of government
what kind Of flowers should be planted in
those gardens. Henry ". at Montpelier
d"creed that ther" should be flowers planted
throughout his realm and gardens laid out,
and he specially decreed that there should be
Alpine pyrana and French plants. Shen-
stone, the poet. was more celebrated for his
gardens then for his poetry. His poetry
has faded from the ages for the most part.
but his gardens are immortal. 10 all the
beauty OF his place he added perfection Of
art, Palisadc and arch and arbor and
fountain and rustic temple had their
most wonderful specimens, and the oak,
and the hazel. and the richest woods of tho
forest were planted in that garden. He had
genius, and he had industry, and all his gen.
lus and all his industry he applied to the
qualification of that garden. He gave for
IT $500. and he sold it at last for $S5. 900. or
what was equal to that number of dollars.
II was an expensive garden, laid out with
great elaboration. And yet l haveto tell you,
now OF n garden Of vaster expanse-the gar
len spoken Of in my text-a fountain of gar
lens with the streams from LebanOn.
Walter Scott had the great ambition of his
life to build Abbotsford and lay out extensive
gardens round about it. 1t broke his heart
That he could not complete the work as he
desired it. At his last payment of f10O ,0OO,
after laying out these gardens and building
that palace of Abbotsford, at that time his
heart broke, his health failed, and he died
almost an imbecile.
A few years ago, when | walked through
those gardens and thought at what vast ex-
pense they had been laid out-at the expense
II that mans life-it seemed / could see in
the crimson flowers the blood of the old
mans broken heart. But l have to tell you
now OF a garden laid out at yaster expense.
Who can calculate that vast expense? Tell
me, ye women who watched Him hang tell
me, ye executioners who lifted and let Him
down tell me, thou sun that didst hide and
We rocks that did fall. what the laying out OF
this garden cost. This morning, amid the
aroma and brightness Of the springtime, it Is
appropriate that l show you how the church
OF Christ is n garden.
| remark first it is n garden because of the
rare plants in it. That would be a strange
garden in which there We're no flowers. l
you cannot find them anywhere else, you viii
find them along the paths, and you will fine
them at the gateway.
II there be no especial taste and no es-
pecial MEANS you will find there the holly
hook, and the daffOdil. and the dahlia. l
there be no especial taste and no especia
means, you will find the Mexican cactus, anG
the bluehelI. and the arhutus, and the clus
tiers of olcanders.
Flowers there must be in every garden, an(
| have to tea you that in the garden of tn
fiiIIfn are the IaTtS1 plants. SOn1et line
You Will find the violet. incOnSplcuO us. bU
sweet rs heavcn-Christian souls with no pre-
tense, hut of vast usefulness. compa rativel
unknown on earth. but to he glorious i
celestial spheres. Violets and violets all tn
time. You cannot tell where these Christian
have been save by the Frightening face Of tn
invalid. or th8 steaming tureen of the stan
near the sick pillow. or the new curtain thu
keeps out thcs-lare Of the sun from the poo
man : cot. Such characters are perhaps bet
ter typitied by the ~-ranunculus which got
creeping between the thorns andthe hriers
this life. giving Il kiss for Il sting. and man
>. a man has thought that lif" before him was
5" black rock IL troub!" AMI found il rovere
We all ovrr with deiiShtsnMe Jasmine II thri
u tian sympathy
p In thi- -urten II the Lord find tn" Mex
i. can CAGES ,niu.~~ within. thorns wit
out, non with great sharpness Of hehavi,
ind manner lut within them the peace
God. the love of God. the grace Of Go,
They are hard men IL handle. ugly men
touch. very apt t. strike back when ye
strike the1l. vet within them all loveline
and attraction. while outside so complete
unfortunate. Mexican cactus all the time.
Said a placid elder to a Christian ministe
Doctor. you would do better to control yor
temper All. said the minister to Il
placid elder, 4 Control more temper in fl
minutes than YOU do in five years" The
people. gifted men. who have great exasper
!, ton Of manner and seem 10 be very difere
: from what they should be. really have
their souls that which commends them to {
: Lord. Mexican cactus all the time. So
man said 70 me years ago: d you Thu
| ought 10 hecoD. a member of the churc
! have sueh.a violent temper.
, Yesterday | was crossing Jersey Ct
- ferry. II was very early IN the morning. al
| saw a nilkman putting 4 large quantity
water into his can. and | said That
enough, sir. and he got Of the cart n
suited me-. AMI | knocked him down. Well
- S,id he. DO YOU think l could ever becoy
= aChristian< That man had in his soul t
grace Of the Lord Jesus. hut outside he v
: full # thornS, and full % brambles. and f
OF exaspcratloLS. but he could rot hear Z
!. story Of a Saviour : merry told without hi
!. Ing the tears roll down his cheek. There "
y. lovellnesS within, but ~roughness outsit
Mexican cactus all the time.
In But | remember IN bovhood that we had
=, our fathers garden what We called the Gil
~ Battle. q peculiar rose, very red and V,
in fiery. Suggestive Hover. IL was called
Giant o. Battle. And 50 IL the garien Of {
' Lord we find that kind OF fowar-.he Pa
- and Martin Luther>. the Wvclits. the 10