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Said a placiiliel9er,tosa Christian min
lister, e' Docton, Iyouiwould do better to
control your temper "Ah!" said the
minister to 1.-THE. placid, elder, control
more temper in fiyeininiItes than you do
in frelyears. rs These peeplei igifted4nen,
who Have great eSaspjeration Of, manner
and Seem TO be very different # ON what
they should be, really have IN. their souls
that which; commenids them t.. the Lord
Mexican cactus la1l the time: {, So,a man \
said tome years ago: DoiYou; think: i
oughtto become nomberof the church?
IEEhave such u violent rtemperiIl iiia:a ~
|. tYesterday.I was crossing Jersey City
terry 1t iws4 very early iii :the, morn
/ ing and .siw a lililkinan pi1ttiig d large
idiihaiutiitty, or water into bis cam and. 7
said. That is enough, sir. and he got off
the cart and innss;ulted me, and | knocked
him down own Well, said he, do you
think i could ever become a ChTistianiy'''
That man n had in bis soul the grace Ct the
Lord Jesus, but ioutside, he, was. full OF
thorps, ,andsfull Of branbles, .apdifull of
exasperations. but he could not hear the
story.of4 Saviour MERCY told without
having the tears roll down his cheek
There was loveliness within, but rough
ness outside Mexican cactus all the
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But / remem Der in boyhYood that nat we
had in: our q fathers garden. what {; we
called the Giant OF Battle, o peculiar
rose; very red and very fiery Suggestive
flower, it was called the Giant Of Battle
And so in the garden of the Lord we find
thai; Kind 81 flower Lthe Pauls and Mar.
tin Luthers, the Wyclifs, the John
.E1noxes@gaiants Of Brittle. iiWhatih other
men isa spark, n them is a cdnhagra
ton: When they pray their prayers. take
fire; when they Suffer they sweat great eat;
drops Of blqod;l When they preach, it is a
pentecost; when they fight, it is Their
lnopylp: when they die, it is + II martyrd!9am
giants of battle. pH say. r Why have
we not more. of, them in the church OF
Christ lat,i this! tipe?".a j. answer your
question by asking anotherp t'Why have
we not more; Cron1wells,and Humboldts
in the world?n God-wants only few
giants Yof; lbattles., They do. their work,
and they: do it we'll; ilezyf:; 9iiittf'l.l!is
III rzI.ii:TteD OF zEAEous MEN 's' ,'.'i ss'i
Butt End Also in the Church Of God a
plant that r Shalt tall the sn6owidrop,'
very beautif ul, but Cold 1t is very pure
pure as the snowdrop, beautiful as the
snowdrop and as cold as the snowdrop.
No special sympathy. That kind of man
never loses bis patience; he never weeps.
he. never, flashes with anger. he never ut
tiers a rash word Always cold, always
precise, al ways passive beautiful snow
drop. but don't like him. i would ruth
er have one. Giant Of Battle than 5000
snowdrops.
r Give fie:a main VINO may make some
l mistakes III bis ardor for the Iord sery.
ice rather than that kind Of nature which
spends its; whole life doing but one thing,
and that is keeping .eqnil hrium: There
are enowdrops in nj the churches-men
without. any sympathy Very good; they
are in-the-gardd en-off the Iaord therefore
know they onght. TO be there. but al;
ways .snowdrops. = -
5ii.,YUu' have seen In Some places perhaps
az c:ebitury plant. do not snIppose there
is peIsohs ii III house 8iho his ever
seens mole than ona ceAtury y
bloom, and when you see the century
plant your. emotions are stirred You
look at it and say. This flower. has. been
gathering up its beauty for aiwholei CEN
fury and twill not bloom again for an
other,hundred years. ".gaWell, 1 have. to
tell you that inthis garden'of the church,
spoken Of IN my text. there is a century
plant; oss' y 49, ,.3''s'.9i, =
1t has gathered up its bloom from all
the ages of eternity, and 10 centuries ago
it but forth its glory It IS not only q
century. plant, but passion flower, y
the. passion flower Of. Christ. a crimson
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flower. blood, at the root and blood on
the leaves, the passion flower of, lJesus,
the century plant ;of eternity. Come, O
winds from the north, and winds from
the SOUTH. and winds,from the east, and
winds from the west, and scatter the per-
fumeiof thisf flower through'all nations
His worth. If all the 1iaitions knew . -:
Sure the Whole earth would love him too. -
Thou, the Christ Of all tile ages, hast
garments smelling of myrrh and aloes
and cassia out Of the ivory palaces. =
-. - a GARDEN n TIE DESERT. .a..... Il.
/. 20 70 further and say. the church Of
Christ is appropriately compared ito a
garden because Of. its thorough irrigar
ton. There can be no luxuriant garden
without plenty of water. saw a garden
in the midstof the desert amid the Rocky
mountains Il said, it possible
you have SO many flowers, somuchi rich
fruit Ia -s-desert for miles aroundr !
suppose some ofayou have;:seen zssI!:.ose
gardens. Well, they told me they had
aqueducts. and pipes reaching up to the
hills; and the SHOWS melted on the Sierra
Nevada and the Rocky mountains and
then poured down in water o:1those
aaqueducts, and. it kept the'fieldsin great
INSURANCE. And thought to myself
how. like the garden ,of Christie All
around it the .barrenness Of sin and, the
barrenness of the world, but our. eyes
are untoithe. hills, from whence cometh
our help. There is'ai river the streams
whereof shall make glad the city Of our
God, the fountain Of gardens and streams
from Lebanon " ater te.ssgsla ks:Et tase
thirst; water. To- refresh The fdintinE
water. to wash the unclean. water tofoss
up in fountainssnnder the sun of right
eousness until. You can see the rainbow
around; the: throne; ~ e q ~ - S;
wanderedsnT 81 gard enof BfaEiliaiI
eashew nut, and Isaw the sld s. esof
those gardens wass helped by the abu1-