Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-05-24

o. MS lower has been gathering up ,ts haaT,;S,,
ec,,ir "nOte ,aS century, and it will not bloorn
aasalh ior another hundred wears VII
nave to tell you that In this sar5. wen, 1
ehurch, spoken OF in my text tbsr. !. .ne
tury plant Inere IL GEN.
IN mas gathered up its bloom tron all ,,.
80 go OF eternity, and 19 centuries ago n n,,t
M ~ ,ts siory. 1t Is not only a century plant
~ ~ passion nower-the passion fiowsr 81
Chrlst, a crimson flower, blood q. tbs u =.
auu o4oou on the leaves, the passion fower ~
Sesus, the century plant OF eternity Coms
winds from the north and winds from IT,
south, s ana winds from the east, and winds
sais hover through all Easiona
HIS worth. IL ali the Nations knew
sure tue Whoe earth would love Him TIM
Ihou' the Christ of all the ages. hast par-
ments smelling OF myrrh and aloes and Co
sla out of the ivory palaces
20 lurther and say the church OF Chris,
appropriately compared to garden ba
chnsa of its thorough irrigation Thara g.
pe no IuXurlant garden wIs-out tI.,,,x ,,f
water. saw garden in the midst of the
uesert amid the Rocky mountains sajd
no" Is II possible you have SO many
mowers, so much rich fruit in n desert for
miles around?" L suppose some of Won bavs
seen those gardens. Well, they told me they
nad aqueducts and pipes reaching up TO the
nils, and the SHOWS melted on the Sierra
Nevada and the Rocky mountains and then
poured down in water to those aquaducts,
ahd Kept the fields In great luxurianee
ana thought to myself-how Hl-a ,b. -
Csn o. Chrisf All around il shs barr.nS1
oI SIN ana the barrenness of the world bn,
our our eyes are unto the hills, from wbencs
.t-,al.ll O.netn our our heip- There is river the
s,rra,hs whereof shall make glad the CITY of
our God, the fountain of gardens and straa ~ !.
rom Lebanon. Water to slake the tbirs,
water to refresh the fainting. water to wasS
W, '.le unyIeah' water to toss up in fountains
uhder the sun OF righteousness until you can
seg ti4o ro-hSOW around the throne
wandered IN garden OF Brazilian csshav
nut ana saw the luxuriance of those Gar
uehs was helped by the abundant suppiy of
W1ter' L came to it on a day when strangers
were not admitted, but by strange comet
uehte' at the moment L got in, the kings
chur.ot passed, and the gardener went IN on
the mil and turned on the water and il came
hash shlng down the broad stairs of stone until
sunlight aud wave in gleesome wrestIe tuu-
Died at my feet. And so it is with this garden
OF Christ. Everything comes from sbovs-
PARDON from above, peace from above, COM
lOrt IRON above, sanctification from above
Streams from Lebanon. Oh the consolation
IN this thought! Would God that the garcen-
ers turned on the fountain of salvation until
tue place where We sit and stand might
become Elm with twelve wells of
wtter ana threescCre and ten palm trees But
hear His sound at the garden gate hear
rhe lifting OF the latch OF the gate Who
comes there! ii is the Gardener, who passes
in through the garden gate He comes
through this path of the garden. and He
comes to the aged man, and He saws .'Old
man, | come 10 help thee; 1 come to
strengthen thee. Down to hoary hairs will
q shelter thee viii give thee strength AT the
time OF old age. l will not leave; l will
never forsake thee. Peace, broken hearted
/ Old man / will be thy consolation forever"
And then Christ, the Gardener, comes up
another path OF the garden, and He sees a
soul in great trouble. and He SAYS, Hush
troubled spirit; the sun snail not smite thee
by DAY. nor the moon by night the Lord
shall preserve thee from all evil +; the ord
shall preserve thy SOUL And then the Gar
dener comes up another path of the garden,
and He comes where there are some beautiful
buds, and l say, ''Stop, Gardener do not
break them OIL" But He breaks them Off
the beautiful buds, and l see a great flutter
among the leaves. and | wonder what He is
doing, and He says 81 do not come TO
destroy these flowers. l am only going 10
plant them IN higher terrace and
in the garden around My pal
ace. have come into Ny garden to gather
lilies. l must take back whole cluster of
/ rosebuds. Peace, troubled soul all shall be
well. Suffer the little children to come unto
Me and forbid them not, for of such is the
kingdom Of heaven" Oh, glorious Gardener
4 of the church Christ comes to it now and
f. He has a right to come. We look into the
/ face OF the Gardener as He breaks off the bud,
and we say: Thou art worthy to have them.
Thy viii be done" The hardest prayer q
bercaved father or mother ever uttered
+ "Ihy will be done"
| But you have noticed that around everS
| kings garden there is a high wall. You may
r have stood at the wall of kings court and
} thought How l would like to see that gar
/ den ~ and while you We're watching the
gardener opened the gate, and the royal
/ euuipage swept through it, and you caught
oil ri ba "A VlImD39
Tor then the gates closed
/ bless God that this garden Of Christ haa
gates on all sides that they are opened by
day. opened by night, and whosoever will
may come in. oh, now many there are who
die in the desert when they might revel
in the garden How many there are who
are seeking in the garden of this world that
satisfaction which they can never find!
1t was so with Theodore Hook, who made
all nations laugh while he was living. And
yet Theodore on certain day, when in the
midst of his revelry he caught a glimpse of
his own face and his own apparel in the
/ mirror. said: ''That is true. look Just as
! am-lOst, body, mind, soul and estate. lost ~
And so it was with ShenstOne about his gar
den, Of which l spoke in the beginning OF my
sermon. He sat down amid all its beauty
! and wrung his hands and said, 81 have lost
my way to happiness l am frantic; hate
everything; hate myself as a mad man
ought to" Alas. so many in the gardens OF
o. TINS WOrlQ are looking IOr IHdt uOW6E tucy
never can find except in the garden of Christ
Substantial Comfort will not grow
Ia natures barren SOIL
All we boast TIL Christ we know
Is vanity aud toll
How many have tried all the fountains OF
this worlds pleasure, but never tasted of the
stream from Lebanon How many have re-
veled in other gardens tdAtheir soul q ruin, hui
newer p'uc-cI ne flower from the garden oi
our God I swing open all the gates OF ths
garden and invite you i'll, whatever your his
; tory, whatever your sins, whatever your temp
tatiOns whatever your trouble. The invita-,
ton comes no more to one than 10 all,
'.Whosoever will. let hln come"
The flowers of earthly gardens soon fade
but, blessed be Goi, there are gariands that
/ never wither, and through the grace OF Christ
Jesus we may enter into the joys which are
o provided for US at Gods right hand. On
come into the garden. And remember, as
the closing thought, that God not only
3 brings US into garden here, but II Is gar
! den all the way with those who trust anc
love and serve Him, garden all through ths
struggles of this lie, garden all up the
slope of heaven.
There everlasting spring aoies
And never withering flowers