Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-08

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bt~r. Doctor. You would do better to
control your temper" ''Ah- said the
minister " The placid elder. II control
more temper In 6vs minutes than you do
~ ave ysasA' rhsss people. gifted men.
Who have gFeae sxasperation of manner
and srsm 70 b vsey different from what
they shoolA b. really have IN their soc.s
shas which couinends them 20 the Lord
Ac1srAn csctus all tho time. so man
ssid % ms years ago: DO You think I
cuGht n h~come member Of the church.
I have such violent tcmpsr.
Yesterday was crossing Jersey City
ferry. Il Wa very early in the morn
ing. and saw . nilkman putting . largo
said. That v enough. SIR and be got OF
the cert and insulted me, and knocked
him down well." sid be. do you
think I could ever become . Christian
That man had In hts spul the grace Of the
Lord Jesus. but outSlde he was full Of
thorna. and full Of brambles. and full Of
exasperations. but he could not hear the
story Of . Saviour's mercy told without
having tho tears roll down his cheek.
There was lovelineo within. bat rough
ness outside. Mexican cactus all the
time.
But remember In boyhood that We
had in our fathers garden what we
called the Giant Of Battle. . peculiar
rose. very red and very fiery. Suggestive
flower. il Wa called the Giant Of Battle.
And % in the garden Of the Lord We find
that kind Of dowsr-the Pauls and Ma
tin Luthers. the Wyclifs, tho John
Knoxes--giantso Of battle. What in other
men 10 . spark. in them u confagra-
ton. When they pray. their prayers take
6rs; when they suffer. they sweat great
drops Of blood: when they preach. it 10 .
pentecost; when they fight, It is Their
mopyls: when they die. il is martyrdom
Of battle. You say. why have
we not more Of them in the church OF
Christ at this timer" l answer your
question BY asking another, why have
We not more CROMWELL and Humboldts
In The wosldr God wants only few
giAnts Of bsttja. Thsy do their work.
and they do 10 we'll
NEED o. NAiOrs MIN.
But ] and also In the church Of God q
plant that I shall call the snowdrop.
very beautiful. but cold II is very pure
pure - the snowdrop. beautiful as the
snowdrop and - cold as the snowdrop.
No special sympathy. That kind Of man
never loss his patience; he never weeps,
he never flashes with anger. he never at
tern rAsh word Always cold. always
precise. always passive-beantiful snow
drop. but don't like him. ! would rath-
er have one Giant OF Battle than 5000
snowdropA
Give me . man who may make some
In his ardor for the Lords serv-
,ce rather than that kind Of nature which
spends its whole life doing but one thing,
and that Is keeping equilibrium. There
ARE snowdrors in all the chnrche.-pen
withou, any sympathy. Very good: they
are in the garden Of the Lord: therefore
know they ought to be there. but al
ways snowdrops-
You have seen IN some places perhaps
= century plant. do not suppose there
Is q y~rson In this house who has ever
sen more than one century plant ia full
bloom. and when you see the century
plant your emotions are stirred. You
look at i, and say. This flower has been
gathering mp its beauty for whole cen
tnry. and IL will not bloom again for an
other hundr"'l yearA" Well. have to
leil you that in this garden Of the church.
spoken Of ia my text. there ~ . century
plant
IL has gathered mp its bloom from all
III. ages u eternity. aud - centuries ago
Z put forth Its glory. IL Is not only q
century plant. Int \ passion fowerx
fhs PASSION flower ~ CHRIST. q crimson
aower. blood at the root and blosi ON
Tho leaves. tho passion flower 81 Jesus.
lh~ century plant - eternity. Come. -
winds from the north. anil winds from
Tho south. and winds from tho east. AMI
wiBds from the west. AMI scatter tho PER-
'ume ~ this foyer through all nations
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sure Tia ~hol. earth soal love him srN
Thou. the Chri-s u all the ages. hast
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