The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-25

Hark, | hear the latch at the garden
gate, and look to see who is comingi
hear the voice of Christ ~ am come into
my garden | say: Come in, O Jesus;
we have been waiting for thee. Walk all
through these paths. Look at the flowers;
look 40 the fruit. Pluck that which thou
wilt for thysclf" Jesus comes into the
garden and up to that old man and
touches him and says: Almost home, IA
thor. Not many more aches for thee. |
will never leave thee. | will never forsake
thee. Take courage little longer, and
will steady thy totterng steps and | will
suUthC thy troubles and give thee rest.
Cuura -o, old man. " Then Christ goes up
another garden path, and he comes to
soul In trouble and says: Peace, all Is
WE'LL have seen thy tears; have heard
thy prayer. Tho sun shall not smitc thee
by day, nor the moon by night Tho Lord
shall preserve thee from all evil He will
preserve thy soul Courage o troubled
spirit Then | see Jesus going up an
other gardon path, and see great excite.
mcHt among the leaves, ard | hasten up
that garden path to sac what Jesus is do
ina, there, and, 10, he g. hrrakiug on flow
rrs, sharp and clean, from the Etrm and
say, stop, jesus; don l,ill those bcauti.
lul flowers lie turns TO me and SAYS:
81 have como into my garden to gather
lilies, and mcnu totahc these up to high.
er terrace aud Tor the garden around my
palace. and ,hcru ! will plant them and in
bottor soil and in b,ttor air They shall
put forth brighter leaves and sweeter ral
olcncc, and no frost shall touch them for
ever And looked up into his face and
said: Wen, it is his garden, and he has IA
right to do what lac win with it, Thy will
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made.
| notice that the fine gardens sometimes
have high fences around them, and can
not got in. 1t is 50 with the kings gar
den. Tho only glimpscs you ever get Of
such u garden is when the king rides ont
IN his splendid carriage. 1t i5 not So with
this gardon-thc kings garden. / throw
wide open the gate and tell you all to
come in. No monopoly in religion Who
socycr will, may. Choose now between u
desert and garden. Many Of you have
tried the garden of this worlds delight.
You have found it has been "A chagrin. so
it was with Theodore Hook. He made ali
the world laugh. He makes us laugh now
when we rcnd his poems, but he could not
make his own heart laugh While In the
midst of his festivities, he confronted
locking glass and hc saw himself and said:
There, that is true. | look just as l am,
done up in body, mind and purse. So it
was with Shenstone, of whose garden l
told you at the beginning Of my sermon
"save Me Nexti"
He sat down amid those bowers and aid:
Il have lost my road TO happiness. ! am
angry and cnviuus and frantic and q piso
everything around me- just as 1t becomes
n madmHn to do" Oh ye weary souls
como into Christ's garden today and pluck
little heartseascl Christ is the only rest
and the only pardon for a pcrturbed spirit
Do you not think your chance has almost
conner You men and women who have been
waiting year and after year for some good
opportunity in which to accept Christ, but
have postponed 1t 3, 10, 20 80 years, do
you not feel rs if now your hour of deliver
uncr and pardon and salvation had come?
oh, man, what grudga hast thou against
thy poor soul that thou wilt not let it be
savCdt | feel as If salvation must como
now to some of your hearts.
Some years ago vessel struck on the
rocks. They had only one lifcboat In
that liicboat the passengers and crew were
getting ashore. The vessel had foundcrcd
and WAS sinking deeper and deeper, and
that one boat could not take the passcn-
gers very swiftly. 4 little girl stood on
the deck, waiting for her turn to get into
the boat. The boat came and went-camo
and wcnt--but her turn did not seem To
come. After awhile she could wait no Ion
ger and she leapcd ON the taffrail ard
then sprang into the sen, crying to the
boatman: save me ncNtl Save me noxtr'
oh, how many have gone ashore into Gods
mercy, and yet you are clinging to tho
wreck Of sinl Others have accepted tho
pardon Of Christ, hut you are in peril
Why not this mariing make a rush for
your immortal rescue, crying until Jesus
shall hear you and heaven and earth ring
with the cry: "Sayc me ncxtl Save me
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