The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-02

old man and touches him and says: "Al
most home, father not many more aches
for thee: ] will never leave thee; will
never fOrsake thee take courage little
longer, and | will steady thy lettering
steps and ! will sOothe thy troubles and
give thee rest; courage, old man Then
Christ goes up another garden-path, and
he comes TO soul in trouble, and says:
Peace all is well. ] have seen tho tears
! have heard thy prayer. The sun shall
not smite thee by day, nor
the moon by night. The Lord
shall preserve thee from all evil;
he will preserve thy soul. Courage,
oh troubled spirit Then | see Jesus
going up another gardenpath, and
/ see great excitement among tbs leaves,
and hasten up that garden path TO see
what Jesus is doing there and To- he is
breaking of flowers, sharp and clean.
from the steam, and ! say: stop Jesus.
don Kill those beautiful flowers" He
turns to me and says. Il have come into
my garden 10 gather lilies, and | mean to
take these up to a higher terrace, and for
the garden around my palace, and there
VIII plant them, and IN better soil, and
in better air they shall put forth brighter
leaves and sweeter redolence and no
frost shall touch them forever" And |
looked up into his face. and said:
We'll, 1t is his garden, and he has a right
to do what he will with it. Thy will be
done hardest prayer a man ever
made
| notice that the fine gardens sometimes
have high fences around them, and can
not get in. 1t is so with the kings gar
den. The only glimpses you ever get Of
such a garden is when the king rides out
IN his splendid carriage. 1t bis not so with
this garden-the kings garden. / throw
wide open the gate, and tell you all to
come in. No monopoly in religion Who
soever will, may. Choose now between a
desert and garden Many of you have
tried the garden Of this worlds delight
You have found 1t has been a chagrin. So
II was with Theodore Hook. He made
all the world laugh. He makes us laugh
now when we read his poems but he
could not make his own heart laugh.
While in the midst of his festivities he
confronted looking-glass, and he saw
himself, and said: There, that is
true. l look just as l am-done up
in body, mind and Cpurse" So it
was with Shenstone, of whose garden |
told you at the beginning of my sermon.
He sat down amid those bowers, and
said: Il have lost my road TO happiness.
am angry and envious, and frantic, and
despise everything around me, just as it
becomes a mad man to do Oh, We
weary souls come into Christ's garden to-
day, and pluck a little heart's-ease.
Christ is the only rest and the only par
don for a perturbed spirit. Do you not
think your chance has almost come? You
men and women who have been waiting
year after year for some good opportunity
i'll which 10 accept Christ, but have post
poned it five ten, twenty, thirty years,
do you not feel as if now your hour of
deliverance, and pardon, and salvation
had Gomez Oh, man, what grudge hast
thou against thy poor soul, that thou
wilt not let it be saved | feel as if sal
walton must come now to some of your
hearts.
Some years ago a vessel stuck on the
rocks. They had only one life boat In
that life-boat the passengers and crew
were getting ashore. The vessel had
foundered, and was sinking deeper and
deeper, and that one boat could not take
the passengers. very swiftly A little
girl stood on the deck waiting for her
turn to get into the boat. The boat came
and went-came and weut-but her turn
did not seem to come. After awhile she
could wait no longer, and she leaped on
the traffrail, and then sprang into the
sea, crying to the boatman: Save me
next! Save me nexth Oh, how many
have gone ashore into Gods mercy, and
yet you are clinging to the wreck of sin
Others have accepted the pardon of
Christ, but you are in peril. Why not,
this morning, make a rush for your i'm
mortal rescue crying until Jesus shall
hear you, and heaven and earth ring with
the cry, Save me next, Save me next"