The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06

logue Of tho fruits growing IN this great
garden of Christ-loyc, joy, peace, pa
thence. charity, hrotherly kindness, gen
tleness, INTERPRETATIONS fruit, enough
to FIJI all the baskets of earth and
heaven.
have not told you of tho better tree
In this garden and of the better fruit.
It was planted just oataidc Jerusalem u
good while ago When that tree was
planted, It was 80 split ard bruised and
barked men sand nothing would ever
grow upon it, but no sooner had that
tree been planted than it budded and
blossomed and fruited, and the soldiers
spears were crly the clubs that struck
down that fruit. and it fell into the lsp
of the nations, and men BEGAN to pick
1t up and eat it, and they foand in it an
antidote to all thirst, to all poison, to
all sin, to all death--,hc smallest elias
ter larger than the famous one Of Esh-
col, which two men carried on staff
between them. If tie one apple in Eden
killed the race, this one cluster of mercy
shall restore.
Water For the Garden.
Again, tho church, in my text, is ap-
propriately called q garden because it is
thoroughly irrigated. No garden could
prosper long without plenty of water. !
have seen garden in the midst CT a
desert, yet blooming and luxuriaat.
All around were dearth and barrenncss,
but there were pipes, aqneducts reach
ing from this garden up to the noun
tains, and through those aqueducts the
water came streaming down aud tossing
up into beautiful fountains until every
root and leaf and flower was saturated.
That is like the church. The church is
o garden in the midst of u great desert
Of sin and suffering. 1t is well irrigat-
ed, for ''our eyes are unto the hills, from
whence cometh our help" From the
mountains of Gods strength there flow
down rivers of gladness. There is a
river the stream whereof shall make
glad the city of our God. Preaching
the gospel is one of these aqueducts.
The Bible is another. Baptism and the
Lords supper are aqueducts. Water
to slake the thirst, water to restore the
faint, water to wash the unclean, water
tossed high up in the light of the sun of
righteousness, showing us the rainbow
around the throne Oh, was there ever
a garden SO thoroughly irrigated? You
KNOW the beauty of Versailles and
Chatsworth depends very much upon
the great supply of water. came to the
latter place (Chatsworth) ono day when
strangers are not to be admitted, but
by an inducement, which always seemed
as applicable to an Englishman as an
American, 1 got in, and then the gar
dener went far up above the stairs OF
stone and turned ON the water. saw it
cleaning on the dry pavement, coming
down from step to step, until it came SC
near I could hear the musical rush, and
all over the high, broad stairs it came
foaming, flashing, roaring down until
sunlight and wave i'll gleespme wrestle
tumbled at my feet. So it is with the
church of God. Everything comes from
above-pardon from above, joy from
above, adoption from above, sanctifica.
ton from above. Oh, that now God
would turn on the waters Of salvation,
that they might flow down through his
heritage, and that this day we might
each find our places to be ''Elims, =
with 10 wells of water and threescore
and ten palm trees.
A Hard Prayer.
Hank! l hear the latch at the garden
gate, and look to see who is coming.
hear the voice of Christ, II am come
into my garden l say: Como in, c
Jesus; we have been whiting Tor thee.
Walk all through these paths Look al
the flowers. Look at the fruit. PLUCK
that which thou wilt for thy,seif. y Jesus
comes into the garden and up 20 that ole
man and touches him and says, Gal
most home, father; not many more
aches for thee. will never leave thee.
I will never forsake thee. Take courage
little longer, and l will steady thy
tottering steps, and will soothe thy
troubles and give thee rest Courage
old man." Then Christ goes up another
garden path. and he comes to a soul il
trouble and says: Peace! all is we'll
have seen thy tears; l have heard tn,
prayer. The sun shall not smite thee by
day, nor the moon by night. The Lore
shall preserve thee from all evil; HI
will preserve thy soul. Courage, {
troubled spirit" Thel see Jesus going
up another garden path, and ! see grea
excitement among the leaves, and
hasten up that garden path to see wha