Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-02


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BRooKLYx, July Rev. Dr. Tai
mage, who is now nearing Australia on
his round-the-wor!d journey, has Sc
lscted as the subject for his sermon,
thro, = the press to-day, The Royal
Garden" the text being taken from
solomon's Song, 81: Il am come into
my garden"
The world has had a great many
beautiful gardens. Charlemagne added
TO the glory Of his reign by decreeing
that they be established all through the
realm-decreeing even the names Of the
flowers to be planted there. Henry ~.
At Montpehe-, established gardens OF
bswitchlng beauty and luxuriance, gath
eriug into them Alpine, Pyrenean and
French plants. One Of the sweetest
spots on earth was the garden Of Shen-
stone, the poet. His writings have made
but little impression on the world; but
bis garden, 'Jhe Leasowes," will be
immortal. To the natural Advantage Of
that place was brought the perfection
OF art Arbor, and terrace, and slope,
and rustic temple, and reservoir, and
urn, and fountain, here had their crown
ing. Oak, aud yew, and hazel put forth
their richest foliage. There was no life
more diligent, no soul more Ingenious
than that OF Shenst0ne, and all that
diligence ard genius were brought 20
tae adornment OF that one treasured
slot. lie gave three hundred pounds
for il; he sold IL for seventeen thousand.
Aud vet, / am 10 tell you OF a richer
garden than any / have mentioned. 1t
is the garden spoken Of in my text, the
garden OF the Church, which belongs TO
Christ, for my text says so. He bought It,
ne planted it, be owns il, and be shall
have TO- Walter Scott, 10 his outlay at
AbbotSford, ruined his fortune; and
now, in the crimson flowers Of those
gardens, you can almost think or i'm
Egine that
YOU SEE THE BLOOD
OF that old mau's broken heart. The
payment Of the last one hundred thous-
and pounds sacrificed him. But have
to tell you that Christ's lie and Christs
death were the outlay Of this beautiful
garden Of the Church Of which my text
speaks. On, how many signs, and
tears, aud Uangs, aud aQOnies. Tell
me, We women who saw him hang. Tell
me, We executiOners who lifted him and
let him down! Tell me, thou sun that
didst hide, We rocks that fell. Christ
loved the church and gave himself for
ii" II then the garden Of the Church
belongs 10 Christ, certainly he has
right 10 walk 10 10. Come then, O,
blessed Jesus, this morning, walk up
aud down these isles and pluck what
thou wilt OF. sweetness for myself
The church, ia my text, Is apprOpri-
ately compared 10 q garden, because it
IS q place OF choice flowers, OF select
fruits and OF thorough irrigation.
That would be strange garden To
which there were no flowers III no
where else, they will be along the bor-
ders, or AZ the gateway. The houe.Iest
taste will dictate something, II itI0e the
old-fashioned hollyhock, or dahlia, or
datTOdiL or core0psis; but II there be
larger means, then you will find the
Mexican cactus and dark-veined arbu-
teliOu, and blazing aZaIea, and cluster
ing oleander. Well, now, Christ comes
10 his garden, and he plants there some
Of the brightest spirits that ever flow
cred upon the world. Some OF them
are vio.etS, unconspcuOuS, but sweet in
heaven. You have 10 search for such
spirits 10 find them. You do not see
them very often, perhaps, but you lind
where they have been by the brighten
ing face of the invalid, and the SUrig OF
geranium on the stand, and the window
curtains keeping out the glare OF the
sunlight They are, perhaps, more like
the ranunculus, creeping Sweetly along
amid the thOrns and briarS Of life, Civ
ing kiss for sting, and many a man who
has had 40 his way some
GREAT BLACK ROCK
Of trouble, has found tha, they have
covered il all over with Towering jas
mine running in and out among the
crevices. These Christians ia ChriSts
garden are not like the SuHaower,
gaudy in the light; but whenever dark
comfOrted, there they stand, night
blooming cereuses. But 10 Christ's gar
den there are plants that may be better
compared TO the Mexican cactuS-thOrns
without lOvIness within-men with
sharp points OF character. They wound
almost everyone that touches them,
They are hard 10 handle. Men pro-
nOunCe them nothing but thOrnS, but
Christ loves them, Notwithstanding all
their sharneSSes. Many a man has had
very hard ground TO culture, and 10 has
only been through severe toll he has
raised even the smallest crop of grace.
There are others planted in Christ's
garden, who are always ardent, always
radiant, always impresSive-more Ii Se
the roses OF deep hue that we occasion |
ally find called giants OF battle. the
Martin LutherS, ST. Pauls, ChrySoStoms,
WickltIeS, LatimerS, and Samuel Ruth |
erfords. What Ia other men is q spark, /
in them is a contagration. When they /
sweat, they sweat great drops OF blood. |
When they dray, their prayer takes fire. /
When they preach, 10 is a PeniecoSt. /
When they tight, 10 is a ThermOpy e.
When thev die, 10 is a martyrdOm. You /
find a great many roses IN the gardens, /
but only few giants OF battle Men /
say: "Why don't you have more Of |
them In the church?" l say: why /
don't you have IN the world more Va |
poIeons, and Humbo,dtS, and Yelling /
tons?" God gives TO some ten talents, |
70 another one.
In this garden Of the Church, which
Christ has planted, also ind the snow
drops, beautiful but cold looking, seem