The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06
in CHRIST'S GARDEN.
RSV. DR.. TAlMAGE SENDS A SERMON
ACROSS THE SEA.

The Great Preacher Now Nearing Austria
Description of n Beautiful Garden.
/ vitation to Enter.
BROOKLYN, July Rev. DR.. Tai
rage, who is now nearing Australia on
lis round the world journey, has select
t3 as the subject for his sermon through
he press today "The Royal Garden, !"
lie text being taken from Solomon's
Emgv, /, Il am come into my garden. :"
The world has had great many
beautiful gardens. Charlemagne added
10 the glory of his reign by decreeing
that they be established I'll tlrough the
rcalm-docreeing cvc2 tAe names of the
flowers to be planted thore. Henry ",
ut Montpelier, established gardens of
bcvitching beauty and luxuriance, gath
BRING 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
his garden, ""The 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 aud reservoir and Urn and
fountain here had their browning. Oak
and yew aud hazel put. forth their rich
est foliage There was no life more
diligent, no soul more ingenious than
that Of Shenstole. and all that diligence
and genius were brought to the adorn-
mcnt of that one treasured spot. He
gave $500 for it. He sold it for Ell, :
900.
And yet am to 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, he planted it, he owns it, and he
shall have it. Walter Scott, in his out
lay at Abbotsford, ruined his fortune,
and now, in the crimson flowers of
those gardens, you can almost think OF
imagine that you see the blood of that
old mans broken heart. The payment
of the last ;e10o, coo sacrificed him. But
I have to tell you that Christ's life and
Christ's death We're the outlay of this
beautiful garden Of the church Of which
my text speaks. Oh, how many sighs
and tears and pangs and agonies! Tell
me, We women who saw him hang! Tell
me, We cxecutioners who lifted him and
let him down! Tell me, thou sun that
didst hide, ye rocks that fell! "Christ
loved the church and gave himself for
it." If, then, the garden of the church
belongs to Christ, certainly he has a
right to walk in it. Come, then, O
blessed Jesus, this morning, walk up
and down these aisles and pluck what
thou wilt of sweetness for thyself.
In Christ's Garden.
The church i'll my text is appropriate.
ly compared to garden, because it is
a place of choice flowers, of select fruits
and of thorough irrigation.
That would be strange garden in
which there were no flowers. If no
where else, they will be along the Dor
ders or at the gateway. The homeliest
taste will dictate something, if it be the
old fashioned hollyhock or dahlia OF
daffodil or coreopsis, but if there b.
larger means then you will find the
Mexican cactus and dark veined arbu
telion and blazing azalea and clustering
oleander. Well, now, Christ comes tt
his garden, and he plants there some O
the brightest spirits that ever f1oweret
upon the world Some Of them are VIC
lets, unconspicuous, but sweet in heaven
You have to search for such spirits t.
find them. You do not see them very
often perhaps, but you find where the,
have been by the Frightening face O
the invalid, and the sprig of geraniun
on the stand, and the window curtains
keeping out the glare of the sunlight
They are perhaps more like the ranun
culus, creeping sweetly along amid tn
thorns and briers Of life, giving kiss TO
sting and many man who has hat
in his way some great black rock o
trouble has found that they have cover
ed it all over with Towering jasmin
running in and out amid the crevices
These Christians i'll Christ's gardens ar
not like the sunfower, gaudy in tn
light but whenever darkness hover
over a soul that needs to be comforte,
there they stnd, night blooming cere
uses. But iii Christ's garden there ar
plants that may be better compared t
the Mexican cactus-thorns without
| loveliness within-men with shar
| points of character. They wound al
| most every one that touches them. The
are hard to handle. Men pronounc
loves thea Notwithstanding all thci
sharpness -c; Many "a man has had yer
hard ground TO culture, and it has onl
been through severe toll he has raise
even the sma' cop of grace.
|. 'torns AMI Roses.
= very harsh minister was talkin
with very placid elder, and tie placi
elder said to the harsh minister, "Dot
tor, do wish you would control you
1 temper. All" said the minister
| the elder, 81 control more temper in fiv
minutes than you do in five years. =
is harder for some men to do right tina
for others to do right. The grace tina
! would elevate you to the sSyou;. heave
might not keep your broi,s,r fro,
knocking a nan down. l haa Il frien
who came to me aud said, 81 dare M
Join the church. l said, why!
| f'Oh." he said, II have such violer
temper Yesterday morning l W;
crossing very carly at the Jersey CIT
ferry, and / saw milkman pour larl
amount of water into the milk can, an
i said to him, Il think that will do,
hnd he insulted me, and knocked hi
flown. Do you think ought to join th
| church," Nevertheless that very san
man, who was so harsh in his behavio
loved Christ and could not speak I
sacred things without tears Of emotic
and affection. Tnorlis without, b,
sweetness within-the best specimen
| Mexican cactus ever sew.
There are others planted in Christ
garden VITO ere always ardent, alwa.