The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-07-12
THE ROYAL GARDEN
Rev. DR.. TslmRgo Tslka OF tho Flowers
OF the Church.

Rev. DR.. Tslmsgo TalkH OF tho Flowert
OF the Church.
BROOKLYN, July 1..-lssv. DIR. Tai
mage, who is now nearing Australia on
his round tho world journey, has &C.
lected a, the subject for his sermon
through the pross today Tho Royal
Garden" the text beng taken from
Solomon's Song v, ~ am come Into
my gardon."
The world has had a great many beauti-
ful gardens. Charlemagne added to the
glory OF his reign by decrecing that they
be established all through tho realm
decreeing even the names OF the flowers
to he planted there. Henry ~, Gt
Montpelier, established gardens Of bo j.
witching beauty and luxuriance,
gathering into them Alpine, PJrcnean
and Fronch plants. One Of the sweet
ests spots on earth was tho Gardcu Of
Shenstone, the poet. His writings have
made but little impression on The world,
but his garden, "Tho Leasowes," will
be immortal, To the natural advantage
OF that place was brought tho perfection
Of art. Arb0r and terrace and slope and
rustic temple and reservoir and urn and
fountain here and thoir crowning. Oak
and yew and hazel put forth their richest
foliage. There WAS no life more dillgent,
no soul more ingenious than that Of Shen.
stone, and all that diligence and genius
were brought to the adornment Of that
one treasured spot. He gavo e300 for
it. He sold ii for SIT 900.
Aud yet l am to tell you Of richer
garden than any have mentioned II
is the garden Of the church, 1t is the
garden spoken Of in my text, which DO
longs to Christ, ior my text says co
He bought ii, he planted it, he owns il
and he shall have it. Walter Scott, il
his outlay at Abbotsiord, ruined his for.
tune. And now in the crimson flowers
of those gardens you can almost think or
imagine that you SEQ the blood Of that ole!
mans broken heart. Tho payment OF
the last 100000 sacrificed him. But
Christ's death were the outlay Of this
beautiful garden OF tho church of which
my text speaks. Oh, how, many siGhs
and tears and pangs and agonies! Tel
me, ye women who Raw him hang! Tel
me, ye eXecutioners who lifted him and
lot him down! Tell mo, thou sun Thai
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 n
right TO walk in it. Como, then, .
blessed Jesua, tins morning, walk up
and down these aisles and pluck what
thou wilt Of sweetness for thyaelf.
The church, in my text, is appropriate.
ly compared 20 a garden, because il is q
place of choice flowers, select fruits and
ofthorough irrigation.
That would be strange garden in
which there were no lowers. If nowhere
else, they will be long the borders or at
the gateway. The homclcst tasto viii
dictate something, if it be the old fash,
loned hollyhock or dahlia or dailodll or
coreopsis, but if there be larger means
then you will find the Mexican cactus
and dark veined arbutelion and blazing
azalea and clustering oleander. We'll,
now, Christ comes to his garden, and he
plants there some OF the brightest spirite
that ever fiowered upon the world. Some
OF them are ViOlots, unconspicuous, but
sweet in heaven. You have TO search
for such spirits to find them. You do
not see them very often perhaps, but you
hnd whore they have been by the brigh.
tening face Ofthe invalid, and tie sprle
ofgeranium on the stand, and the window
curtains keeping out the glare of tho Gun.
light. They are perhaps moro like the
ranunculus, creeping sweetly along amid
the thorns and brIers of life, giving kiss
Tor sting, and many man who has had
IN his way some great black rock Of trou-
bic has found that they have covered 1t
all over with howering jasmine running
IN and out amid the crevlces. These
Chrlstisns in Christ's garden arc not like
Inc suntlower, gaudy in light, but when
ever darkness hovers over q soul that
needs to be comforted there they stand,
hlgnt blooming cereuses. But IN Christ's
garden there are plants that may be bet
Ter compared TO the Mexican cactus
thorns without, loveliness wlthln-men
with sharp points Of character, They
wound almost every one that touches
lhem. They are hard to handle, Men
pronounce them nothing but thorns, but
Chrlst loves them, Notwithstanding all
thelr sharpneses. Many man has had
very hard ground TO culture, and it has
oniy been through severe toll he has
fAlsed even the smallest crop of grace.
"a very harsh minister was TALKING
WIN very placid elder, and the placid
elder said to the harsh minister. "DocN
Us, 90 wish you would control vour
teWpSr." NAh," said the minjeter n
tno eiQef, II control more temper in five
minutes than you do in five yenrs'U r.
ID hafder Tor some men to do rioI,t Thor
for others to do right. The eracs tho" thot
would elevate you to the seventh heave,
might not keep your brother from rci knoci
ing o man down. Ihad q friend VII,
came to me- and said, 81 daro not HI' ioi,
the church." said, "Why2D EOh
i he said, rI have such violent tempe,
e & x esterday morning was crossing YER
early at the Jersey City ferry, and I so,
q milkman pour largo amount of watt
into the milk can, and 1 said to him,
think that will do and he insulted nj
and I knock him down. do you think
ought to join the church," Neverthe
loss that very same man. who was {
i harsh IN his behavior, loved Christ an
3 could not speak Of sacred things wlthor
tears Of emotion and affection. Thor
without, but tsWeetness Within--the bel
specimen Of Mexican cactus i ever saw
There arc others planted in Cbristi