Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-06

cleaning on lie dIy pavement, coming
down from step to step, until it came SO
near could hear the musical rush, and
all over the high, broad stairs it came
foaming, flashing, roaring down until
sunlight and wave in gleesome wrestle
tumbled at my feet. So it is with tfe'
church of God. Everything comes from
above-pardon from above, JOY from
above, adoption from above, sanctiiica-
ton from above. Oh, that now God
would turn Oh 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.
Hark I hear the latch at the garden
gate, and l look to see who is coming.
| hear the voice of Christ, II am come
into my garden. l say: Come in, o.
Jesus; we have been waiting for thee.
Walk all through these paths. Look at
the flowers Look at the fruit. Pluck
that which thou wilt for myself" Jesus
comes into the garden and up to that old
man and touches him and says, AL
most home, father; not many more
aches for thee. l will never leave thee.
will never forsake thee. Take courage
a little longer, and 1 will steady thy
lettering steps, and l will soothe thy
troubles and give thee rest. Courage,
old man. l." Then Christ goes up another
garden path, and he comes to a soul in
trouble and says: "Peacel all is we'll
have seen thy 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, o.
troubled spirit. " Then l see Jesus going
up another garden path, and l see great
excitement among the leaves, and l
hasten up that garden path to see what
Jesus is doing there, and, 10! he Is break
ing off flowers, sharp and clean, from
the stem, and 1 say, Stop, Jesus; don't
kill those beautiful flowers" He turns
to me and says: Il have come into my
garden to gather lilies, and | mean to
take these up to a higher terrace, and
for the garden around my palace, and
there l will plant them, and IN better
soil, and in better air. They shall put
forth brighter leaves and swectcr redo
lence, and no frost shall touch them
forever" And | looked up into his face
and said, "Well, il is his garden, and
he has a right to 10 what he will with
it. Thy will be done"-the hardest
prayer a man ever made.
Heartsease.
Inotice that the fine gardens some
times have high fences around them,
and l cannot get in. 1t is so with the
kings garden. The only glimpses You
ever get Of such a garden is when the
king rides out in his splendid carriage
1t is not so with this gardcn-the
Kings garden. l throw wide open the
gate and tell You all TO come in. No
monopoly in religion. Whosoeyer will,
may. Choose now between a desert and
a garden. Many Of You have tried the
garden of this worlds delight. You
have found it has been chagrin. So
it 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 a looking glass, and be saw
himself and said: There that is tue.
look Just as l am-done mp in body,
mind and purse. So it was with Sh1n-
stone, of whose garden l told You at the
beginning of my sermon. He sat down
amid those bowers and said: Il have
.ost my road to happiness. l am angry
and envious and frantic and despise ev.
erything around me- just as 1t becomes
q mailman to do " Oh, ye weary souls,
come into Christ's garden today and
pluck little heartseasel Christ is the
only rest and the only pardon for a per-
turbed 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 in
which to accept Christ, but have post.
poned it 5, 10, 20 80 years, do you not
feel as if now your hour Of deliverance
and pardon and salvation had come!
Oh, man, what grudge hast thou against
thy poor soul that thou wilt not let il
be saved? l feel as if salvation must
come now TO some Of your hearts.
The Immortal Rescue.
Some years ago a vessel struck on the
rocks. They had only one lifeboat In
that lifeboat the passengers and crew
were getting ashore. Tho 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 went-but her turn |
did not seem to come After awhile /
she could wait no longer, and she leaped ,
on the taffrail and then sprang into the
sea, crying to the boatman: Save me |
next! Save me nextw Oh, how many /
have gone ashore into God S mercy, and I
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 1
mortal rescue, crying until Jesus shall .
hear you and heaven and earth ring
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