Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-07-19

a good while ago. When that tree wa,
planted, it was so split and bruised ano
barked men said nothing would ever
grow upon it, but no sooner had that
tree been planted than it budded and
blossomed and fruited, and the sol
diers spears were only the clubs that
struck down that fruit, and it fell into
the lap of the nations, and men began
to pick it up and eat it, and they found
in il an antidote to all thirst, 70 all
poison, to all sin. to all death-the
smallest cluster larger than the famous
one of Eshcol, which two men carried
on a staff between them. If the one
apple in Eden killed the race, this one
cluster of mercy shall restore it.
Again, the church in my text is APP
propriately called garden because it
is thoroughly irrigated. No garden
could prosper long without plenty Of
water have seen garden in the
midst of a desert, yet blooming and
| luXuriant. All around was dearth
and Oarrenness, but there were pipes,
aqueducts reaching from this garden
/ up to the mountains, and through
| those aqueducts the water came
/ streaming down and tossing up into
beautiful fountains until every root
and leaf and flower was saturated.
That is like the church. The church
is a garden in the midst of a great
desert of sin and suffering 1t is
well irrigated, for "our eyes are unto
the hills, from whence cometh our
help" From the mountains Of Gods
strength there flow down rivers If
, gladness. There is river, the stream
whereof shall make glad the city Of
our God. Preaching the Gospel is one
Of these aqueducts. The Bible is an
other Baptism and the Lords supper
are aqueducts. Water to slake the
thirst, water TO restore the
faint. water to wash the un-
clean, water tossed high up in the
light of the sun of righteousness,
showing rs the rainbow around the
throne. oh, was there ever a garden
50 thoroughly irrigated? You know
the beauty of Versailles and Chats
worth depends very much upon the
great supply of water. | came To the
latter place lChatsworthl one day when
strangers are not to be admitted, but
bya Involvement which always seemed
as applicable to an Englishman as an
American, ! got in, and then the gar
dener went far up above the stairs Of
stone and turned on the water. ! saw
il cleaning on the dry pave
ment, coming down from step 10
step. until it came so near / could
hear the musical rush, and an over
the high, broad stairs it came foaming,
flashing, roaring down until sunlight
and wave in gleesome wrestle tumbled 4
at my feet. So it is with the church of /
God Everything comes from above
pardon from above, joy from above,
adoption from above, sanctifcation I
from above. oh. that now God would 4
turn on the waters of salvation that 4
they might flow down through his herr
itage and that this day we might each /
find our places to be Films, " with II
wells Of water and threescore and ten
palm trees.
Hank, ! hear the latch at the garden
gate. and look to see who is coming! 4
| hear the voice of Christ, II am come
into my garden" / say: Come in. .
Jesus; we have been waiting for thee.
Walk all through these paths. Look
at tine 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: Almost home, father Not many
more aches for thee. | will never
leave thee. | will never forsalle IL
Take courage a little longer. and "a l
steady thy lettering steps. and ! W.
soothe thy troubles and give thee rest.
Courage. old man" Then Christ goes
up another garden path, and he comes
to a soul in trouble and says: Peace;
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 thce
from all evil. He will preserve thy SOU.
Courage, o troubled spirit. Then
see Jesus going up another garden
path, and see great excitement among
he leaves, and hasten up that garden
path to see what Jesus is doing there,
ind, 10, he is breaking off flowers.
sharp and clean, from the stem, and
,ay: ''Stop, Jesus, don't kill those
flowers" He turns to me
Ind says: Il have come into my gar
len TO gather lilies, and mean TO take
hese up to a higher terrace and for the
-arden around my palace, and there |
will plant them and in better soil and
n better air. They shall put forth
brighter leaves and sweeter redolence,
nd no frost shall touch them forever"
Ind looked up into His face and said: :
Well, it is His garden, and He has a
light to do what He will with it. Thy J
will be done"-the hardest prayer a :
nan ever made.
/ notice that the fine gardens some e
ines have high fences around them,
nd can not get in. 1t is so with the
.ing's garden. The only glimpse you
yer get of such garden is when the
ing rides out in his splendid carriage.
t is not so with this garden-the Kings
arden. l throw wide open the gate
nd tell you all to come in. No monop-
" in religion. Whosoever will, may.