The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-25
THE ROYAL GARDEN.
R@V. crL TRLMRGE rLi.h0 cf IIt4
FLOWERS OF THE CHURCH.

FLOWERS OF THE CHURCH.
From Far Land the Great Divine Sends
His Conception Of the work of the Great
Gardener--tn Oasis In u Desert of Sin.
BRooKLYN, July l.--Rev. Dr. Talmagc.
who Is now nearing Australia on his
round the world journey, has selected as
the subject for his sermon through the
press today The Royal Garden" tho
text being taken from Solomon's Song V,
/, 81 am come into my garden"
The world has had "a great many bcauti-
iul gardens. Charlcmalnc added to the
glory of his reign by dccrccing that they
he established all through the rcalm--uc-
crceing even the names of the flowers tn
be planted there. Henry ", ,at Montpelier,
established gardens Of bcwitching beauty
and luxuriancc, gathering into them Al
pine, Pyrcnean and French plants. One
OF the sweetest spots ON earth was the gar.
den oi Shcnstone, the poet His writings
have made but little impression ON the
world, but his garden, The Loasowcs, "
viii ho immortal. To the natural advan.
tage Of that place was brought the perfcc.
tion of art. Arbor and terrace and slope
ard rustic tcmplc and reservoir and urn
and fountain here had their crownng
Oak and ycw and hazel put forth their
richest foliage. There was no life more
diligent, no soul moro ingenious than that
of Shcnstonc, and all that diligence and
genius were brought to the adornmcnt Of
that one treasured spot. lie gave $500 for
1t. He sold it for El7, 600
The Garden of the Church.
And yet am to tell you of a richer
garden than any have mentioned 1t il
the garden spoken of in my text, the gar
den of the church, which belongs to Christ
for my text says so. He bought it, he
planted 1t. he owns it., and he shall have It,
Walter Scott, in his outlay at Abbotsford,
ruined his fortune. And now in the Grim
son flowers of those gardens you can al
most think or imagine that you see the
blood of that old mans broken heart.
The payment Of the last 600, 900 sacrificed
him. But hayg, to tell you that Christ's
life and Christs death were the outlay of
this beautiful garden of the church Of
which my text speaks. Oh, how many
sighs and tears and pangs and agonics!
Toll me, yc women who saw him hangl
Tell me, we cxccutionors who lifted him
and let him dOwnl Tell me, thou sun
that didst hide yc rocks that fell! "Christ
loved the chusch and gave himself for 1t. 4"
If, then, the garden of the church belongs
to Christ, certainly he has right to walk
in it. Como, then, O blessed Jesus, this
morning, walk up and down these aislcs
and pluck what thou wilt of sweetness fuI
thysclf
The church, in my text, is appropriately
compared to a rpr,lCn. bpcause il Is a place
ot choice ilowcrs, OF select fruits and OF
thorough irrigation.
Christ, the Gardener.
That would be strange garden I'm
which there were no flowers If nowher,
else, they will be along the borders or at
the gateway. Tho bomelicst taste will
dictate something. IL il be the old fash.
ioncd hollyhocl; or dnhlia or dalTodu on
corcopsis. but II there be larger means
thcn Won will find the Mexican cactus and
dark veined arbutclion and blazing azalcn
and clustering olcander We'll now.
Christ comes to his garden. and he plants
there some of the brightest spirits that
ever lowered upon the world. some OF
them arc violets, 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 find where
they have been by the Frightening face OF
the Invalid, ana the sprig oil gtranium on
the stand, ana the window curtains Keep
ing out the glare ui the sunlight. Ihcy are
perhaps more llkc the ranunculps, creep
ing sWeetly along anna the thorhs ana
Driors OF me- giving Kiss Tor sung, ana
many man VINO has had In ms way some
great piack rock oil trouble mas touhu that
they nave covered IL al over with lower
ing jasmine running III ana out anld the
creVlces' Ihesc christians IN Chrlst
garden are not like the sunilower, gnudy
IN the llght' but whenever darkness hovers
over u soul that needs 10 DC cohllortcd
there they stahu, hlght blooming cercuses'
but III Christs garden There are plants
thai may be better compared to the Mex
lcah cacttls-ohorhs without, loVeilncss
within-meh with sharp points OF charac-
ter' Ihey "ouhl almost every one that
touches them. They are hard to handle
Men pronounce them nothing but thorns
Dut Christ loves them, Notwithstanding
all their sharpnesses. Many man has
had very hard ground TO culture, and II
mas only been through severe toll he has
raised even the smallest crop OF grace.
Concerning Temper.
very nOrsn minister was talking WIN
very placid elder, and the placid elder
said to the harsh minister, Doctor, 1 do
wish you would control your temper. "
"Ah," said the minister to the elder, 81
control more temper in five minutes than
you do in five years" 1t Is harder for
some men to do right than for others to
do right. The grace that would elevate
you to the seventh heaven might not keep
your brother from knocking man down
/ had friend who came to me and said,
II dare not join the church" / said,
why" "Oh, >" he said Il have such u
violent temper. Yesterday morning / was
crossing very early at the Jersey City
ferry, and saw milkman pour large
amount of water into the milk cam and |
said to him, i think that Will do, and he
lnsulted me, ana Knocked him down,