The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-14
Flowers and Fruits. or Thorns and This-
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( Flowers and fruits or thornes and this
Ties. was the subject OF an interesting
sermon at Asbury al. Il. Church yesterday
morning by the pastor. tev John II.
Howard. ID. d., the doctor choosing for
his text the 30th and 3lst perses OF tue
oath cllupter OF Proverbs. II went by tho
heid OF the slotnful and by the vineyard
OF the man void OF understanding, ana
10. II was all grown over with thorns
and nettles had covered the face thereof.
and the stone wall thereof was broken
down" The doctor said In part that the
wise man who made uee OF the figure ern-
ployed IN this text. had evidently seen the
vineyard OF the eIothful husbandman.
The text iniers that the owner OF the field
or the Vineyard may have either fruit or
nowers or thorns and nettles. BY this
allusion We dre taught how much one
generation reeem blee another.
The present generation IL not different
from those which preceded Us. nor from
those which shaii succeed us. There will
always be the sluggard and the tool. AZ
well as the industrious aud the wlee man
This man had ne benn dillgent would have
had lruit lit Tor prince To cat. but owing
10 his neglect he had harvest OF what
Was worse than nothing g-thorns and
nettles. Whatever Our possessions may
be II Is wrong to neglect anything with
which God has intrusted u.s. That neglect
10 crime Is proven 10 the words Of the
Master to the man who refused to Improve
the one talent given him. but bid II In the
earth, saying that lie knew the Master to
be an nust.re man. The Master com.
manded the unprolitabs servant to be
cast into outer darkness. There shall he
weeping cnd gnashiug OF teeth We can-
not afford to he negligent. 1t behooves US
TO be diilgent. We have characters to
build aud regulations 10 guard
The man who cares not for his body will
retrogade; the body should lie cared Tor,
hs 1t 10 the temple Of God. TIE mau VINO
neg lects his body. who cares not for his
looks. what will become OF him? 1t Ia
essential that we see to our physical
nseds. We must have pleasant thoughts,
II we would be pleasant. The doctor re.
ferred to the importance Of cnlttyAting
Tho mind, eaylug that he who would mo-
gleot his mind, would be subject to false
notions and superstition. That the peo.
pie who know the least were the hardest
10 get along with. Ihe conscience must
be cared for. II the conscience Is not
cared for It will become warped and
twisted, and sehred as with hot iron. TO
MI extent that o person may be gong to
lhe Dad and he not know It. But On the
other hand. II II ie properly trained, aud
Brought under tho right influence. it Will
Indicate as soon us wo take tue first step
Toward evil, and will always DO sure and
nafe guide.
Oar moral natures must not be neglect
WI. lutfo are ltu NuObb spul5 hIb 81 HAT
row ami warped that God cannot get IN
them. The thought of God or the future
never enters their mind. Another thought
IN the text Is that the suggard cannot
hide the result OF hia negligence. for In
Riead Of flowers and fruit. there wore
ihorns and notifies. illustrating the truth
That thy sins will find thee out. You can
never hide the effects of sin. Sin Ia the
seed OF all suffering. The thing noedful
10 10 give thought to religion. You eau
not get religion without it showing Itself
In the body.
Our influence will tell after We are gor O.
oyen to ihe third and fourth generations;
h will not stop by our own lives. Moral
ns well us physical taints will 10 trans
mitted To our children. The child receive
The moral as we'll as the physical nature
pI the parent. The wise man said he
looked upon the oarelessness OF this slug
gard OF our text and received instruction.
The good man IL an example and the bad
man is a warming.