The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1896-05-07
The GARDEN OF 90D.
Rev. DIR. Talmaes Fr{ ache 6prine
Time Sermon.

Time Sermon.
Thoughts Suggested " ~ 1e16l6s
Beauties Of the K1eta1 HlaN em-
The season Of Ig0weft u
cot the dsrdrn Of al
The following spring timx course
was delivered by Rev. T. d. st Tai.
mage before his Washing & eongre-
CATION. The text was:
Thou shalt be like watersd gard Isaiah
lviii.. II.
The Bible is a great poem }e have
In it faultless rhythm and bold Inn
agery and startling antihssis and
|rapturous lyric and sweet pa|tkral and
instructive narrative and dSrufjnnel
psalm; thoughts expressed N Style
more solemn than that Of 11ontRom-
cry, more bold than that &Milton.
more terrible than that Of Dane, more
natural than that Of Wordsworth,
more impassioned than that'sof Pol
lock, more tender than that .,of Cow
per, more weired than that 81 Spcn-
SER
This great poem brings all he gems
of the earth into its coron and 1t
weaves the flames OF Judgment into It's
garlands, and pours eternal habmoniea
in its rhythm. Everything tNs book
touches it makes beautiful, tom the
plain stones Of the summer tfcshing
floor to the daughters OF Nahsk filing
the trough for the camels: fpm the
fish-pools of Heshbon up to til psalm
list praising God with the diabason OF
storm and wbiriwind, ana Jobs
imagery of Orion, Arcturus md the
Pleiades.
My text leads us into sene Of sum
mer redolence. The world has had a
great many beautiful gardens. Charlie
nagne added to the GLORY Of re-, -
by decreeing that they be established
all through the realm deciding even
the names Of the flowers to be planted
there. Henry W., at Montp4ieT, es-
tablished gardens of beSiitching
beauty and luxuriance, gathering into
them Alpine, Pyrenean and French
plants One of the sweetest epots on
earth was the garden of Shsnstone,
the poet. His writings have made but
little impression on the worldnbut his
garden, 1.-THE Leasowes, viii bd i'm.
mortal. To the natural advantage
Of that place was brought the per.
lection of art. Arbor aud terrace and
slope, and rustic temple, and reservoir,
and urn, and fountain here had their
browning. Oak and yew and 1zel put
forth richest foliage. There NO
life more diligent, no soul III in.
genious, than that Of Shcnstoj and
all that diligence and ger be
brought to the adornment Of zone
treasured spot. He gave E36 it;
he sold it for el7, 900. And " am
to tell you to-day of a richer xrden
than any ] have mentioned. J Us the
garden of the church, which longs
to Christ. He bought it, He anted
it, He owns it, and He shall ave It.
Walter Scott, in his outlay att bbots.
ford, ruined his fortune; and Now, In
the cromson flowers of those gardens,
you can almost think or imagine that
you see the blood Of that old mans
broken heart. The payment If the
last 100000 sacrificed him. hut
have to tell you that Christ's death
were the outlay of this 5eautifu
garden of the church, Of which mi
text speaks, Oh, how many at1t
tears ana pfngs and eGonle IN ne
aye women VINO saw MIN nanR! LEI
inc ve executioners. VINO iiieeu Hin
snu iee l,im GOWN lei ms .no" ~,
INA. uiusc nioe; W rocAs cnac lei'
onrlsu loved tne cnurcn ana gave Hi.n
seYt ior u. II tne garden p1 Tn
chprch belongs 70 Cnrist' certAnly =
naS right 70 walk IN u. Oomf' tnen
blessed Jesus, to-day; walH up an
uoWa these aisles' ana pIuck VIVA
lhop Wilt OF sweetness Tor Ihyse1
The church in my text, is aPpropri
atelyi compared to garden, because
is the place of choice flowers, OF selec
That would be strange garden Il
which there were no flowers. If nc
where else, they would be along tn
borders or at the gateway. The home
lest taste will dictate something, If
be only the old-fashioned hollyhocx
or dahlia, or daffoail; but If there b
larger means, then you will fad til
Mexican cactus, and blazing azalea
ana clustering oleander. Teli, now
ohrist comes 70 lis garden ana II
plants thfre some OF the brightes
spirits thaq ever nowerea upon IN
world. some OF them are violets' IN
conspicuous but as sweet as Heaven
You nave 10 search and I'M
Them. lou DO not see them yer
eften, perhaps. put you nm
where they nave been ny the bright
ened face OF nhe Invalid, and the spri