The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-05-08

hiea and give thee rest Courage. ola man"
Then Christ goes up another garden path,
end ne comes % a soul In trouble aud aaYni
"peaoel AN "a we'll I havo seen thy tears.
have heard thy prayer. Tho sun shall not
amito thee by day nor tho moon BY night
Tho Lord shall preserve thee from nl evil
uo will preserve thy SOUL Courage, o trou-
bled splrltl"
Then SEQ Jesus going up another garden
path, aud 4 aeA great excitement among tho
leaves. and hasten up that garden path 20
SEQ what Jesus Is doing there, and DO. Ho ia
breaking on flowers sharp and clean from
the stem, aud ! cay, "aiop, jesus don't kill
those beautiful flowers. ne turns o. mo
and SAYS. on have come into Ny garden 90
gather lilies. and mean 90 take those up %
"a higher terrace, for the gardeE around by
palace. and there / win plant them, and In
better soil and In better air they shall put
forth brighter leaves and aWooter rodolonce,
and no frost shall touch them forever" And
4 looked mp into Hls face and said. "Woll, Il
81 His garden, and no has q right 90 DO what
He win with H. Thy win BIO done" tho
hardest prayer ever man made.
10 has seemed as ~ Jesus Christ took the
hesti from many OF your households tho
best one Is gone. You know that she was
ANA NNNA AHA AAAAH MWAHAAf "AAH va" NNAH HNANH
ilost ln her ways, the deepest I'm her allec.
tions. and when at last the sickness came
you had no faith In medicines. You know
that the hour Of parting had come. and when
through tho rich grace OF the Lord Jesus
Christ, you surrendered that treasure you
said. "Lord Jesus. take n. II "a the best
We havei take H. Thou art worthy" Tho
others In tho household may have been OF
grosser mold. She was OF tho finest.
The heaven Of your little ones will not DO
fairly begun until you get there. All tho
kindness shown them by lmmortals will not
make them forget you. There they are, tho
radiant fhrongs that went out from your
homes. throw kiss 10 the sweet darllngs.
They are all well now IN the palace. The
crippled child has a sound foot now. A lit
TO lame child says, "Ma. will I DO lame In
heavenY" 'No. my darling. you won't be
lame IN heaven A little sick child says,
"Ma, viii I DO sick IN heayen2n "No. my
dear, you won't DO sick IN heaven" little
blind child says, "Ala, will 1 be blind In
heavenl" ono, my dear you won't DO blind
In heaven. They are all we'll there"
1 notice that the fine gardens sometimes
have high fences around them and you can
not get IN. II Is so with q kings garden.
The only glimpse you ever get OF such a
garden Is when the king rides out In his
splendid carriage. II Is not so with this
garden. this Kings garden. I throw wide
open the gate and tell YOU az TO come in.
No monopoly IN religion. Whosoever will,
may. Choose now between a desert aud n
garden. Many Of you have tried the garden
Of this worlds delight. You have found Il
has been q chagrin. So It was with Theodore
Hook. H5 made all the world laugh. He
makes US laugh now when We read his
poems but he could not make HIS own heart
NWaHln In fhn FFaHAaf oN hfa fnaffeFiffnd
he confronted looking glass, and lie saw
himself and said: "There, that Is true. I
look Just as I am-done up in body, mind
ana purse" SO Il was Of Shenstone, OF
whose garden I told you'at the beginning OF
my sermon. He sat down amid those bowers
and said; al have lost my road 70 happiness
/ am angry and envious and frantic, and
despise everything around me, just as 1t be-
comes a mailman to do"
o We weary souls, come into Chrlst's gar
den to-day and pluck q little hearts ease.
Christ Is the only rest and the only pardon
for perturbed spirit Do You not think
your chance has almost Gomez You men and
women who have been waiting year after
year for some good opportunity in which to
accept Christ, but have postponed It I've. ten,
twenty, thirty years-do you not feel as II
now your hour OF deliverance and pardon
and salvation had come? 0 man, what
grudge hast thou against thy poor soul that
thou wilt not let it be saved2 / feel as IL sal
walton must come to-day in some Of your
hearts.
Some years ago a vessel struck on the
rocks. They had only one lifeboat. In that
lifeboat the passengers and crew were get
| ting ashore. The 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
! leaned on the taffrail and then sprang into
| the sea. crying to the hoatman: "Save me
next! Save me neXtl" Oh, how many have
gone ashore into Gods mercy, and yet you
are clnging to the wreck olsinl Others have
/ accepted the pardon OF Christ, but you are
| in peril Why not this moment make a rush
| for your immortal rescue, crying until Jesus
| shall hear you and heaven and earth ring
| with the cry: "Save me next! Save me
next" Now is the day Of salvation! Now
/ Now!
This Sabbath is the last for some OF you
| It Is about TO sail away forever. Her bel
| tolls. The planks thunoer back in the
/ gangway. She shoves off. She floats out
| toward the great ocean Of eternity. Wave
| farewell to your last chance for heaven
sob, Jerusalem. Jerusalem, how Otter
would I have gathered thee as hen gath
ereth her brood under her wings, and "
would notl Behold your house is left unto
YOU desolate." Invited to revel in gar
den, you die IN a desert! May God Almighty
before 1t is too late, break that intatuation
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