Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-01

tastes, uhimpassiOned, pure as snOwdrul
A. and as cold. They never she'd any tear
they never get txuited, they never say an.
thing rashly, they never do anything pr
cipitately. Their pulses mover fiuttcr. the
e. nerves never twiich, their indignatiu
5, never boils ever. They live longer tina
most people, but their life IS in a mine
key Thcy never run mp to c above tl
staff. In their music of life they have u
n staccato passages Christ planted them i
the church. and they must he of som
!, service, or they would not DO there. Snow
! drops, always snowdrops
4, But l have not told you Of the mos
beautiful flower Of all this garden spukel
Of in tho text. II you sec "a century plant
=, Z your emotions arc started You say
/ why, this flower has been 100 years gath
ering up for one bloom, and it will be lOl
years moro before other petals viii conn
out. But l have to tell you of a plan
r that was gathering up from all eternity
and that ! ,D00 years ago put forth IL,
bloom never to wither 1t Is the passlor
plant Of the crossi Prophets foretold it,
Bethlehem shepherds looked upon it in the
bud, tho rocks shook at its bursting, and
the dead got up in their winding sheets Ia
: see its full bloom. It is a crimson flower
blood at the roots, blood on the branches.
blood on all tho leaves. Its perfume is To
fill all the nations Its breath is heaven.
Come, o winds, from the north and
winds from tho south, and winds from the
east, and winds from tho west, and bear
TO all the Garth the sweet smelling SAVIOR Of
Christ, my Lord
His worth if all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love him too.
Fruit In the Garden.
Again the church may be appropriately
compared to garden because it is IA place
of fruits. That would DO a strange ear-
, den which had in it no berries, no plums
3 or peaches or apricots. Tho conrser fruits
are planted in the orchard or they arc set
out on tho sunny hillside, but tho choicest
fruits are kept in the garden So, in the
world outside the church, Christ has plant
ed a great many beautiful things-pa-
( thence, charity, generosity, integrity-but
he intends the choicest fruits to DO i'm the
garden, and, if they arc not there then
shame on the church.
Religion is not a more sentimentalitv.
1t is practical, life giving healthful
fruit-not posies, but apples "Oh, says
somebody, II don't see what your garden
of the church has yielded" In reply ask,
Where did your asylums come from, aud
your hospitals, and your institutions
OF mercy Christ planted every one Of
theni he planted them in his garden.
Whom Christ gave sight to Bartimeus.
he laid tho cornerstone to every blind
asylum that has ever been built. When
Christ soothed tho domoniao Of GaliIec he
laid the cornerstone of every lunatic asy-
lum that has ever been established. When
Christ said to the sick man, "Tako up thy
bed and walk, " he laid the cornerstone of
every hospital the world has ever seen.
When Christ said, Il was in prison and ye
visited me, be laid the cornerstone of
every prison reform association that has
ever been organized Tho church Of Christ
is glorious garden, ana it is full Of fruit.
know there is some poor fruit in il. 1
know here are some weeds that ought to
be thrown over tho fence. l knew there
are some crab appic trees that ought TO be
cut down. know there arc some wild
grapes that ought to be uprooted But arc :
you going to destroy the whole garden be-
cause Of little gnarled fruit? You will
ind worm eaten leaves in Fontuinebleau.
and insects that sting in the fairy groves
IF the Champs Elysees You do not tear
down and destroy the whole garden be- !
'auso there arc few specimens Of gnarled
ruit. admit there are men and women y
II the church who ought not to be there
lut let us be just as frank and admit the
act chat there are hundreds and thou v
ands and tens of thousands of glorious =
Christian men and wOmen-hOly, blessed. Il
lseful, consecratod and triumphant. p
There is no grandor, noblor collection in "
III the earth than the collection of Chris s
ians.
There arc Christian men in this house 81
whose religion is not matter Of psalm
inging and church going. Tomorrow e
lorning that religion will keep them just u
s consistent and consecrated in their =
'Orldly occupation as it ever kept them at a.
ne communion table. There arc women u
ere today of a higher type of character VI
nan Mary Of Bethany. They net only sit IL
the feet Of Christ, but they 90 out into %
10 kitchen to help Martha in her work W
lat she may sit there too. There is a
oman, who has drunlard husband, who 81
as exhibited more faith and patience and ~
'urage than Ridley in the fire He was III
lnsumed in 20 minutes. Hers has been III
20 years martyrdom. Yonder is "a man al
no has been 3 years on his back, unable ~
feed himself yet calm and peaceful as vi
ough no lay on one Of the green banks vi
heaven watching the oarsmen dip their IN
lddlo in the crystal river Why, it seems n !,
me this moment as if st. Paul threw to ~
pomologist's catalogue of the fruits A.
owing in this great garden Of Christ ,.
We, joy, peace patience, charity, brother II
kindness, gentleness, INTERPRETATIONS 'ui
nit, enough to ill all the baskets Of ga
rth and heaven. 10Y
The Watered Garden. 20
Again, the church in my text is appro- zoo
lately called Il garden because it is thor o.c
ghly irrigated. No garden could pros W.
r long without plenty Of water. l have w,
IN a garden in the midst Of desert, yet 80,
loming and luxuriant. All around us ~
re dearth and BARONESS, but there were a.
pes, aquCducts, reaching from this gar
d up to the mountains, and through
1se aqueducts tho water came streaming
wn and tossing up into beautiful foun- Bps
rs, until every root and leaf and flower
S saturated. That is like the church.
q church is garden in tho midst of a it i
at desert Of sin and suffering, but it is are
II irrigated, for 'our eyes are unto the an,
Is from whence comoth our help" wa
Dm the mountains Of Gods strength mo
re flow down rivers of gladnoss. the
here is a river the stream whereof shall bel
Ike glad the city of our God" Preach the
: tho gospel is one Of the uqucducts for,
c Bible is another Baptism and tho Of
DIS supper are aqueducts. Water to diff
10 the thirst water to wash the I'M g
Ia. water tossed high up in the light Of HUI
Sun Of Righteousness, showing us the mil
nbow around tho throne. Oh, was an
re ever garden so thoroughly irrigated wei
a know that the beauty of Versailles The
Chatsworth depends very much upon ma,
great supply of water. 1 came to the mil