Orange County observer., 1896-05-09

we have; take It. Thou art worthy Tho
cthers IL the household may have been OF
grosser mold She was Q; the finest.
fIne heaven Of your little ones will not be
fairly begun until you get there. All the
kindness shown them by immorals will not
make them forget you. There they are, the
radiant throngs that went out from your
homes. throw kiss to the sweet darlings.
They are all we'll now in the palace. The
crippled child has a sound foot now. A lit-
tie lame child. says, "Ma, will be lame In
heaven?' mo. my darling. you won't bs
lane lana in nh he1vsn en- little hss1sa sick child ID say,
dear. yo,. won't be sick III heaven" A little
bind child says, MA. will be blind Id
heaven?" s'No, my dear. you woh't be blind
in heaven. They are all we'll there.
I notice that the fine gardens sometimes
have high fences around them and you can
not get in. It is so with kings garden.
The only glimpse you ever get OF such
garden is when the king rides ont IN Ills
splendid carriage. 1t is not SO With this
garden. this Kings garden. 1 throw wide
open the gate and tell you all to come In.
No monopoly in religion. Whosoever will.
may. Choose now between desert and
garden. Many Of you have tried the garden
OF this worlds delight. You have found It
has been a chagrin. So ittwas with Theodore
Hook. He made all the world laugh. He
makes us laugh now when we read his
poems, but he could not make his own heart
laugh. While in the midst of his festivities
he confronted q lcokins glass: and he saw
himself and said: ''There. that il true. !
look just as 1 am-ione up in body. mind
and purse" SO it was of Shenstone. OF
whose garden told you at the beginning OF
my -sermon--He sat down amid those bowers
and said: 81 have lost my road to happiness:
I am angry and envious and frantic. and
despise everything around me, JUST as IL De-
comes madman to do
q We weary souls, come into Christ's gar
den to-day and pluck & iittls hearts ease.
Christ is the only rest and tho only pardon
| for perturbed spirit. Do yo1 not think
| your chance has almost come? You men and
women who have been waiting year after
year for some 2oo1 opportunity in which to
! accept Christ, but have postponed 1t five. ten.
twenty, thirty years-do you not feel as ii
now your hour of deiverance and pardon
and salvation had come? man. what
| grudge hast thou against thy poor soul that
| thou wilt not let it be saved? feel as if sal
vation must come to-day in some OF your
| hearts.
Some wears ago vessel struck on the
rocks They had only one lifeboat. In that
! lifeboat the passengers and crew were get
ting ashore. Tho vessel had foundered and
was sinking deeper aud deeper. and that one
boat could not take the passengers very
swiftly 4 little girl stood on the deck
waiting lOI ucI luIu ~ ScI iAto tuO oooIt'
The boat came ard went; came and went.
but her turn did not seem to come. After
l awhile she could wait no longer, and she
leaped on the taffrail and then sprang into
the sea. crying to the boatman Save me
next, Save me next" Oh. how many have
gone ashore into Gods mercy. and yet you
are cIinging to the wreck Of sin! Others have
accepted the pardon of Christ but you are
in peril. Why not this moment make rush
for your immortal rescue. crying until Jesus
shall hear you aud 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
cob. Jerusalem. Jerusalem, how Otter
weuld have gathered thee as a hen gath
efeth her brood under her wings, and "
would mott Behold your house is left unto
you desolate." Invited to revel in ga1
den; you, die in desert! May God Almighty
before 1t is too late, break that infatuation