The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-06-06

aPeace. all is NELL t,haYe seen .thy
tears, have btsfd Thy prayer. The
sun shaii not smite thee by day nor
the moon by night The Lord shall
preserve thee from all evil; He will
preserve thy soul Courage. o troubled
Spirit"
Then see Jesus Jesus going up another
naf den path, and / see great, excite
lment among the leaves, and I hastep
up that garden path to see whit Jesus
IS doing tl.5fe, and 10! He is breaking
off flowers, sharp and clean from the
stem, and say: ''Stop, Jesus, don't kill
those beautiful flowers, He a%rns e
me aud ss.'s. II lave come into my
safden to gather lilies, and l mean to
take these up to a higher terrace, for
the garden around my palace; and
there 1 will plant them; and ~ bettef
soil end. ia better aif they shall put
forth bftgktet leaves and ,sweeter. re-
dolente,, and no frost shall touch them
forever" And ! looked ur Into His
face and saidi ''Weil, it is His garden,
and lie mas a right to do what He will
with it. Thy will be dPne!" the hard
II has seemed as if JESUS Christ tooR
the best; from many 81 Your House
holds tire Bee. one is gone. You know
That she was too good for this world;
she was the gentlest in her ways, the
deepest in her affections; and when st
last the sickness CANE you had no
fait* e. medicines. You knew that the
hour of parting had come, and when,
through the rich grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ, you surrendered that
treasure. you said; lord jesas, take
lit is the best we haYe; take 1t;
fbon srt worthy" The others in the
household may have been of grosser
mold. She was of the finest. >,
| The Heaven of your little ones Will
not be fairly begun you get there.
| All the kindness shown them by i'm
mortals will not make them forget
you. There they are, the radiant
throngs that went out from your
homes. throw kiss tn the sweet
darlings. They are ali we'll now iIt
the palace. The crippled Child has d
sound foot how. A little lame child
says: "Ma, will l be lame in Heaven?''
mo, my darling, you won't be lame in
Heaven" A little sick child says: Ma
will | be sick in Heaven" mo, my
dear, you won't be sick in Heaven A
little blind ahild says: ma; will l be
blind In Heaven mo; my dear, you
won't be blind in Heaven. They are
all well there"
notice that the fine gardens some
times have high fences around them
and you can not get in. 1t is SO with
a kings garden. THE only glimpse
yoti ever get OF such a garden is when
the king rides out in his splendid car
riage. 1t is not so with this garden
| this Kings garden. throw wide open
the gate and tell you all to come In
No monopoly in religion. Whosoeve'
will, may Choose now between a
desert and a garden. Many of you
have tried the garden of this world:
delight You have found 1t has beer
a chagrin. So it was with Theodore
Hook. He made all the world laugh
He makes us laugh now when we reat
his poems; but he could not make hi
own heart laugh. While in thu
| mast OF his lcStiNieiOo hO w.
fronted looking-g,ass, and HI
saw himself and said: There
that is true ! look just as l am
done up in body, mind and purse" s.
it was of Shenstone, of whose garden
/ told you at the beginning of my ser
mon. He sat down amid those bower
and said: II have lost my road t.
happiness. am angry and enviou
and frantic, and despise everything
around me just as it becomes mad
!, man to do"
o, We weary souls! come into Christ
! garden to-day and pluck little hearts
ease. Christ is the only rest and tn
only pardon for a perturbed spirit
; Do you not think your chanc
has almost come? You men an
women who have been waiting yea
!, after year for some good opportunity
which to accept Christ, but have pos
l poned it, five, ten, twenty, thirty yeal
g do not feel as if now your hour {
4 delivcrance and pardon and salvatio
had come? o, man, what grudge ha!
thou against thy poor soul that tho
wilt not let it be saved? l feel as
salvation must come to-day in some
your hearts.
Some years ago vessel struck G
e the rocks. They had only one lii
e boat In that lifeboat the passenge
). and crew were getting ashore. III
e vessel had foundered, and was sinkir
r deeper and deeper. and that one boz
e could not take the passengers vel
e swiftly. A little girl stood on the de-
y waiting her. turn to get into Il
:. boat. The boat came and went, can
r and went, but her turn did not seem
lie come. After awhile she could wait
n longer, and she leaped on the traffrt
1t and then sprang into the sea. saying
sr the boatman: Save me next! Save I
N nextr' Oh, how many have go
t, ashore into Gods mercy, and
rs you are clinging to the wreck OF 81
n Others have accepted the pardon
Id Christ, but you are in peril. Why n
We this moment, make a rush for 70
IN immortal rescue, crying until Jes
~ shall hear you, and Heaven and ear
IN ring with the cry: Save me ne
ar Save me nextr' Now is the day
Ill salvation. Nowl Now!
ne This Sabbath is the last for some
til you. 1t is about to sail away forev
lie Her bell tolls. The planks thunt
he back in the gangway. She shoves {
es She floats out toward the gr'
oy ocean of eternity. Wave farew