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

Courage, old man." Then Christ goes up
another garden path, and he comes to a
soul in trouble and says: 'Peacel All Is
well. l have seen thy tears have heard
thy prayer The sun shall not smite thee
by day nor tho moon by night The Lord
shall preserve thee from all evil; he will
preserve thy soul Courage, troubled
spirit"
Then see Jesus going up another gar
den path, and I sec great excitement
among tho leaves, and l hasten up that
garden path to sec what Jesus is doing
there, and lol he is breaking off flowers,
sharp and cloan, from Tho stem, and say,
Stop, Jesus; dent kill those beautiful
flowers" He turns to me and saws. Il
have come into my garden to gather lilies.
and mean to take those up to a higher
terrace, for the garden around my palace,
and there l will plant them, and I'm better
soil and in letter air they shall nut forth
brighter leaves and swector TedOlonco, and
no frost shall touch them forever" And l
looked up into his face and said: "Weli
1t IS his garden, and he has right to do
what no will with it. Thy will be done"
Tho hardest prayer ever man made.
II has seemed as if Jesus Christ took the /
best. From many of your households the
best one is gono. You know that she was
too good for this world; she was the gen
TEST in her ways, the deepest in her affec-
tions. and Wien at last the sickness came
you had no faith in medicines. You knew
that tho hour Of parting had come, and
when, through the rich grace of the Lord
jesus Christ, you surrendered that treas
uro You said: Lord Jesus, take it, It is
the best We have; take it. Thou art wor-
fhUfff Tim ffr nre tn r,,,t. hi
have been Of grosscr mold. She was of the
finest
Tho heaven of your little ones will not
be fairly begun until you get there. All
the kindnosses shown them by iinmortals
will not mako them forget you There
they arc. the radiant throngs that went
out from your homes. throw kiss to the
sweet darlings. They are all well now in
the palace. The crippled child has n sound
foot now. A little lame child says, Ma,
will ! DO lame in heaven?" "No, my dar-
ling; you won't be lame in heaven" ,
little sick child says, Ma will be sick i,
in heayen?" No, my dear; you won't :
be sick in heaven" a little blind child :
says, MA, will I he blind in heaven9''
No, my dear; you won't DO blind In {
heaven. They are all well there" !
notice that the fine gardens sometimes N
have high fences around them and you a
'annot get in. 1t is so with a kings gar y
len The only glimpse you ever get Of n
such n garden is wien the king rides out h
n his splendid carriage. 1t is not so with 4
his garden, this Kings garden. / throw "
vide open the gate and tell you all to come G,
II. No monopoly in religion. WhOsOever y
Will, may. Choose now between desert
md garden. Many of you have tried the N
,arden of this worlds delight. You have .
uund it has been chagrin. So it was :,
With Theodore Hook. He made all the n
world laugh. He makes us laugh now n
7hen we read his poems but he could not "A,
make his own heart laugh. While in the M
lidst of his festivities no confronted "a 81
)Oking glass and he saw himself and IN
aid: There, that is true! / look just as "
am-dono up in body, mind and purse" VI
o it was of Shenstone, of whose garden 1
I'D you at tho beginning Of my sermon. re
10 sat down amid those bowers and said: of
have lost my road to happiness. am fr
ngry and cn5ious and frantic and despise A.
'erything around me, just as it becomesa be
adman to do. r,
Heartsease. at
o We weary souls, come into Christ's mi
lrden today and pluck little heartsease. it
lrist Is the only rest and the only pardon an
r perturbnd spirit. Do you not think DO
lur chance las almost come? You mon PEE
ID women who have been waiting year an
ter year for some good opportunity in
iich to accept Christ, but have post cal
med it ., 10, 20, 80 years, do you not feel lar
il now your hour of deliveranco and his
rdon and salvation had come? D man, inf
nat grudge hast thou against thy poor ass
nj that thou wilt not let it be saved? 1 tai
d as il salvation must come today in ito
me Of your hearts. VIII
Some years ago a vessel struck on the tro
ks. They had only one lifeboat In tai
lt lifobOat the passengers and crow were abe
Lting ashore. The vessel had foundered his
d was sinking deeper and deeper and vie
1t one boat could not take the passengers val
y swiftly A little girl stood on the bu2
tx waiting for her turn to get into the hOr
1t. The boat came and went, came and the
mt, but her turn did not seem to come. bog
ter awhile she could wait no longer, and
, leapod on the tatfrail and then sprang vat
u the sea, crying to the boatman: Save swa
next Save mo nextr Oh, how emit
ny have Como ashore into Gods mercy ner
1 yet You arc clinging to the wreck of he,
! Others have accepted the pardon Of whI
rist but you arc in peril. Why not han
S moment make "a rush for your inn I
rial rescue crying until Jesus shall dist
T you and heaven and earth ring wifi depl
cry: Save me Eextl Save me nextl" swa
" is the day of salvation Now Now! neal
his Sabbath is the last for some Of you. aoie
5 about Co sail away forever Her bell
S. The planks thunder back in the
gway. She shoves off. She floats out 4
ard the great ocean Of eternity. Wave are
well to your last chance for heaven bril-
D., Jerusalem Jerusalem. how often ther
I'D havo gathered thee as a hen gath bag'
II her brood under her wings, and We in &
Id notl Behold your house is left unto The
desolatep' Invited to revel in a gar hug
you die in desertl May God AL GLOW
hty, before it is too late, break that tho
tuation. piles