Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-27

parks or WASHINGTON dIe dDlOolu WIN
hyacinths. and the gardens are being
made. the smile dominant in tnis sub
iect is very suggestive and practical.
Dr.. Talmage's text vas: Isaiah SSH,
Thou shalt be like watered garden
The Bible is a great poem. We have
in it faul5less rhythm and bold imagery
and startling antithesis and rapturOus
lyric and sweet pastoral and destructive
narrative and devotional psalm;
thoughts expressed in style more SOL
emn than that CT Montgomery. more
bold than that of Milton, more terrible
than that Of Dante. more natural than
that of Wordsworth, more imPGssiOned
than that Of Pollock. more tender than
that Of Cowper, more weird than that
OF Spenser.
This great poem brings all the gems
OF the earth into its cOTOnSt. and il
weaves the flames CT Judgment into its
garlands. and pOurs eternal harmOnies
into it's rhythm. Everything this Book
touches il makes beautiful from the
plain stones of the summer threshing
floor 10 the daughters of Major filing
the trough for the camels: from the fish
pools of HeshbOn up to the Psalmist
praising God with the diaPason CT
storm and whirlwind. and Jobs mag
cry Of Orion. Arcturus. and the Pleiades.
Ny text leads us into scene Of
SUMNER REDOLENCE.
The world has had a great many beau
tiful gardens Charlemagne added TO
the glory OF his reign by decreeing that
they be established all through the
realm-deciding even the names Of the
10 h. nj nv
". at Mont PeHer. established gardens
Of bewitching beauty and luXUriance,
gathering into them Alpine. Pyrene2n
and French plants, One Of the sweetest
spots on earth was the garden of Shen-
stone. the poet His writings have
made but little impression on the
world: but his garden. The LeasOwes,
will be immortal To the natural adj
vantage OF that place was brought the
perfection of art ArbOr and terrace
and slODe and rustic temple and reser-
vOir and urn and fountain here had
their GROWING. Oak and yew and ha-
eel put forth their richest foliage. There
was no life more diligent, no soul more
ingenious. than that OF Shenstone. and
al that diligence and genius he brought
to the adOrnment Of that
ONE 1 hEASO RED SPOI.
He gave three hundred pounds for It;
he sold it for seventeen thousand. And
yet I am 10 tell YOU to-day of a richer
garden than any l have mentioned. It
is the garden spoken of in my text. the
garden Of the Church, which belongs 10
Christ He bought il. he planted 1t. he
owns it, and he shall have it. Walter
Scott. in his outlay at AbSOssford. ruin
ed his fortune; and now. in the crimson
flowers of these gardens. you can almost
think or imagine that YOU see the blood
of that old mans broken heart. The
payment OF the last one hundred thOus-
and pounds sacrificed him But I have
to tell you that ChriSt'S life and Christ's
death were the outlay Of this beautiful
garden Of the Church. Of which my text
speaks. Oh. how many signs and tears
and pangS and agOnies. Tell ne, We
women who saw him hang, Tell me.
We eXecutiOnerS who lifted him and let
him down. Tell me. thou son that
didSt hide; We rocks that fell, Christ
loved the Church and gave himself for
it. If the garden OF the Church be-
longs 10 Christ, certainly he has a right
TO walk in it. Come then. o blessed
Jesus, to-day; walk up and down these
aisleS and
PLUCK WHAT THOU WILT
Of sweetness for myself
The Church IN my tex. is apprOpri-
ately compared to a garden, because it
is the place Of choice flowers. Of Sc
lect fruits. and Of thorough irrigation.
That would be a strange grader in
which there were no flowers. If no
IL
borders or al the gateway. The home
lest taste will dictate something. if it
be only the old-fashioned hollyhock,
or dlhlia. or daffodil; but IL there be
larger means, then you will find the
Mexican cactus. and blazing azalea, and
clustering Oleanjer Well. now. Chris.
comes 70 his garden ard he plants there
some of the brightest spirits that ever
lowered upon the world Some of
them are viOlets, inconspicuous, but
sweet rs heaven. You have to search
and find them. You DO not see them
very often. perhaps. but YOU find where
they have been by the frightened face
OF the invalid, and the sprig of geran-
ium on the stand. and the new window
curtains keeping out the glare Of the
sunlight. They are. perhaps. more like
the ranunCulus. creeping SweCtly along
amid the thOrns and briarS of life, Civ
ing kiss for sting; and many q man
who has had in his way some great
black rock of trouble, has found that
they have covered il all over with flow
cry jasmine, running in and OUT amid
the crevices. These flowers in ChriSt's
garden are not, like the SunlOwer,
gaudy in the light. but wherever dark
be cOmforted, there they stand, night
blooming cereuSeS.
BUT IN CHRIST'S GARDEN
there are plants that may be better
compared TO the Mexican cactus
thOrnS without, loveliness within; men
with sharp points Of character. They
wound almost every one that touches
them. They are hard 10 handle Men
pronounce them nothing but thorneS.
but Christ loves them notwithstanding
all their sharpness. Many a man has
had a very hard ground to cultivate.
and il has only been through severe
trial he has raised even the smallest
crop Of grace. \ very harsh minister
was talking TO a very placid elder. and
the placid elder said to the harsh min
lister. Doctor. I 90 wish YOU would
control your temper All" said the
minister 10 the elder. 81 control more
temper in five minutes than You do in
five years.
l. IS harder for some men to DO right
49, 60 h.. % -. 49, ILL.,