Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-05-06

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the church The church Il gardsn q
the midst of great desert of ain ana
suffering; but II is well irrigated; Tor
"our eyes arc unto the hills frou
whence cometh our help" From the
mountains of Gods strength there now
down rivers of gladness. There Il
river the stream whereof shall make
glad the city of our God" Preaching
the Gospel Is one of the aqueductA
The Bible is another. Baptism and the
Lords supper are aqueducts- Water
To Stake the thirst, water to wash the
unclean, water tossed high up in the
light OF the Son of Righteousness.
showing us the rainbow around the
throne. Oh, was there ever n garden
SO thoroughly irrigated You know
that the beautiful of Versailles and
Chatsworth depends very much upon
the great supply of water. 1 came to
the latter place, Chatsworth. one day
when strangers are not TO be admitted;
but an induccmcnt which always seem.
ell ms potent with an Englishman rs
an American, l got in, and then the
gardener went far up above the
stairs of stone and turned ON the wa.
ter. saw il cleaning ON the dry
pavement, coming down from step To
step, until IL came so near could hear
the musical rush, and all over the
high. broad stairs it came foaminQ
flashing, roaring down, until sun
light and wave in glccsome wrestle
tumblcd at my feet. So it Is
with the church of God. Everything
comes from above; pardon from
above, JOY from above. adoption
from above, sanctification from above.
Harl<l hear the latch of the garden
gate, and / see who is coming. hear
the voice OF Christ: II am come into
my garden" i say, Come In, o Jesus
we have been waiting for thee; walk
all through the paths; look NJ
the flowers, look mt the fruit pluck
that which thou wilt for thyself.s
Jesus comes into the garden and up Ia
that old man, and touches him and
says: almost home, father; not many
more aches for thee; l will never leave
thee; take courage n little longer and
i will steady thy tottcring steps. and
will soothe thy troubles and give thee
rest. Courage, old man." Then Christ
goes up another garden path and lie
comes To soul in trouble, and says,
| Peace! oil Is well. | have seen thy
tears. / have heard thy prayer. The
sun shall not smitc thee by day nor the
moon by night. The Lord shall pre-
serve thee from evil; He will preserve
thy soul. Courage, q troubled spirits
Then i see Jesus going up another
garden path, and l see great excite
mcnt among the leaves, and / hasten
up that garden path to see what Jesus
is doing there, and 10! He IL breaking
oS flowers, sharp and clean from the
stem, and say, stop, Jesus, don't kill
those beautiful flowers" He turns to
me and says, 81 have come into my
garden To gather lilies, and / mean ia
take these up To n higher terrace, for
the garden around my palace, and there
i will plant them; and in better soil
and in better air they shall put forth
brighter leaves and swcetcr redolence.
and no frost shall touch them forever
And looked up into His face and laid,
well, IL Is His garden, and He has
| right to do what He will with IT, Thy
will bc doner the hardest prayer ever
man made.
IL has seemed as II Jesus Christ took
the best; from many of your house
holds the best 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 Mt
last the sickness came you had no faith
In 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 Jesus, take tit Is the
best we have; take IL. Thou art
worthy" The others i'm the household
may have been OF grosser mold. She
was OF the finest.
The heaven of your little ones will
not be fairly begun until you get there.
All the kindness shown them by inn.
mortals will not make them forget you.
There they are, the radiant throngs
that went out from your homes. !
throw n kiss to the sweet darlings.
They are all well now in the palace.
The crippled child has sound foot
J now. little lame child says: MA,
will bc lame in Heaven" mo M
darling, you wont be lame in Heaven"
little sick child says: MA, will I
be sick In Heaven" mo, my dear,
you won't be sick in Heaven" A
little blind child says; INA, will I be
blind in Iicaven?' 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
Kings garden. The only glimpse you
ever get Of such garden is when the
king rides out in his splendid carriage
IL is not so with this garden, this
Kings garden. throw wide open the
gate and tell you all TO come in.
Whosoever will, may. Choose now
between desert and garden. Many
OF you have tried the garden of this
worlds delight You have found IL has
been IA chagrin. So IL was with Theo-
dore Hook. lie 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 confront.
ed n looking-glass and he saw himself
and said: There, that is true. / look
just as j am; done up in body, mind
and purse" So IL was of Shenstone, %
whose garden told you at the begin.
ming OF my sermon. lie sat down amid
those bowers and said: II have lost my
road 10 happiness 1 am angry and
euviOus and frantic and dpeDiee evos-v.