The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-15
PoMoLoGY OF THE BIBLE.
TAI,MAGE breaches ON GOD
AMONG THE ORCHARDS.

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the Veil AFTER the 'fea'i"" 81
adise Presents the FLOWERS ana
the Fruit
Washington, Nov. A-pr. Talmage mas
the Divine hand in all the dominions of
the natural world, and this sermon pre-
sents religion in its most radiant attrac-
tiveness. The text is Genesis III: The
fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind
It is Wednesday morning in PARADISE.
Tho birds 5il NOT sing their opening piece,
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the Following + IladS' ne 9"''' an"
mar lights did not break through the thlck,
chaotic fog of the worlds manufacture
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hSh' o"' d was
phorescent light, not the light OF sun or
moon Rut the botanical and pomological
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flowers, ana then the fruits me ven ol
fog is lifted, and there stand the orchards'
Vvafcb the Sudden maturity of the Fruit
=, -. +t.,,., r,o,. +roos must have two
III "ul 'iiiiS go
years before theE peaI iiu''' """ iN''~ -
trees three years, and apple trees hYe
wears. hut here. instantly, u complete
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bearing 4rui'' AHS HiSeo'ii9 ~ 49,
have been doing their worst TO destroy the
frtlits for six thousand years, had not yet
-, t1,oir invasion The curculto had
49,, ~, tt,, ,,tarpillar
not yet stul9 '"0 P'''''' ''0'
hurt the apple, nor had the phyloNera
plague. which has devastated the vine
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grapes nor tIe ooIei pei a'eo Iils
nor the Hphlues luiueu tI1 ~. ~ ~
the grup pulictuIeu Oile M, .S ~
blight struck the pear Lheie s'oo" eii9
hrst orcharu' WIN PEI I1Cs'oli a iiil
ana an eNquis''eie9e VI IN elio g -
ciousness OF taste' ana an an ueloe VI ~
years more OF stuug Vi 'le 9Ni0"o0 u
fruits 10 reproduce. ,.--.,..-
why was the ofcharo cIedteu wv uaS9
before the hsh ana plrds' anu 'hi &c Gay
before the caIue! AIiloiiS oIiIel uiii a. I,
to impress the WorId win iesSon - - -
too stupid TO learh-tnat lIuit u9 ais
heaither thah meat ulet' uiiu 'ho' ~ ~
reason there are IN the WORM so many u
the mbruted ana sensual Is thaI Iiey liaNe
not improved py the IhishtS' uniiO 80 ~.
TACT that the ofchaIus ol PdiduiSS ~
ceded the herds' anu dNldIies' anu H7Il-
ponds. On those Irnl-pearlns lIeeS on
the banks OF the Euphrates, anu we
Gihon, ana the HiddekeE WouueI Hot
that the ancient Romans, lsHol AM u gu
God, adored POMONA the Gouuess Vi
Fruits, ana that all the Sylvan uel'ies were
sald to worship her, ana tlat sIoNes W.
set apart as hef temples Aou HdNe
thanked COO Tor pfead a thousanu ItIlles'
have you thahkeo MN lor me Al ui u
which he made the nrst course OF Ioou III
the menu of the world tapleF Inc acidS
OF those frults TO keep the WorIu ; tap 4e
from beng lnsipid' ana thelr Sweets u
keep 1t from belng TOO sour!
AT TINS autuinhai season now the VI
chards breathe ana glow, the leaves re-
moved that the CRIMSON OF PINK OF sal-
IRON OF the yelIoW' OF Drown may tile
better appear whlle the aroma tlcs MI tne
AIR with invitation ana "reminiscences. AS
you pass through the orcharu on lhese
uutumnal Gays ana look up through the
arms OF the trees lauen win Ifull' you
near humping on the GROUND thal Whlch
is 1ully ripe, ana, throwing your arms
around the trunk you give snake lhat
SENDS down shower OF gold ana nre on
aI SIDES OF you PlIe up IN baskets ana
barrels ana BINS ana on shelVes ana tapIes
the divine supply But these orchards
nave been under the assault OF at least
sixty centurles-the storm the droushls,
the winters the lnsectiVora. w nat must
the hrst orchard nave peenF Ana yet II
is the explorers evidence that on the site
of that orchard there is not an apricot or
an apple, or an olive-nothlng but desert
and desolation. There is not enough to
forage the explorers horse, much less 10
feed his own hunger. In other words
that first orchard is lost orchard. How
did the proprietor and the proprletress of
all that INSTRUMENTATION of frultage, let
the rich splendor slip their possession? 1t
was as now most of the orchards are lost;
namely, by wanting more. Access they
had to all the fig trees, apricots, walnuts,
almonds, apples-bushels on bushels
and were forbidden the use of only one
tree in the orchard. Not satisfied with
all but one, they reached for that, and lost
the whole orchard Go right down through
the business marts of the great cities and
find among the weighers and clerks and
subordinates, men who once commanded
the commercial world. They had a whole
orchard of successes, but they wanted just
one more thing-one more house, or one
more country seat, or one more, store, or
one more railroad, or one more million.
They clutched for that and lost all they
had gained. For one more tree they lost
a whole orchard. There are business men
all around us worried nearly to death.
The doctor tells them they ought to stop.