The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-17

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sin It costs ! 600 times more than it
is worth AS some of all kinds CT quad
rupeds and ali kinds Of winged crca-
lures passed before our rrogcnltor that
he might announce name, from eagle
to bat. and from lion to mole, so | sup
pose there We're IL paradise specimens
of every Kind OF fruit tree And III that
enormous orchard there was not Cniy
enough for the original family Of two.
but enough fruit fell ripe to the licHiih
and was rcvcr picked up 10 supply
whole towns and villages if they had
existed But the infatuated couple tuln.
ed away from all these other trees and
faced this tree. and fruit OF that they
will have though it cost them all para
disc.
This story Of Eden is rejected *
some as an imlrcl.ability if rot an M
possibility. hut nothing Oh earth Is 'i!rl .
er for NE 10 believe than tie truth Of
this EGcn;c story, for | have sccn th"
same thing III this year Of our Lord
1897. could call them by name, If 1t
were polite and righteous TO do so. the
men who have sacrificed Il paradis" cn
earth and a paradise III heaven for ore
sin Their house went. Their library
went Their good name went Their
field of usefulness went Their health
went Their immortal soul went My
friends. there is Just one sin that VIII
turn you cut of paradise If you do not
quit it You know what it Is and
God knows and you had better drop
the hand and arm lifted toward that
bending boush before you pluck your
own ruin. When Adam stood Oh tipto"
and took IL his right hand that cne
round paac:: or apricot or apple, satan
reached up and pulled down the round
beautiful world of our present residence
Overworked artist, overwrouSht mer-
chant. ambitious politician. avaricious
sreculatOr. better take that warning
from Adams orchard and stop before
you put OUT for that one thing more
SOlOmon'S Orchard.
But ! turn from Adams orchard to
Solomon's S orchard With his own hand
he writes, II made me gardens and or
chards. " Not depending on the natural
fall of rain, he irrigated those orchards.
Pieces of the aqucduct that watered
those gardens have seen, and the rcscr-
yoirs are as perfect us when thousands
of years ago the mason S trowcl smooth.
ed the mortar over their gray surfaces.
No orchard Of clden or modern time
probably ever hGi its thirst so we'll
slaked. Tie largest of these reservoirs
is 5S2 feet long. 20I feet wide and 30
feet deep These reservoirs Solomon re-
fers to when he says II made me pools
of water, to water herewith the wood
that bringeth forth trees. Solomon
used to ride out to that orchard before
breakfast 1t gave him an appetite and
something 10 think about all the day.
JCSephuS, the historian. represents HIM
as going ont earl III the morning from
Jerusalem to the famed rocks nt Etan,,
a fertile region, delightful with lari'
discs AID running springs. Ihlticr the
king. in roles of white, rode III his
chariot, escorted Icy 4 troop OF mounted
archers chosen for their youth and stat
IRE and clad in Tvrian purple, whose
long hair, puwdcrcd with gold dust,
sparklcd in the sun. After Solomon
had taken his morning ride in these
]uxpriant orchards he would sit down
and write those wonderful things III
the Bible. drawing his illustrations
from the fruits he had that very morn.
ing nluckcd or ridden under And,
wishing 10 uraisc the coming Christ, he
saws, AS the apple tree among the
trees Of the wood. so is NY beloved. -
And Wishing 10 describe the love Of the
church for her Lord he writes, "trm,
fort ne with aurles, for ! am sick 0t
love. and desiring to make reference
to the white hair of the octogrr%rian,
and lust before having noticed that the
blossoms Of tie almond tree were white,
he saws Of the aged man, The almond
tree Shall flourish. " The waluutS and
the romcoranates ard the mandrakc>
ard the figs make Solomon writings d
diyinclv arranged fruit basket
TIL. 1n,urv of RELIGION.
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