The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-11-19

for me TO believe than the truth Of this
Edenic story, for have seen the same
thing in this year Of our Lord 1891. /
could cali them by name, II It were
polite and righteous TO do 50, the men
who have sacrificed a paradise on earth
and paradise in Heaven for one sin
Their home went. Their library went.
Their good name went Their field |
Of usefulness went Their health |
went. Their immortal soul went.
Ny friends! there is just one
sin that will turn You ont OF paradise
If yuu 10 not quit IL Nop know what
il is aud God knows, and you had bct-
ter drop the hand and arm lifted to-
ward that bending bough before you
pluck your own ruin. When Adam
stood upon tiptoe and took in his right
hand that one round peach, or apricot,
or apple. Satan reached up and pulled
down the round. beautiful world Of
our present residence. Overworked
artist. overwrought merchant, ambi-
tious politician. avarieious Spectator,
better take that warning from Adams
orchard and stop before you put out
for that one thing more.
But / turn from Adams orchard to
Solomon's orchard. With his own
hand be writes. II made me gardens
and orchards Not depending on the
natural fall of rain, he irrigated those
orchards. Pieces of the aqueduet that
watered those gardens have seen, and
the reservoirs are as perfect as when
thou sands OF years ago the mason's
trowel smoothed the mortar over their
gray surfaces No orchard Of olden
or modern time probably ever had its
thirst so well slaked. The largest Of
thcse reservoirs is $50 feet long, 207
feet wide and 50 feet deep. These
reservoirs solomon refers to when he
says: Il 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 tothink
about all the day. Josephus, the his
torian, represents him as going out
early in the morning from Jerusalem
to the famed rocks Of Etam, fertile
region. delightful with paradises and
running springs Thithcr the king, in
robes OF white, rode ia his chariot, es-
eorted by troop OF mounted archers
chosen for their youth and stature,
and clad in Tyrian purple, whose long
hair, powdered with gold dust,
sparkled in the sun. After Solo
mon had taken his morning ride in
these luxuriant orchards he would sit
down and write those wonderful things
in the Bible. drawing his illustra-
lions from the fruits he had that very
morning pluckcd or ridden under. And
wishing TO praise the coming Christ he
says. AS the apple tree among the
trees 81 the wood. so is my beloved v
And wishing to describe the love OF
the church for her Lord, he writes
Comfort me with apples. for am sick
Of love. he desiring to make reference
TO the white hair Of the octogenarian
and just before having noticed that the
, blossoms Of the almond tree were
white, he says of the aged man: 1.-THE
, talmond tree shall flourish" The wal
, nuts and the pomegranates, and th'
; mandrakes. and the figs make Solo
mons writings a divinely arranged
fruit basket
What mean Solomon's orchards ap'
Solomon's gardens? for they seem L
1 mingle. the two into one, flowers un
/ der foot, and pomegranates over
head. To me they suggest that reli
gion is luxury. All along the worl'
: has looked upon religion chiefly as
: dire necessity-a lifeboat from tn
4 shipwrccl. a ladder from the eonfa
/ grafton. soft landing place after W
: have been showed off the precipice Q
! this planet. Asa consequence so man
have said: I'VE will await prepara
; ton for the future until the crash c
: the shipwreck, until the confagratio
/ is in full blaze, until we reach tn
9 brink of the prccipice. /"
4 No doubt religion is inexpressibl
r important for the last exigency. Blu
: what do the apples and the figs and tn
It melons, and the pomegranates and tn
!. citrons and the olives of Solomon
n orchard mean2 Luxury They mea
a that our religion is the luscious, tn
, aromatic. the pungent. the aborescen
4 the efllorescent. the foliaged. the un
+ brageous. icy mean what Edwar
r Payson meant when he decided IF m
e. happiness continues to increase ca
q not support il much longer" 1t near
e what Baba Padmanji, a Hindoo cor
D vert, meant when he said: II long fc
e my bed, not that may sleep-I Il
n awake often and long-but to hOl
II communication with my God. ltmear
,e what the old colorcd man said whe
h he was accosted by the colporteu
s "Uncle, how are you9" Il is yer
ID painful in my knee, but, thank m
e Heavenly Master. I'm caused TO |
!. thankful My good Master just q
S. me nuf to make me humble Ar
= do you enjoy religion as much nov
v Uncle Jack, as when you could go
l. church and class meetings?a Yes,
y Joys him more Den / trust to de pc
a pie, TO DC meetings, TO dc sarment. al
st when hear dc hymn sing and de pr;
IS / feels glad. But all dis amt like I
to good Lord in dc heart, Gods love here
" 1t means sunrise instead of sundow
$ II means the Memnon statue made
n sing at the stroke of the mornir
" light II means Christ at the we
We ding in Cana 1t means the "tin
ir of the singing of birds is come.
ir means Jcrcmiah's ''well-watered ga
u den II means David's "oil of gla
v: ness II means Isaiah's bride al
C bridegroom It means Luke's b
We boy come home TO his fathers hous
l. Worldly joy killed Leo X. when
I'd heard that Milan was captured. Tai
We died Of JOY when the Roman sena
ne honored him Diagora died of Joy
d. cause his three sons were crowned
id the Olympian games. Sophocles di
" Of JOY over his literary success. A
st religious Joy has been too mu
for many.a Christian. and his soul
of sped away OH the wing of hosannas.
Sc An old and poor musician played
VS. well one night before his king Il
ks the next morning when the musici
nd awoke he found his table covered wi
rs, golden cups and plates. apd the prin
BE ~ robe lying across the back Of cha
It's and richly caparisoned horses paw
"a at the doorway TO take him throu
ne the street in imposing equipage.
IS was only touch Of what comes
OF every man who makes the Lord