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

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minutes walk from The gate of .Jerusa'
| lem After had read that our great.
grandfather and great grandmother had
! been driven ont Of the first orchard,
mar.r up my mind that the Lord w"nld
not ho defeated IN that way. | said i'
myself that when they had heCn POI
sonCd by tho fruit Of that enc tree. some
! where. somehow. there would h" pro
vidcd all antldute for the poison. J SAID
! "Whrre is the other tree that will End'
tho work of that tr"c. Where Is the
! other orchard that will repair the dam
age received in the first orCbard!' And
4, read on until found the orchard and
! its center tree as mighty for cure aS thu:
I One bad been for ruin, and as the ciie
tree III Adam $ orchard had It's branches
laden with the red fruit Of carnage, and
the pale fruit Of suffering. and the spot
ted fruit of decay, and the bitter fruit
of disappointment. ! found III Pilate ':
orchard tree which. though stripped
! of all its leaves and struck through by
an iron bolt rs long a> y"ilr arm. nev"r-
,hrle.S bore the richest fruit that was
ever gathered Like the trccS of the first
orchard, this was planted, hl"SSonrd
and bore fruit all in on" day.
Paul was ilnpnlSive and vehement If
nature. aud he laid hold cf THAT tree
with beth arms and shock it ill tho
ground al! round locked like an orchard
g ,.ll
and. careful lest he step "n SON" Of the
fruit. gathered mp haSk"tful If il for
the Galatians, CRYING out, "1hc fruit
of the Spirit is love, JOY, peace, long
suffering. gcntlcness. g"n'ln"Ss. faith,
meeknesS, temperance. y TIL" other two
trees Of Pilates orchard were loaded,
the one with the bard fruits Of nhduracv
and the other with the tender fruit Of
repentance, but tn" center tree chow
will | ever forget the day | sat on tile
exact place where it was planto6)--th"
center tree of that orchard yields the
antidote for the poisoned nations. There
is in old England the hollow Of tree
whore a king hi'l, ard there is in New
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national importance was kept lnv1olats.
and there have hren trees of great Girth
and immense shade and vast wealth Of
fruilage, but no other tree had such
value of "Reminiscences. or depth of root,
or spread Of branch, or intnitude "f
orchard Before pass this day from
under it | would like to drop on both
knees and with both hands Outspread
and upGfted toward the heavens cry ont
with all the nations of earth and heav.
Ell: Il believe in Grd, the Father Al
! mighty, Maker uf heaven and earth.
and in Jesus Christ. bis on V Son. nnr
Lord. who was Cunceiyrd hv the Holy
Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffer.
cd under Pontius Piatc, was crnrifCd,
dead and buried He descended into
! hell. The third day he rose from IN"
dead He aScendcd into heaven and sit.
tcth on tho right hand nf God the Ia
thcr Almighty. From thence h" shall
come to Judge the Gnck and the dead -
st. Johns Orchard.
Now, in this discourse of the pOmolu-
gy Of the Bible, or God anfT the or
chardS, having shown vou Adam s or.
chard and S0lomnn's orchard and ri.
IatcS orchard, nnw take You into 81.
Johns orchard, and will stop there,
/ for having seen that you will want IT,
see nothing more st John himself.
| having seen that orchard. discharged Il
whole voll,v uf Come! Gene! Come.
and then pronounced the bcncdicli"n
THE grace of orr Lord Jesus Christ he
with you all Amen" Then the Ian,
ishcd evangelist closes the book, and
the Bible is done The dear old book
opened with Adam S orchard and clos :
with St Johns orchard. 81. john went
into this orchard through y siGnc gate,
the black ii-at Of the iSlr of Fatmos.
to which h. had !c"n rxiled. That or.
chard which he s,w was and is in hcav.
Ell.
One person will err in speaking nl
heaven aS all material, and another per.
sen describes heaven as all fignratIy"
and spiritual. ard 10th are wrong
! Heaven is both material and spiritual,
as We arc both material and spiritual.
While much Of The Bible account "f
heaven Is t. 10 taken fignrativelv and
spiritually. It is plain to N" that heaven
has also material existence Christ
SAID. II 80 to prepare place for you.
Is not place material: God. who baS
] done all the world building. the stats.
tics Of stars 50 vast aS to Ee Il hewlldfr-
m"nt tU Telescopes. could have Sonic
where in his astronomy piled mp tire,
Dcndnls world tr make the Bible heav-
en- true both as material splend"r
and Il spiritual domain ] do not believe
God rut all the fowers and all tho pre-
Cious stones. and all the bright metals.
. and all tho TIusic. AMI all the fountains.
and all the orchards in this little world
of G1lrS How much was literal and how
much was tjgurative cannot say. but
+ s.. John saw two rOWs If trees on each
side nf river. anG it differed from 9TH
er orchards in the fact that the trees
bore - manner If frnts The learned
translatprs Of our common Bible say II
means - different kinds of fruits III one
year Albert Barnes says it means y
crops Of the same kind Of fruit in one
year. Not able tn decide which iS the
more accurate translation. adopt both.
/ If it mean II different kinds Of fruit, it
declares variety IN heavenly joy. If
it means Il crops of the same kind Of
frnit, it declares abundance III heavenly
JOY, and they are both true.
Variety: oh. yes. Not an eternity
with nothing but music; that oratorio
would be too protracted. Not all eternity
of procession on white horses; that
would ho too long in the stirrnps. Not
All eternity Of watching the river; that