St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-09-11

! Of the Tree of Life that now bear fruit
for all nations. The original tree was
bitter. but the branches ingrafted
were sweet and now all the nations
pluck the fruit and live forever.
Again: Christ was wonderful in His
/ victories.
First-Over the forces of nature. The
sea is crystal sepulchere. 1t swal-
lowed the Central America. the Presi-
dent, and the Spanish Armada rs easily
as any fly that ever foated on it The
inland lakes are fully as terrible in
their wrath. Galilee, when aroused in
a storm, is overwhelming; and yet that
sea crouched in His presence and licked
His feet. lie knew all the waves,
and winds. When He beckoned, they
came. When He frowned, they fed.
| The heel of His foot made no indenta-
tion on the solidified water. Medical
science has wrought great changes in
rheumatic limbs and diseased blood,
but when the muscles are entirely
withered no human power can restore
them. and when limb is once dead. it
is dead. But here is q paralytic-his
hand lifeless. Christ says to him:
''Stretch forth thy hand" and he
stretches it forth.
In the eye infirmary how many dis
eases of that delicote organ have been
cured! But Jesus says to one born
blind, BE openw and the light of
Heaven rushed through gates that have
never before been opened. The frost
or an AK may kill q tree, but Jesus
smites one dead with q word.
Chemistry can do many wonderful
things, but what chemist, at wedding,
when the refreshments gave out, could
change q pail Of water into . cask of
| wine?
What human voice could command .
school of fish? Yet here is q voice that
marshals the scaly tribes. until in the
place where they had let down the net
and pulled it up with no fish in it,
they let it down again. and the dis
ciples lay hold and begin to pull. when,
by reason OF the multitude of fish, the
! net broke.
Nature is His servant. The flowers
He twisted them in to His sermons; the
winds-they were His lullaby when He
slept In the boat; the rain-it hung
glittering on the thick foliage Of the
parallels; the star OF Bethlehcm-it
sang q Christmas carol over His birth;
the roclks-they beat . dirge at His
death.
Behold His victory over the grave!
The hinges of the family vault become
very rusty because they are never
opened except to take another in.
There is knob ON the outside of the
sepulcher, but none ON the inside. Here
comes the COnqueror of Death. He
enters that realm and says: '.Daugh-
ter of Jairus, sit up;' and she sat up.
To Lazarus, 'Come FORTH" and he came
forth. To the widows SON He said:
''Get up from that bier;" and he goes
home with his mother Then Jesus
snatched up the keys of death. and
hung them on His girdle, and cried un-
til all the graveyards on Garth heard
Him: 20 Death! will be thy plague!
0 Grave! will be thy destruction!"
But Christ's victories have only Just
begun. The world is His, and He must
have it. What il the matter in this
country? Why all these financial
troubles? There never will be perma-
nent prosperity in this land until Christ
rules it. This land was discovered for
Christ, and until our cities shall be civ
ilized, and north, south, east
and west shall acknowledge Christ as
King or Rcdeemcr, we can not have
permanent prosperity. What is the
matter with Spain? with Francef with
all OF the nations? All the congresses
Of the nations can not bring quiet
When governments not only theoretic-
ally. but practically, acknowledge the
Saviour of the world. there will be peace
everywhere. In that day the sea will
have more ships than now, but there
will not be one ''man-Of-war." The
foundries of the world will jar with
miyhtier industries, but there will
be no molding of bullets. Printing
presses will fly their cylinders with
greater speed, but there shall 60 forth
no iniquitous trash. In laws, in con-
stitutions, on exchange. in scientific
laboratory, ON earth as in Heaven,
Christ shall be called Wonderful. Let
that work Of the worlds regeneration
begin in your hearts, oh hearer! A
Jesus SO kind, Jesus SO good, Jesus
SO loving-how can you help but love
Him?
1t is . beautiful moment when two
persons who have pledged each other,
heart and hand, stand in church, and
have the banns OF marriage pro-
claimed. Father and mother, brothers
and sisters, stand around the altar.
The minister Of Jesus gives the coun.
sci; the ring is set; earth and
Heaven witness it; the organ
sounds, and amid many congratu-
lations they start out on the
path of life together. Oh, that this
might be your marriage day, Stand mp.
immortal soul. Thy Beloved comes to
get His betrothed. Jesus stretches
forth His hand and says: II will
love thee with IN everlasting love,
and you respond: 'My Beloved is
mine, and am His" put your hand
in His: henceforth be one. No trou-
ble shall part you-no time cool your
love. Side by side on earth-side by
side in Heaven! Now let the blossoms
of Heavenly garden fill the house with
their redolcnce, and all the organs Of
God peal forth the wedding march OF
eternity. IIark. 'The voice of my
beloved! Behold. He cometh leapin2
upon the mounts tains, skipping upon the
hills"
Crown of Glory.
We zee the fruits of Buddhism in
India, of Confucianism in China of
Nohammedanism in Turkey. We see
the fruits OF Christ's teachings in En-