The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-12-10

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the same thing in this year of oul
Lord, 1897. lcould call them by name
II IL were polite and righteous to d,
So the men who have sacrificed a para
, disc on earth and a paradise in HEAVIER
Tor II sin. Their house went. 1hei,
library went. Their good nam,
. went. Their field of usefulness went
Their health went. Their immor
tai soul went. My friends! .l,ere /.
just one sin that will turn you out OF
paradise II you do not quit it. You
know what it is, and God knows. and
you a better drop the hand and arm
lifted toward hat bending bough be.
lore you pluck your w ruin. When
Adam stood on tiptoe and took in his
right hand that one round peach, or
apricot, or apple, Satan reached up
pulled down the round, beautiful
world OF our present residence. Over.
worked artist, overweight merchant,
ambitions politician. avaricious specu-
iator, better take that warning from
Adams orchard and stop before YOU
put out for that one thing more.
But turn from Adams orchard to
Solonon's orchard. With his own
name he writes: II made me gardens
and orchards" Not depending apon
the natural fall of rain, he irrigated
those orchards, Pieces of the aaue-
duct that watered those gardens ! have
seen, n the reservoirs are as perfect
as when thousands of years age the
mason's trowel smoothed the mortar
over their gray surfaces. No orchard
OF oiden or modern time, probably,
ever had its thirst so well slaked. The
largest of these reservoirs is $50 feet
long, 207 feet wide and 80 feet deep.
These reservoirs solomon refers TO
when he says: II made me pools of
water to water Herewith the
wood that bringeth forth trees"
solomon used to ride ont
to that orchard before breakfast. 1t
gave hun an appetite and something to
think about all the day, Josephns, the
historian. represented him as going
out early in the morning from Jcru-
salem to the famed rocks OF Etam, a
fertile region, delightful with para
discs and running springs. Thither
the kinr in rohes az r,h;,n ,oda l.. ~.
chariot, escorted by a troop of mounted
archers. chosen for tbsi, ran,h ana
statue. and clad in Tyrian n,rnla
whose long hail, novderaa r;,t ~,
dust, sparSled in the sun" After
Solomon had taken his mnrninn Ma
in these luxurious orch,rdS ha 7,n,Id
sit down and write ,hnsa wn,IanfnI
thinps in the Rihle Dr.. winn his M
trations from the frpits he had .h.,
very moruinp nlucl,ed or odd
under. And. WISHING to nr,isa tba
coming Christ, he saws. tLe ,,nIa
tree among the trees of the wood sn H.
nv beloyed.n And wishing 70 dss.,iha
the love of the church To-, Ia Ia,1 h.,
writes; ..Comfort me with ami. fn,
| am sick of love y aud des;,;,n en-
make reference to the whit. h.,i7r ~
the oc~togenarian, and inst before bav-
ing noticed that the blossoms o,tha
almond trees were whit. he saws ~
the aged man: ..rbe almond tra. sh,lI
flourish The walnuts and IN. nnma.
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