The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-24
THE BIBLE ORCHARD.
DR.. TALMAGE'S SERMON ON TIE
FRUITS OF PARADISE.
The First Orchard Descrlbed IL AL iSS
Beauty ana PerfSction-The LESSON o: Is
Crsation Before tho Fish sn9 Birds
n-ean-asarla farsens
solom on's OrchSrds sEd Gardens

Dr.. Talmsge fuds the divine A&nd
in all the dominiors of the patGfai
world. and this sermon presents re-
lision in the nost radi&at st,c&c.!T7 !,
ness. TIE text is GsEes:s II IGe
fruit tree yielding tr1't zssSr MS
kind"
It's "Wednesday mo-2:ng II para
disc. The birds id 60: slnE taer
opening piece nor the &sh tase t2eir
first swim until the fcllowiCs Friday.
The solar and lunar lights DID no!
break through the thick, chaotic fog
of the worlds manufacture u&l;i
Thursday. Before thai there was
light, but It was elsctric light CT p1cS
phorescent light, not tie Eight u sc;a
or moon. But The botanical aad pc
mological productions came GG Wei
nesday-frSt :be fowsrs and thaG :Ge
fruits. Tie veil Of FOG IS lifted, SID
there stand the orchards Natc6 The
sudden maturity Of the frci. IA or
time pear trees mus. hsve two years
before they bear iruit, and peacn
trees three years, and apple trees i've
years, but here instantly 2 ccmqiste
orchard springs into lie, I'll The
branches bearing fruit. TIE i4sec'i,s
forces, which have been doing thsT
worst 10 destroy the fruits fer 6,Ve0
years, had not yet begun their lnva
sion. The cUrculio had rot yet Sung
the plum, nor the caterpillar hurt the
apple, nor had the phylloxera plague,
which has devastated the vineyards OF
America and France, sssailed the
grapes, nor the borer perforsted the
wood, nor the aphides ruined the
cherry, nor the grub punctured the
nectarine, nor the bljgut struck the
pear. There stood tbs first orchard
with perfection OF rind, and ex
qulsiteness of color, and luscious
ness Of taste, and au stilusnce Of pro
duction which it may take thousands OF
years more ofstudy of the science OF
fruits to reproduce.
Why was the orchard created Two
days before the fish and birds and
three day before the cattle2 Among
other things, to impress the world
with s lesson it is too stupid 10 learn
that fruit diet is healthier than meat
diet, and that the former must pre-
cede the latter. The reason there are
in the world so many Of the imbruted
and sensual is that they have not i'm
proved by the mighty, unnoticed fact
that the orchards of paradise preceded
the herds and aviaries and fish ponds.
Oh, those fruit bearing trees on the
banks of the Eaphrates, on the Gihon,
and the Hid6ekel? ! wonder not that
the ancient Romans, ignorant OF our
God, adorned Pomons, the goddess OF
fruits, and that all sylvan 6sities were
said to worship her, an6 that groves
were set apart as her temples. You
have thanked God for bread thou
sand times. Have you thsnked him
for the fruits which he made the first
course Of food in the menu Of the
worlds table-the acids OF those fruits
to keep the worlds table from being
iRsipid, and their sweets to keep II
from being too sour?
At this autumnal season how the or
chards breathe and glow, the leaves
removed that the crimson or pink or
saffron or the yellow or brown may
the better appear, while the aromatics
I'LL the air with invitation and dremlnlS
cence. As you pass through the or.
chard on these autumnal days and
look up through the arms OF the trees
laden with fruit you hesr humping
on the ground that which is fully ripe,
and throwing your arms around the
trunk you give shake that sends
down shower of gold and fire on all
sides of you. Pile up il baskets and
barrels and bins and on shelves and
tables the divine supply. But these
orchards have been under the assault
Of at least so centuries-the storm, the
drooghts, the winters, the insectlyora.
What must the first orchard have been !!
And yet it is explorers evidence that
on the site of that orchard there is rot
an apricot, or an apple, or an olive
nothing but desert and oesolation.
There is no: enough to forage the ex-
plorer's horse, much less TO feed his
own hunger. In other words, that
first orchard is lost orchard. How
did the proprietor and the proprietresS
OF all that INSTRUMENTATION Of fruit
age let rich splendor slip their posses
siona It was, as now, most OF the Or
chards are lost-namely, By wanting
more. Access they had to al the Gg
trees, apricots, walnuts, almonds,
apples- bushels on bushels-snd we're
forbidden the use Of only ooe tree il
the orchard. Not satisfied with al
but one, they reached for tia: and
lost the whole orchard. Go right
down through the business martS OF
the great cities and frd anong tee
Welghers and clerks and suoocoinateS
men who once commanded the com
mercial world. They had whole or
chard Of success, but they wanted just
one more thing, one more house, or
one more country seat, or one more
store, or one more railroad, OF one
more million.
They cIutched for thst and lost all
they had gains6. For one more tree