Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-04-06
FLOW ERS or EASTER,
DR.. Talmlge Draws an Inspiration
from Them.
The Eloquent orRtor'> Easter Dis
coursr-irs>on> Which the Flow
cr> Hiring 10 the Dispirit-d
aud the BrrraNed.

aud the brrcaNed.
In this Easter sermon DIR. Ialmagr
| iutrrprrt- the mr~~a"r which the How
Gus bring &" the anxious, the li>piritcd
and the hcrca,rd: test. Luke I2:2~, III
then tod So rlothc ia, grass, which j.
iu-daN ia the field. and Tomorrow i
east iu;u the oven. how much more will
lie cI"rhr YOU. q of little faith"
The lily - the queen of Bible flowers.
| Ihr rose MAY have disputed her throne
in modc:u times and Won il. but the
rose originally had only five petals. IL
Was under the long continued aud in
tens, rdlr Of the world that the rose
hlu~hrd int" it~ present beauty. In the
! Iihlc train. cl~sia aud hNSsop and
'rauhiucru~r and mNrrh aud spikcnard
and camph"r aud the rose follow the
| lily. Fourteen times in the Bible is the
lily mentioned, only twice the rose.
The rios" MAY NOW have wider empire,
hut the lily rri"ncd in the time of
Esther. in the 'iIuc of solomon. in the
time of Christ. Caesar had his throne
ON the hills. The iily had her throne in
til" valley. In the greatest sermon that
WAS ever preached there was only one
flower. and that lily. The Bedford
dreamer. John EunNau. cutrrcd the
house of the interpreter and Was shown
al cluster of flowers aud was told tn
CONSIDER the lilies
We may study or reject other Sciences
at our option il j. 81 with astronomy.
tiSsowith chemistry, il j. ~ with juris-
prudence. il is 81 with physiology. it
i :" with geology but the Ssirncc of
botany Christ commands us To study
when lie SAYS: consider the lilies. "
Measure them from root to tip of petal
lnhalr their breath. Notice the grace
fulnr>S of their poisr. Hear the " his
per of the white lips nf the eastern and
the red lips Of the American lily.
Belonging Ia this royal family of
titles are the lily of the Nile. the Japan
lily. the Lady Washington of the
SirrraS. the Golden band lily. the Giant
lily of Nrpaul, the Turks cap lily. the
African lily from the Cape of Good
Hope. All these lilies have the roval
blood in their veins. Bui | take the
lilies of my text this morning as typ
zeal of all flowers, and their voice of
floral beauty seems 10 address MS. saw
ing: Consider the lilies. consider the
alalcaS. consider the fichSias. consider
tn" grraniumS. consider the nics. con-
slider the hNacinthS, consider the hello
tr"pcs. consider the olcandcrs." With
defcrcutial and grateful and intelligent
and worShipful souls. consider them.
Not with inSipid srntimcntalism or
with sophomnric Naporing. but for
grand and practical and everyday. and.
il need he. homcly uses. consider them
The flowers are the angels of the
grass. They all have voices. When the
clouds speak they thunder. when the
whirlwindS speak they scream. when
the cataractS speak they always wills
per. ! stand here To intrrpct their mes
sage. What have YOU tn say To us. q We
angels of the grass? This morning
mean to discuss what flowers are good
for. That is my subject: What are
flowers good for?
remark. in the first place, they are
good for lessons of Gods pro,idential
care. That was Chrst's first thought.
All these flowers seem Ia address us.to-
day. SAYING: God will give You rll.
pareland food We have no wheel ~
which to spin. no loom with W g.
weave. no sickle with viii. .r .r. ....t.
no we'll sweep with VII draw
4. \
of the sunshine. and God has appare led
us with more than SolomOnic rcgalty.
We are pruphctcsscs of adequate ward
robe. III tod so clothed MS. the grass
| of the field. will lie NOT much more
clothe You, q We of little faith" Men
and women of worldly anNietics take
this message home with Won, How long
has God taken care of YOU? Quarter Of
the Journey of life? Half the Journey
of life? Thrce-quarters the journey of
life? Can YOU not trust Him the rest
of the way: God does not promise you
anything like that which the Roman
emperor had on his table at vast en-
pensc- 800 nightingales' tongues but
lie has promised Ia take care of YOU.
He has promised YOU the necessities.
! not the luNuricS bread. not cake. II
God so luNuriantly clothes the grass of
the field. will lie not provide for you,
His living and immortal children? lie
will.
No wonder Martin Luther always had
flower on his writing desk for in
spiratiou' Through the cracks of the
prison door u flower grew up To cheer
Piccioia. Mungo Park, the great tray-
| cler and explorer. had his life saved by
| n flower. lie sank down in the desert
to die, but. seeing IA flower near by. it
suggested Gods merciful care, and he
got up with new courage and travelled
on To safety. | said the flowers are the
angels of the grass. add now they are
| the evangels of the sky.
IL you ask me the question: What
are flowers for" ! respond, they are
good for the bridal day. The bride
must have them on her brow, and she
must have them in her hand. The mar
riage altar must he covered with them.
| 4 wedding without flowers would be as
| inappropriate as IA wedding without
music. At such time they are for con-
graduation and prophecies of good. So
much of the pathway of life is covered
| up with thorns, we ought to cover the
beginning with orange blossoms.
Flowers are appropriate on such &C.
casions, for in ninety-nine out of hum
dred cases it is the very best thing that
could have happened. The world may
criticise and pronounce it an inapti-
tude and may lift its eyebrows in sur
prise and think it might suggest some
thing better. but the God who sees the
20, 40. 80 years of welded life before
they have begun arranges for the best.
So that flowers in almost all cases are
appropriate for the marriage day. The
| divergences of disposition will become
correspondence, recklessness will be-
come prudence, frivolity will be turned
into practically.
| There has been many an aged wild
| owed soul who had carefully-locked