Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08

| se' cAIm ana peaceful as though he lay
on one Of the green banks Of heaven,
watching the oarsmen dip their paddles
In the crystal river, Why, It seems to
me this moment as IL st. Paul threw to
us pomologist's catalogue OF the fruits
growing in this great garden of Christ
| love, JOY. peace, patience, character,
orotherly kindness, gentleness, mercy;
glorious fruit, enough to I'll all the bas-
kets of earth and heaven.
Better Tree aud Better Fruit.
have not told you Of the better tree
in this garden and Of the better fruit.
II was planted Just outside Jerusalem
good while ago. When that tree was
planted, 1t was so split and bruised and
barked men said nothing would ever
grow upon II, but no sooner had that tree
been planted than Il budded and bios
somed and truited, and the soldiers
spears were only the clubs that struck
down that fruit, and Il FELL into the lap OF
the nations, and men began TO pick it up
and eat 1t, and they found in IL an anti
dote TO all thirst, 60 all poison, to all
sin, TO all death: the smallest cluster
larger than the famous one Of Eshcol,
which two men carried on a stRf between
them. II the one people in Eden killed
the race, this one cluster of mercy shall
restore.
Again, the church in my text Ia apprO-
| priately called q garden because it Is
thoroughly irrigated. No garden could
prosper long without plenty OF water. l.
have seen garden in the midst Of a des-
ert, yet blooming and luxuriant All
around was dearth and barrenness, but
there were pipes. aqueducts, reaching
| from this garden no to the mountains,
and through those aqueducts the water
came streaming down and tossing up into
beautiful fountains until every root and
| leaf and flower was saturated. That In
like the church. The church Is Il garden
in the midst Of a great deeert of sin and
suffering, but 1t IL we'll irrigated, for 'Our
eyes are unto the hills from whence com
| eth our help" From the mountains of
| GODS strength there dow down rivers OF
| gladness. There il n river the stream
whereof shall make glad the city OF our
| God" Preaching the gospel is one OF
the aqneducts. The Bible is another.
| Baptism and the Lords Supper are aQue-
| ducts. Water to Stake the thirst, water
| to wash the unclcan. water tossed high
| up in the light Of the Sun Of Righteous
! ness, showing us the rainbow around the
| thrcne. Oh was there eve garden
SO thoroughly irrigated? Nud know that
| the beauty Of Versailles and Chatsworth
| depends very much upon the great sup
| ply OF water. | came 10 the latter place,
| Chatsworth, one day when strangers are
| not to be admitted. but by an inducemcnt
which always seemed ~ potent with an
| Englishman rs an American / got in.
| and then the gardener went far up above
| 1
or. | saw it cleaning on the dry pave
mcnt. coming down from step to step
| until it came 50 near | could hear the
| musical rush. and all over the high broad
stairs it cnmc. foaming. flashing, roar
ing down until sunlight and wave in
glecsome wrcstle tumbled Mt my feet SO
it is with the Church OF God Every
thing comes from above-pardon from
above, JOY from above, adoption from
above, sancthcaton from above.
Would that now God would turn on
the waters Of salvation that they might
flow down through his heritage and that
this day we might each find our places to
be Films" with twelve wells of water
and thrcescore and ten palm trees.
Hank. / hear the latch of the garden
gate, and look 10 see who is coming. |
| H'Hi litt Nbitt 81 HIist. j am come
to my garden" Il say: Come in. D
Jesus We have been waiting for thee
Walk all through the paths Look at the
flowers; look at the fruit; pluck that
which thou wilt for thyself" Jesus
comes into the garden and up to that old
man and touches him and says: almost
| home, father; not many more aches for
thee | will never leave thee. Take
| n liftIa lnnCnr M I ,r,;u
| thy tottering steps. and ! will soothe thy
| troubles and give thee rest. Courage,
| old man" Then Christ goes IN another
| garden path, and he comes to a soul in
trouble and says: Peace! All is well.
/ have seen thy tears. l have heard thy
prayer. The sun shall not smite thee by
| day nor the moon by night The Lord
shall preserve thee from all evil He
will preserve thy soul. Courage, o
troubled spirit"
Then / see Jesus going up another per-
den path, and | see great excitement
among the leaves, and | hasten IN. 10
that garden path to see what Jesus is do
ing there, and. 10, he is breaking off
flowers, sharp and clean, from the stem.
and / say; stop, Jesus. Do not kilI
those beautiful flowers" He turns Ia me
and says, 81 have come into NV gprdcU
10 gather lilies, and | mean 10 take tbes,
up TO higher terrace for the garden
around my palace. and there ! will plant
them, and in better soil and in better si,
they shall pHt forth brighter leaves and
Sweeter redolcncc. and no frost shan
touch them forever And ! looked ,ii
into his face and said: wen, it is thv
garden. and thou hast right to do what
thou wilt with il. Thy viii he dane
the hardest prayer man ever made
Christ Takes the Rest Flowers.
II has seemed rs il Jesus Christ tont
he best, From many 81 your house.
holds the best one is gone. You know
that she was too good for this world
She was the Feutlest in hcr ways. tbc
deepest in her affection, md when nj iast
The sickness cam" yon had 30 faith ia
medicines. Yon knew that The hour ot
parting had come, and when through