The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-06

neIstone OF every hospital the world has
ever seen. When Christ said, 81 was in
prison. and ye visited Me-" He laid the
cornerstone of every prison reform asso
cation that has ever been organized
The church of Christ is glorious garden
and 1t is full of fruit. | know there is
some poor fruit in it. ! know there arc
some weeds that ought to be thrown over
the fence. | know there are some crab
apple trees that ought to be cut down.
Know there are some wild grapCs that
ought to be uprootcd. But are YOU going
to destroy the whole garden because of n
little. gnarled fruity You will find worm
eaten leaves in Fohtaineblcau and insects
that sting in the fairy groves of the
Champs Elysces. You do not tear down
and destroy the whole garden because
there are few specimens of gnarled fruit
ADMIT there are men and women in
the church who ought not to be there
but let us be frank and admit the fact
that there are hundreds and thousands OF
glorious Christian men and women-holy
piessed, useful, consecrated aud triumph
ant. There is no grander collection in al
the earth than the collection OF Christians
There are Christian men in every church
whose relgl9n IS not matter of psalm
Singing and churchgoing. Tomorrow
morning that religion will keep them iusi
as consistent and consecrated in theiI
worldly occupation as it ever kent ther,
at the communion table There are won
en- with ns to-day OF a higher type OF
character than Mary OF Bethany They
not only sit at the feet OF Christ. but they
go out into the kitchen to help Marth7
IN her work, that she may sit there too
There is woman who has a drunken hus
band, who has exhibited more faith and
patience and courage than Ridley in the
hre. lie was consumed i'm twenty min
utes. Hers has been twenty years
martyrdom. Gondcr is q man who has
been fifteen years on his back, unable tc
iced himself, yet calm and peaceful as
though he lay on one OF the green banks
of heaven, watching the oarsmcn dip then
paddles in the crystal river!
l have not told you OF the better tree
IN this garden and OF the better fruit II
was planted Just outside Jerusalem q
good while ago When tina, tree wa.
planted, 1t was so split and bruised anc
barked men said nothing would ever grow
upon 1t, but no sooner had that tree beer
planted than it buddcd and blossomed
and fruitcd, and the soldiers spears were
only the clubs that struck down that
fruit, and 1t fell into the lap OF the ma
tions, and the men began to picl, it up anc
eat It, and they found in 1t an antidote tc
all thirst, to all poison TO all sin TO al
DEATH the smallest cluster larger thar
the famous one OF Eshcol, which two mer
l
one apple IN Eden killed the race, this
one cluster OF mercy shall restore
AGAIN the church IN any text is appgo
prlately called a garden because it il
thoroughly irrigated No garden could
prosper long without plenty OF water
1t has seemed as IT Jesus Christ took
the best. From many OF your households
the best one is gone You know that she
was too good for tins world She was the
gentlest IN her ways, the deepest in heI
affection, and when at last the sickness
came you had no faith in medicines Nou
knew that the hour OF parting had come
and when, through the rich grace OF the
Lord Jesus Christ, you surrendered that
treasure you said: Lord jesus take tit
is the best we have Take it. Thou art
worthy The others in the household
may have been Of grOsscr mold She was
of The finest
The heaven of your little ones will not
be fairly begun until you get there, All
the kindnesses shown them by immOr
tails will not make them forget you. There
they are, the radiant thrones that went
ont from your homes | throw II kiss tC
the sweet darlings. They are all well now
in the palace. The crippled child has
sound foot now A little lame child says,
Ma, will | be lame in heaven No, my
darling, you won't be lame in heaven"
a little sick child says, Ma, will be
sick in heaven No, my dear you
won't be sick in heaven \ little bind
child says, MA, will be blind in heav
enT No, my dear, you won't be blind
in heaven They are all well there.
| notice that the fine gardens some
times have high fences around them, and
| cannot get in. 1t is so with Il kings
garden. The only glimpse you ever get OF
such garden is when the king rides out
in his splendid carriage,
1t is not so with this garden, this
Kings garden. | throw wide open the
gate and tell you all to come in, No
monopoly in religion Whosoever will,
may, Choose now between desert and
a garden Many of You have tried the
garden OF this worlds delight. You have
found it has been chagrin. So II was
with Theodore Hook. He made all the
world laugh He makes Us laugh now
when we read his POEMS but he could
not make his own heart laugh, While in
the midst oi his festivities he confronted
a looking glass, and he saw himself and
said: There, that is true. ! look just
purse" So it was OF Shenstone, Of whose
garden | told you at the beginning OF my
sermon. lie sat down amid those bowers
and said u have lost my road TO hap.
pincss. | ana angry and envious and
frantic and desDise everything around me
Just as it becomes madman to do.
o We weary souls, come into Christ's
garden to-day and pluck little hearts
case! Christ is the only rest and the only
pardon for a perturbed spirit. Do you
not think your chance has almost Gomez
You men and women who have been wait
ing year after year for some good Oppor'
tunity in which to accept Christ, but
have postponed it five, ten, twenty, thirty
years-do you not feel as if now your hour
of salvation had come! o man, what
grudge hast thou against thy poor soul
that chou wilt not let IT be saved?
Some years ago vessel struck on the
rocks They had only one lileboat, In
that lifeboat the passengers and crew
were getting ashore. The vessel had
foundered and was sinking deeper and
deeper, and that one boat could not take
the passengers very swiftly. a little girl
stood on the deck waiting for her turn
to get into the boat. The boat came and
went, came and went, but her turn did
not seem to come. After awhile she could
wait no longer and she leaped ON the
taffral and then sprang into the sea, cry
ing to the boatman Save me next! Save
me next" Oh, how many have gone
ashore into Gods mercy aud yet you are
clnging to the wreck OF sin Others have
accepted the pardon OF Christ, but you
are in peril. Why not this moment make
a rush for your immortal rescue, crying
until Jesus shall hear you and heaven and
earth ring with the cry: Save me next!
Save me next" Now is the day Of saliva
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