The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07
Il. PENIS GROVE, n. J, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER I. 1900.
aid the sefhetstdng 81 every blind asy.
i'm. that has ever been built. When

Christ soothed the demoniac Of Galilee
he laid the cornerstone of every lunatit
asylum that has ever been established
When Christ said to the sick man, TAX
up thy bed and walk" He laid she cor
e esFstS ses,,' Of WIEN Sys,s feSSs gR|se NIB sae 'HY1 ID, be |,
prison; and We visited Me-" He laid til,
Cornerstone Of every prison reform, asso
citation that has ever been organized
The church Of Christ is q glorious garden
and it is full of fruit. / know there i
some poor fruit in it. I know there ar,
some weeds that ought to be thrown owe
the fence. know there are some crab
apple trees that ought to be cut down.
know there are some wild grapes tina
ought to be uprooted. BUT are you goinl
TO destroy. the. whole garden. because Of
little gnafled. fruit? You will find worn
eaten leaves id Fontainebleau and insect
that sting in the fairy. groves Of. tn
Champs Elysees. You do not tear dow
and destroy the whole garden becaus
there are a few specimens Of gnarled fruit
/ admit, there are men and women il
the church who ought not to be there
but. let us be frank and admir- the &c
that there are hundreds and tho
glorious Christian men and won
blessed, useful, consecrated and
ant. There is no grander collect
the earth than the collection of
There are Christian men in eve
whose religion is not a matter1
singing and c~hurchgoing.
morning that religion will keep
as consistent and consecrated
worldly occupation as it ever |
at the communion table. There
en- with us to-day of a highe1
character than Mary Of BethaI
not only sit at the feet Of Christ
go out into the kitchen to he'll
in her work, that she may sit
There is a woman who has a dru
band, who has exhibited more tith
patience and courage than Ride in
fire. He was consumed in twenty n
utes. Hers has been a TWEEN ~ yei
martyrdom. Yonder is a mani who
been fifteen years on his back, nable
feed himself, yet calm and pqaceful
| though he Law on one Of the grEen ba
of heaven, watching the oarsmeia dip t
paddles in the crystal river!
I have not told you of the tier tre
in this garden and of the bettelI fruit. ]
was planted just outside Jerusalem
good while ago. When that tree wa
planted, It was so split and bruised an
barked men said nothing would kever grol
upon it, but no sooner had that tree bee,
| planted than it budded and lblossome
and fruited, and the soldiers SPEARS wer
only the clubs that struck down tina
fruit, and it fell into the lap Et the ma
tions, and the men began to pick it up an
eat it, and they found in it al Rntidote t
all thirst, to all poison, to all lsin, to a.
death, the smallest cluster larger tina
the famous one of Eshcol, which two me
carried on a staff between them. If tn
one apple in Eden killed the( race, thi
one cluster Of mercy shall restore.
Again, the church in my te} q apprt
priately called a garden bel it
thoroughly irrigated. No garden coul
prosper long without plenty Of |water.
| have seen a garden in the midst of
desert, yet blooming and luxuriant. A
there were pipes, a~queducts reaching fror
this garden up to the mountains, an
through these aqueduets the water cam
streaming down and tossing up int
beautiful fountains until every root an
leaf and flower was saturated.
That is like the church. THE church
a garden in the midst of a great desert {
sin and suffering, but it is we'll irrigated
for "our eyes are unto the hills frol
whence cometh our help" From til
mountains of Gods strength there flo
down rivers Of gladness. There is
river the stream whereof shall make gla
the city of our God"
Preaching the gospel is one Of the aqu'
ducts. The Bible is another. Baptisl
and the Lords srppeGlrs> ngue3ncts
Water to slake the thirst, watef 10 was
the unclean, water tossed high in til
light of the Sun Of Righteousne@ shown
us the rainbow around the th&one. Oh
irrigated?
Then l see Jesus going up aJ4ther ga
den path, and I see greatG excitemeT
among the leaves, and l haste4 up to tina
garden path to see what(Jesus is doin
there, and, 10, He is breaking off flower
sharp and clean from the stem, and / say
"Stop, Jesus. Do not kill those beautifl
flowers" He turns to me and says, :
have come into My garden to gather lille
and / mean to take these up to a hight
terrace, for the garden around My palac
and there / will plant them, and in bette
soil and in better air they1shall put fort
brighter leaves and swseter redolenc
and no frost shall touch them forever.
And / looked up into His face and sale
well, it is Thy garden, and Thou hal
a right to do what Thou wilt VITA it. TIL
will be done"-the hardest prayer a ma
ever made.
It has seemed as if Jesus Christ toe
the best. From many of your household
the best one ~is,gone. You know that 81
was too good for this world. She was Il
g~entlest in her ways, the deepest in h,
affection, and when at last the sickne
came you had no faith in medicines. Yc
knew that the hour of parting had com
and when, through the rich grace Of tt
Lord Jesus Christ, you surrendered tn;
treasure you said: Lord Jesus take tt
is the best we have. Take it. Thou a
worthy" The others in the househol
may have been of grosser mold. She W,
of the finest.
The heaven of your little ones will n,
be fairly begun until you get there. A
tails will not make them forget you. The
they are, the radiant throngs that wei
out from your homes. / throw a kiss
the sweet darlings. They are all well no
in the palace. The crippled child has
sound foot now. A little lame child say
MA, will I be lame in heaven" mo, n
darling, you won't be lame in heaven
/ notice that the fine gardens som
times have high fences around them, al
/ cannot get in. 1t is SO with a king
garden. The only glimpse you ever get
such a garden is when the king rides o
in his splendid carriage.
1t is not SO with this garden, tn
Kings garden. I throw wide open t
gate and tell you all to come in. I
monopoly in religion. Whosoever WI
may. Choose now between a desert al
a garden. Many Of you have tried Il
garden Of this worlds delight. You ha'
found it has been a chagrin. So it W
with Theodore Hook. He made all T.
world laugh. He makes us laugh nc
when we read his poems, but he cou
not make his own heart laugh. While
the midst Of his festivities he confront
a looking glass, and he saw himself q,
said: There, that is true. / look ju
as I am, done up in body, mind al
purse" So it was Of Shenstone, of who
garden I told you at the beginning of n
sermon. He sat down amid those bowe
and said: Il have lost MY road to ha
piness. I am angry and envious al
frantic and despise everything around /
just as it becomes q mailman to do"
o We weary souls, come into Chris
garden to-day and pluck a little hear
ease! Christ is the only rest and the on
pardon for a perturbed spirit. Do y
not think your chance has almost com
You men and women who have been wa
ing year after year for SOME good oppt
tunity in which to accept Christ, b
have postponed it five, ten, twenty, thir
~years-do you not feel as if now your ho
Of salvation had come? @ man, WI
, grudge hast thou against thy poor &C
that thou wilt not let it be saved?