The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-09-08


gleesome wrestle tumbled al my feet
SO il is with the church of God
Everything comes from above-par.
don from above, joy from above, adop.
| tion from above, sanctification from
| above.
Would that now God would turn
on the waters of salvation that they
might flow down through His her.
itage and that this day we might
each find our places 10 be Films
with ~ wells Of water and threescore
and ten palm trees
Hark! | hear the. latch of the gar
den gate, and ! look 10 see who is
coming. j hear the voice of Christ.
II am come into Ny garden" say:
'Come in. D Jesus! We have been
waiting for Thee. Walk all through
the paths. Look al the flowers; look
at the fruit; pluck that which Thou
wilt for Thyself." Jesus comes into
the garden and up 10 that old man
and touches him and says: almost
home. father: not many more aches
for thee. ! will never leave thee.
Take courage a little longer. and
will steady thy lettering steps, and
! will soothe thy troubles and give
thee rest. Courage, old man" Then
Christ goes up another garden path.
and He comes To soul in trouble
and says: Peace! All is well.
have seen thy tears. | have heard
thy prayer. The sun shall not smite
thee bS 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
garden path. and ! see great excite,
ment among the leaves. and | hasten
up TO that garden path 10 see what
Jesus is doing there, and, 10. He is
breaking off flowers sharp and clean,
from the stem. and say: stop.
Jesus. Do not kill those beautiful
flowers" He turns To me and says:
Il have come into My garden TO gath
er lilies. and ! mean 10 take these up
TO higher terrace for the garden
around my palace. and there | Will
plant them. and in better soil and in
better air they shall put forth bright
er leaves and sweeter redolence. and
no frost shall touch them forever"
And | looked up into His face and
said: We'll, j, is Thy garden, and
Thou hast right 20 DO what Thou
will with It, Thy will he done."-
the hardest prayer man ever made.
1t has seemed as II Jesus Christ
took the best From many OF yonr
The best one j. gone. You
world. She was the CentlesI in her
WAYS. the deepest in her affection.
and when al last the sickness came
YOU had no faith in medicines. You
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 il. II is the best
we have. Take H. Thou art worthy"
The Others in the household may have
been Of grosser mold She was Of
the finest.
] notice that The fine gardens some
times have high fences around them,
and ] cannot get in. II is SO with
kings gardcn. The only glimpse You
ever ret Of such u garden is when
be king rides out in his splendid car
ria~t j j. not 50 with this garden
this Kings garden. ] throw wide
open the gate and tell Won al 10
come in No monopoly in religion.
viii may. Choose now he-
tween u desert and garden. Many
Of you have tried The garden Of this
worlds delight You have found il
ha, been chavrin 50 il was with
Theodore Hook He made all The
world laugh sle makes us laugh now
when we read his poems. But he
could not make his own heart laugh.
While in the midst Of his festivities
he confronted looking glass. and
he saw himself and said: There,
that is true. ! look just as ! am
done up in body, mind and purse"
so il was Of Shenstone, of whose gar.
den ] told you at the beginning OF
my sermon. He sat down amid those
bowers and said: II have lost my
road 20 happiness. am angry and
enyious and frantic and despise every
thing around me just as it becomes a
mailman 70 do"
o We weary souls, come into Christ's
garden to-day and pluck little
heartsease. Christ j. the only rest
and the only pardon for perturbed
spirit DO you not think your chance
has almost come? You men and
women who have been waiting year
after year for some good opportunity
in which to accept Christ, but have
postponed il 5. 10, 20, 30 years, do
you not feel as If now your hour Of
deliyerance and pardon and salvation
had come? q man, what grudge
hast thou against thy poor soul that
thou wilt not let ii be saved?
Some years ago vessel struck on
the rocks. They had only one life
boat 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