The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-09-08

and all ' E the high, bro.a 49,.
it came. foaming. flashing, rosr;ns
down until sunlight and wavs
gleesome wrestle tumblsd at INV ~.
So 1t 10 with the church nj nNs
Everything comes from abovs aoo'
don from above, joy from above. adaI
ton from above. sanctification fnop
above. "'n
Would that now God would tr-.
on the waters of salvation that tbaa
might flow down through His 10y
itage and that this day we mich.
each find u places to be "El;na,
with IL wells of water and tbreesoos.
and ten palm trees.
Hark! 1 hear the latch Of +ha
den gate. and I look to see who !.
coming. l hear the voice of Cbr;s.
Il am come into My garden" ! saw.
Come in. 0 Jesus! We have hoo.
waiting for Thee. Walk all tbrouoh
the paths. Look at the flowers. ,oe,.
at the fruit; pluck that which Tho,.
wilt for Thyself." Jesus comes ;n,s
the garden and up to that old man
and touches him and says: "Almos,
home, father: not many more ache,
for thee. I will never leave tbea
Take courage a little longer, and 7
will steady thy tottering steps, and
/ will soothe thy troubles and civ.
thee rest. Courage, old man." Then
Christ goes up another garden path
and He comes to a soul in troub,.
and says: Peace! All is well.
have seen thy tears. 1 have heard
thy prayer. The sun shall not ,mits
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 I see Jesus going up another
garden path, and 1 see great excite.
ment among the leaves, and I hasten
up to that garden path to see what
Jesus is doing there, and, 10! lie |,
breaking off flowers sharp and clean.
from the stem, and l say: "Stop.
Jesus. Do not kill those beautiful
flowers" He turns to me and saws;
Il have come into My garden to gath.
er lilies, and l mean to take these up
to a higher terrace for the garden
around my palace, and there l 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: "Well, it is Thy garden, aud
Thou hast a right to do what Thou
wilt with it. Thy will be done!"-
the hardest prayer a man ever made.
1t has seemed as il Jesus Christ
took the best. From many of your
households the best one is gone, You
know that she was too good for this
world. She was the gentlest in her
ways, the deepest in her affection,
and when at 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 it. 1t is the best
we have. Take it. Thou art worthy"
The others in the household may have
been of grosser mold. She was Of
the finest.
1 notice that the fine gardens some.
times have high fences around them,
and l cannot get in. 1t is so with a
kings garden. The only glimpse you
eve get of such a garden is when
the king rides out in his splendid car
riage. 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 be-
tween a desert and a garden. Many
of you have tried the garden of this
worlds delight. You have found it
has been a chagrin. So it 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 of his festivities
he confronted a looking glass, and
he saw himself and said: 'There,
that is true. I look just as / am
done up in body, mind and purse
So it was of Shenstope, of whose gar
den 1 told you at the beginning OF
my sermon. He sat down amid those
bowers and said: II have lost my
road to happiness. / am angry and
envious and frantic and despise every
thing around me just as it becomes q
mailman to do"
o ye weary souls, come into Christi
garden to-day and pluck a little
heartsease. Christ is the only rest
and the only pardon for a perturbet
spirit. Do you not think your chance
has almost come? You men ant
women who have been waiting veal
after year for some good opportunity
in which to accept Christ, but have
postponed it s, 10, 20, 80 years, DE-
you not feel as IL now your hour Of
deliverance and pardon and salvation
had come? o man, what grudg'
hast thou against thy poor soul thai
thou wilt not let 1t be saved?
Some years ago a vessel struck OF
the rocks. They had only one life
boat. In that ifeboat the passenger
and crew were getting ashore. Tit
vessel had foundered and was sinking
deeper and deeper, and that one boa
could not take the passengers yer.