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

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,oroN d. C.-This sermon DR..
''od 'onds from halting place in
through the valleys of Swift.
DiE .ecms to have been prepared
boom and aroma OF a garden
The text is Song of Solo
u em come into my garden"
| sio is A great poem. We have in
gu' rbythm and bold imagery and
sntbithcsis and rapturous lyric
roetoral and instructive nara.
= jevotional psalm; thoughts ex-
stvle more solemn than that
',ncry ~ more bold than that
" more terrible than that of
vore ~o, natural than that OF Words
av more impassioned than that of
uore tender than that of Cowper,
.i,d than that OF Spenser. This
sm brings all the gems OF the
~ % iis coronet. and IL weaves the
1 Y v hdnnent into its garlands and
s,mal harmonies in its rhythm.
,,.s his book touches it makes
4 from the plain stones of the
4 ,brashng floor to the daughters
!, slling the troughs for the cam
. tbe fish pools of Heshbon up to
4 in,.i praising God with diapason
4 and whirlwind, and Jobs i'm
Il Orion. Arcturus and the Pleiades.
~, leads us into a scene of sum
iJ..oo The world has had
r,ny beautiful gardens. Charlie
. ,jicd to the glory of his reign by
II, that they be established all,
Il the roalm--deciding even the
4 tbe flowers to be planted there.
n ~ at Montpelier, established
Il oi bewitching beauty and luxu-
/ atbering into them Alpine, Py-
s sal French plants. One of the
.pots on earth was the garden OF
4 NJ the poet. His writings have
N little impression on the world,
4 arden. "The Leasowes," will be
10 the natural advantages of
Nd was brought the perfection of
i Lrbor and terrace and slope and
I pmple and reservoir and urn and
here had their crowning. Oak
and hazel put forth their richest
There was no life more diligent.
more ingenious than that of
ne. and all that diligence and ge-
bfought to the adornment of that
ured spot He gave $500 for it;
h for Gl700O. And yet | am to
today OF Il richer garden than
ave mentioned. 1t is the garden
d in my text, the garden of the
which belongs to Christ, for my
o He bought il, lie planted it,
t, and He shall have it.
T. n Scott, in his outlay at Abbots-
med his fortune, and now, in the
flowers Of those gardens, you can
blink or imagine that you see the
tha. old mans broken heart.
ment of the last Cl00,000 sacri.
IN But | have to tell you that
p bye and Christs death were the
b thii beautiful garden of the
Vi which my text speaks. Oh,
by sghs and tears and pangs and
Tell me, we women who saw
HI Tell me, We eXecutioners who
n and let Him down! Tell me,
that didst hidel ye rocks that
hrist loved the church and gave
for it, If the garden of the
iIOngs to Christ, certainly He
T. lht to walk in it. Come, then,
l Jesus, to day; walk up and
e.e aisles, and pluck what Thou
Eeeness for Thyselfl
uch, in my text, is appropriately
to garden, because it is
CHOICE flowers, of select fruits
borough irrigation.
sould be strange garden in
de were no flowers. If nowhere
would be along the borders or
lieway The homeliest taste will
9methlng, if it be only the old.
holIyhock or dahlia or daifodil,
Aere be larger means, then you
The Mexican cactus and blazing
pad clustering oleander. Well,
n comes to His Garden, and He
tTe some of the brightest spirits
lowered upon the world. Some
are vlolets, lnconspicuous, but
heayen. You have TO search and
You do not see them very of.
aIs' but you find where they
by the frightened face of the
~ the sprig of gcranium on the
lhe new window curtains keep.
ae glow OF the sunlight. They
ap, more like the ranunculus
swiftly along amid the thorns
OF life, giving kiss for sting
q man who has had in his way
a black rock of trouble has
they have covered it all over
uy Jasmine running in and out
ueyCes.
overs in Christ's garden are not
InnoWer, gdudy in the light, but
aalkness hovers over soul that
e comiorted, there they stand
'nng cereuses. But in Christi
ue are plants that may be bet
Yea to the Mexican cactus
Nnont, loveliness within; men
ponts Of character. They
llO'l every one that touches
% are hard to handle. Men
'hem nothing but thorns, but
"a them Notwithstanding all
p9esses' Many a man has had
y ground to cultivate, and il
teI through severe trial he has
Ihe smallest scrap of grace
i'n minister was talking to a
elder, and the placid elder
nar,h minister: Doctor, | do
would control your temper"
ule minister to the elder, 81
" temper in five minutes than
l'e years" 1t is harder foI
y 10 right than for other men
Inc grace that would ele.
we seventh heaven might not
U'p'her from knocking a man
lal Trend who came to me
Sa'e not join the church" ]
On he said, II havo
.u' temper. Yesterday morn
O,AIIY very early at the Jersey |
1uu ! saw a millman pour .
o' water into the milk can.
nun: i think that will do,
g'ed me and | knocked him |
M Yu think | ought to join til, |
NVeItheless that very same |
~ SO harsh in his behavior |
,,'t ana could not speak of sa
|X W,nuut tears OF emotion and |
noghS without, sweetness
n Vyss . specimen of Mexican |
others planted in Christ's |
.noro %e always radiant, always |
No e''e llke the roses of deep |
fIccaaslonally find, called |
C6r the Martin Luthers, |
,mmoy,SIoS,toms, Wycliffes. Lati. |
,"uel Rutherfords. What hi !
bo@o spark in them is a conha. |
" oi Ihey sweat, they sweat |
akeo U'qod' ed' When they pray, !