The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-12


house tops. and they twist these tree
branches into arbore or booths. Then
the people come forth from their COM
Portable homes and dwell for seven
DAYS In these booths or arbors. Why
do they do thatg Well. It IL a great
festai time It is the feast Of taper-
nacles. and these people are solnS 70
celebrate the desert travel Of their
fathers and their deliveranee from
their troubles, the experience Of their
fathers when. travelling ia the desert
they lived In booths on their way 20
the land Of Canaan. And 30 these
booths aieo became highly suggestive
II will not say they are necessarily
typical. but highly suggestive-ol Jur
march toward heaven and OF the tact
that We are only living Temporarily
here. rs it were. in booths or arooFs,
on our way to the Canaan Of eternal
rest. And what was said 70 the Jews
literally may be said nguratively %
All this audience. Go forth unto the
mountain and fetch olive branches and
pine banches and myrtle branches
and palm branches and branches OF
thick trees to make booths.
we Need Olive Branches.
Now. IL we are todeJ going to sue
ceed IN building this gospel arbof We
must 20 into the mount OF Gods
blessing and fetch the olive branches
and whatever else We must have we
must have at least two olive branches,
peace with God and peace with man.
When say peace with God, ] do not
mean 70 represent God as an angry
chieftaln, having grudge against u.s.
but / do mean to efIirm that there is
no more antagoniam between hound
and a hare. between hawk and
puilet. between elephant and swine,
than there is hostility between holi-
ness and sin. And II God Is all holi-
ness and we are all sin there must be
a treaty. there must be a stretching
forth Of olive branches.
There Is q great lawsuit going on
now, and It is a lawsuit which man is
bringing against his Maker That law
suit Is now on the calendar II Is the
human versus the divine. It is iniquity
versus the imaeulate. It Is weakness
versus omnipotenoe Man began II.
God did not begin the lawsuit. We be-
gan Il. We assaulted our Maker, and
the sooner we end this part OF the
struggle, in which the finite attempts
to overthrow the infinite and omnipo-
tent-the sooner we end II she better
Travellers tell us there is no such place
as Mount Calvary, that II is only a
hill. only an Insignificant hill. but ]
persist In calling Il the mount OF Gods
divine mercy and love far grander
than any other place on earth, grander
than the Alps or the Hlmalayas and
there are no other hills as compared
with H. and have noticed IN every
sect where the cross OF Christ Is set
forth II Is planted with olive branches
And all we have 10 do Is to get rid OF
this war between God and ourselves
Of which We are all tired. We want
to back out Of the war. we want 70
get rid Of this hostility All we have
TO do Is just to get up on the mount
Of Gods blessing and pluck these olive
branches and wave them before the
throne. Peace through our Lord Jesus
Christi
Health for Mind aud soul.
But my text goes further 1t says
GO up into the mountain and fetch
olive branches and pine branches
Now. what is suggested by the pine
branch7 The pine tree Is healthy. Il
Is aromatic. It is evergreen. How
often the physician says 70 his invalid
patients. "Go and have a breath Of
the pines That will invlgorate you.
Why do such thousands OF people 60
south every year, It Is not merely to
20 70 a warmer climate. but to get the
influence Of the pine. There Is health
IN II. and this pine branch Of the text
suggests the helpfulness Of our holy
religion. It Is full Of health health
for all health Tor the mind health for
the soul knew an aged man who
had no capital Of physical health He
had had all the diseases you could inn
agine He did not eat enough TO keep
a child alive. He lived on a beverage
OF hosannas He lived high. for he
dined every day with the King. Ha
was kept alive simply by the force Of
our holy religion. Il is a healthy re-
llgion-healthy for the eye. healthy
for the hands. healthy for
the fset healthy for the heart
healthy for the liver. healthy for the
spleen. healthy for the whole man li
giv,s a man such peace. such quiet.
ness. such independence Of clrcum-
stance. such holy equip0ise. Oh. that
We an pCssessed g. that we possessed
It nowi i1ean It IS healthy if a man
gets enough Of H. Nov. there are
some people who get Just enough re-
llgion TO bother them. just enough re-
liglon 10 make them sick. but if
man takes q fuil. deep. round inhaia-
tion of these pine branches of The eos-
pei arbor he viii find q buoyant. ez-
uberant undying. immortal health.
But this evergreen Of my text also
suggests the simple fact that religion
is evergreen What does the pine
branch care for the snow on is broH7
i is only a crown Of glory. The WIN
ter cannot freeze It out This ever
green tree branch ls o. beautiful IN
winter ae q Is in the simmer And