The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20
The New Pilgrims Progress Wis
3on Of Rarson BrOwnlew.

Ihe Rev Pilgrims PROGRESS Wis
ION Of Psrson BrOwnleW.
Twas the mid-hoUr Of night The sanity +
Browniow reclined upon bed Of down. An /
OF human Kind was wrapped in slumber and 4
silence, while the voices of the Might"
formed g medley consisting of the screams
@! the nlgh5hawk, the ehatteriDg Of katy
aids, the chlrping Of crickets, and the buzz
and hum OF busy insect life, tq. which night
and darkness brings no rest And above
ana hoapser than all was the bass gurgle Of
the suriy, slow moving Cumberland. Unds-
turDed by these sounds the pioUs BrOwnlow
slept And as be slept ne dreamed
Ana ibis was hisvision:
lie Thought that tic settlement of the DIFF
hculties of his beloved country was a labor
cast upon bis shoulders
-A-F0ice from the tomb Of Washington had
broken in upon his holy medtati0ns, and
these were the words i5 sPake
Take up thy staff, %, mighty man Of God
Take up thy staff and turn thy footsteps to-
ward tiny country capitol
The rulers, and the chief priests, and
the council Of the sanhedrim have turned
the temple Of American liberty into mar
ket Where place-hunters and political bawds
most do cOngregate.
" For acceptance and endorsement Of my
policy policies are issued upon the various
Offices Of the country, even unto enemies Of
the saints
Our Eden Is in possession Of the snake,
even the cupperhead, and the shining angels
OF New England dare not enter therein.
There IS weeping and wailiug and gnash-
ing of teeth IN that land and the voice of
their lamentation ascendeth above the noun
tain tops, and woe hangs over the valleys
like unto great cloud.
q" 90 thou up, and with thy staff clear the
temple of these unholy men
And liiF thy voice up, calling all the
people together.
" And after much prayer and consultation,
do thou the work that is set before thee, and
thy name shall be called blessed ia the land.
And straIghtway he upFOse, and taking his
stan in his hand, turned towards the city of
the presidents.
And he found the rulers in the high places
OF the temple, and gathered about them were
the enemies Of the saints
Those who were worshippers in the tenn
pies OF ldoiatryi and bow the knee to the
constitution.
Those who followed the southern David to
the cave Of Adullam
Those who speculated on the misfortunes
OF the country in the day of war, thereby
putting money In their purses:
And the true, the good and the loyal among
the people stood affair of, and pitiful was the
sound Of their weeping.
And ne laid about him with his staff and
the false rulers were driven from the places
they had desecrated.
And he called the true, the good and the
loyal Of the people about him.
Andhe ordered them to construct gibbets
upon which to hang malefactors by the mil
lion.
And then he sent his officers out among
the people Of the south, and had the male
people thereof brought to him in chains, and
these be hanged
The women and children of those people
were then scourged from their homes, and
the homes were given to the blacks.
And the good people of New England
were exceedingly rej0ced theTeat
And it became lawful for man to put
away his white wife and take unto himself a
wife from the chosen race.
And many people did this.
Even he, who proved his country savior,
put away the wife of his bosom, the mother
Of his children and took unto himself a We
man OF Africa
And the woman Of Africa was fond of her
cups, and was quarrelsome when in the wine.
And one day when she had been partaking
of the wine a dispute arose between them,
and the new wife seized an implement used
in the hewing Of wood, and raising it above
he head, while many and strange Oaths flowed
his head
With a shrek of horror hair standing on
end eyes starting from their sockets and
face all ashy and pale, the man-loying and
God-adoring BrownlOw started from his
sleep; and 10 twas all a dream
my love, what is the matter ?" exclaimed
the startled Mrs Brownlow
+" thought h--ll had broken loose" was
the saints reply.