The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-02-16
Choice BEADING.
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Choice Reading.
fE1g}h y ACCESS TO GOD. ~ IsH. q
However early IN the morning you seek
the great access, says the Rev Mr. HaniI- i
ton, Of the Scotch church in london, you
| find it already open; and however deep the
midnight moment when you find gourselfin
the sudden arms Of death, the winged air
/ can bring an instant Savior And this wher-
ever you are. 4bneeds not that you ascend
some special Pisgah OF Aloriah 1t needs
net chat yea Should enter some awful shrine
or pull of your shoes on some holy ground
/ Could mementO be reared on every spot
4 from which an acceptable prayer has pissed
away and on which prompt answer has
4 come down, we SHOULD find jehovah sham
NAH, the Lord hath been here, inscribed
on many a cottage hearth and many dun
i geon floor Ne should find It not only in
/ Jerusalem proud temple and David cedar
! galleries, but 10 tile fsherman's cottage by
I the brink OF the Gennesarct, and IN the up
; per chamber where Penteeossl began. And
whether it be in the field where Isaac went
ito mediate, or the rocky izaoH where Jacob
Jay down to sieep, OF the brook where Israel
! Wrestled. or the den where Daniel gazed on.
,HiIni or the hiilsides where's the man of SCR
row prayed all night, we should still discern
/ the ladders feet let down from heaven-the
landing place Of mercies because the start
/ ing place Of prayer. And all this whatso4
/ ever you are. 1t needs no saint, no prof.
cientin pietyl no adeptin eloquentlanguage
/ no divinity Of earthly rank 1T needs bat a.
| blind beggar 81. a l0aths0rne lazar It needs
t but Il penItent publican or dying thief
j And 1t needs no sharp ordeal, no costly pass
1 port no painfni' ,sxpiation, 10 bring you to
the mercy seat; or, rather. l should say, it
needs the cOstliest Of all; but the blood Of
bthe atonement, the SayioEs hierik the name
Of Jesus, priceless as they are, cost the sin
ner nothing. They are freely put at his
disposal, and Instantly and constantly ne
may use them. This access to God In every
| place, at every moment without any per
sonai merit, is 1t not privilege 7'--
/ snsgsss4rsE FAITAs as rsr q
I e, I have seen a lone tree standing on the
prairie; have beheld the storms of winter
| buffet against It's trunk, and the gales of au-
tumn bend its lofty branches to the dust
but when the blast had gone, have viewed
It's tall form still erect It's limbs still eXpan-
ded and i have said such Is. the Christian
amid the riots and tumults of this worlds
tlunTighteOHsness. His trust Is II. Him who
gave the treesits unYielding root in whose
bright hand there is ideliYeranee! 81 Let Chris
Ttiahs, thehy learn lesson frOm.the tree, and,
3amid the conflicts of liife remember that
irEFith faith they are like house bullion rock;
that their warfare is but for a limited period.
and that the reward Of the good soldier Of
the cross is an Rheritanso of leterg al felicity
TRUTH.
Truth is IKE. Gods baptism upon the hills
Birst,it is like dew drops, silently descend.
ing through a cloud of mist and vapor to
kiss the petals of some dropping flower
Then it,is a little pool gathering in somsF
tiny basin in a fraternal embrace Of atoms
Then it is a rill, that goes cutting is chan
mel way through the green moss and down
the slOping hillside, Fastening to the meet.
ing of waters below Then it is a stream,
hurrying over precipices and down cascade
rocks, turning the great wheel of maHufac-
Et1re, gFih0ihg and working the LspinLiles and
shuttles of man. Then it is the river, slowly
rolling onward through It's mighty channel,
upon which great lazy barges r0elE ana the
paddles of the steamboat beat And then
then it is the broad sweep. Of the Atlantic,
upon which is borne, from land to land, the
products of the industry of an entire world.
And that s the way truth comes. And that 8
the way truth acts. ~ - 1sysr- =
Virtue. E
The creation of the sculptor may mOul-
der Ia. the dhst-zthe wreath Of the bard may
wither-the throne of the conquerer may be
shivered by an opposing power into atoms
the fame of the warrior may be no longer
hymned by the recording minstrel !; but Vir-
tue, that which hallows the cottage and sheds
glory around the palace, shall never decay
ltis. celebrated By the angels of God-it is
written on the pillars of heaven and repeat
ed down to earth, The rock breaker who
ppssesbes 4 ismoTen6ble than the intriguing
Statesman -,lat ~, a.lsqoq $50
WHAT rs NOT CHARITY
4 It's oteharitY to give penny to the street
mendicant OF whom nothing is known, while
we haggle with poor man, out of employ
menb for miserable dime. 1t is not charity
!, TO beat down seamstress to starvation price;
to let her sit In her wet clothes sewing all
day :; to deduct from her pitiful Irempnera-
. ton if the storm delays her prompt arrival
+ It is not charity, to take poor relative into
your family, and make her aslaye to all your
!, whims, and taunt her continually with her
81 dependent situation It is not charity to
turn man who is 0utof work into the streets
/ with his family, because he cannot pay his
rent. It IS net charity to exact the uttermOsb
farthing from the widow and orphan it is
!, not charity to give with q superoiliOus air
and patronage, as If God had made You, the
rich man, of different blood from the shiver-
3 ing recipienk whose only crime is that he is
poor. 1t Is not charity to be an eztortioner
, not though you bes5oB your aims by
thousands
! 49, MEMOEE OF THE DEAD
. How sacred the memoryOf the dead We
, viii not cannot forget those whose affections
were early tygined around our hearts IN the
holy bohds,of fiisndship. They may have
died on aforeign shore, far from home and
friends, with 40 kindred spirit upon whom
, they might cast a farewell look, ere they en-
! tered the heavenly world, but they still live
! IN our hearts. When we visit our familiar
retreats, and meet not their smiling faces,
: we think of them; we think. OF them, too,
at the calm twilight hour, and at bright smil-
ing morn 'tlleif Image Is not f5rg6tten.s The
stranger may lightly pass over the grassy
FL HouHa which G9VsFs them twill not disturb
J their repose. Theirs is sweet holy sleep
! theirs is rest which none shall disturb.
! Calm be their sleep-and though recollee-
! tons Of them may cause the tear-drop TO fall,
! we VIII not call them back from their noble,
: pure home, 70 again -mingle with the vanities
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