The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-04-04

or the various doctrines the sants ssIisvs.
That night stood IN troubled dream.
b. the side Of dArkly flowing stream.
And Churehman down 70 the river cane.
When i heard a strange voice call his name:
"Gsod father. stop when you this tias.
1oa must leave your robes the sthsr side"
Bat the aged father did no. miad
Ard his long gown eoatad behind.
And down the stream his way be toek
His P'is hands oiaspiHg gils-odEea book.
I'm bound for Heaven. and when Tn thers,
] shall want ny by9k Of Common Prayer.
And though put a starry crown,
! should feel quite lost vitbsnt my gown"
Thea he sxsd his eye On shs shining track,
But his ak gown foated down he tidsi
Aad the poor cid father tried In vain
A single step in the aoed TO gain.
I saw him again on the other side.
But hs silk gown aoated down tbs tide;
And asked in that blissful spot.
Whistler he belonged 70 THE Church " or not.
Then down the river Quaker 'srsyed.
His drsEI Of sobs, hns made;
- BY coat and hat must al 30 Of gray,
cannot 90 any other way"
Then he buttonsd his coat straight up to the eAis
And steadily. soIennly waded in.
And his brOad-brianed hat he pulled down tight
Over his forshsaa 50 cold aud white.
But . strong wind carried away his bst;
moment he silently sighed over that
And then. hs sEEed TO farther shore,
HIS coat slipped % and was no more
As he entered Heaven his salt Of gray
West quietly sailing away-Away,
And none Of the angels Questioned him
About che width % his beavers brm.
E'Et came Dr. Watts. with = bundle Of pains.
Tied eely up in his aged arms
And hymns many-h very wise thing
That the IN sfaIfa o. II
But thought he hsaved an anxious sigh
A he saw that the river ran broad and high.
And looked rather surprised as. BY one.
The Psalms snd Hymns 10 the waves went dovn-
Aftsr him With his MSS.
Came Wesley. the patssra Of godliasss.
But he cried. ' Dear me- what shall def
The water has soaked them through and through"
And there the river far and wide.
Away they went down the swollen Ids
And the saint. astonishsd pressed through alone,
Without his manuseripts. up the throne.
Thea gravs'y walking. two SAINTS by name,
Down to the together came.
But a. they stopped the rivers brink
saw one saint from the other shrink.
=. sPrinkled or plunged may I ask you friend.
How YOU attend TO lies great sndl"
90 Thus. with few drops on my brow"
" But have been dipped. you'H soc ne now
As I'm 'eose communion to cross with YOU
Yos're bound, know. 70 the realms Of bliss
But you must go that way. and Ill go this."
Then straishtw pungins with all his might,
Away 20 the Isft-his friend to the right;
Apart they went from this world Of sin,
But a. last together they entered in.
And now. when the river was rOiiiuz on.
A Presbyterian church went down;
OF women they seemed an innumerabls throns
tie men ! could count they passed along.
And concerning the road they could never agree.
The ia or the new way, which it oonld be.
Nor ever for paused to think
That both would lead to the rivers brink.
And a SQUAD Of murmurng long and loud.
Came mp from the msving crowd
You're in the old wav. I'm in the new,
That is the false, and this Is the true =
Or. I'm ia the old way. and you're in the asv,
That Is the false, and this IS the true."
Bot the brethren only seemed % speak
Modest the sisters walked and meek.
And II Of them chanced to say
What troubles she with on the way,
How she longed to pass the other side
Nor feared to cross over the swelling tide
voice arose from tho brethren then.
q" Let speak but the holy mem
Fer have ye not heard the words Of PAUL.
'Oh. let the keep silence all
watched them long in my curious dr7am.
Till they stood ~ the borders Of the stream;
Then. just as thought the two ways met.
But all the brethren talking yet.
And would talk on Till the hsavng tide
Carried them side BY side;
Side BY side for the way was oHe.
The tOilIOms journey Of lsfs was done.
And priest and Quaker. all who died.
Game alike the ether side
No forms. crosses. books had thsy.
No gowns Of silk, or suits Of gray.
No oreeds 90 guide them, MSS,
For al had put on Christs righteousness.