Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-03-26


evidence tnsy left that they were pre-
pared by grace for a happy immortality
in that higher and better life beyond the
grave, Zone of whom, Mary, in her 34th
year, after being a child of affection for
a number of years died a most triumph
ant death these are only ties broken on
earth and fixed in hoaven) 1t is said in
the bible concerning the saved in heaven
and God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes, and there shall be no more
death, nor sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain, for the for
mer things are passed away, yes, my aged
christian friends, | see a number before
me who with ourselves are nearing the
close of life how cheering the prospect
just before us, a few more hseting days or
years at most. and the "former things
will have passed away" all our SHINING
and Borrowing, all the pains and trou>
bleS of declining nature will have passed
away with our mortal bodies, put of as
worn out garments and left at the grave ;
nothing remaining but those pure and
Holy joys that will enter with the re.
deemed into heaven there to be ~inereas>
ed and perpetuated forever, oh, the &C.
stactlc songs of delivoranCe that shall echo
and re-echo through the golden streets of
the eternal city.
As this is a suitable occasion to speak
about the social relations and reciprocal
duties of Husband and Wife, since nearly
all present are married ladies and gentle>'
men, some long and others shorter time in
the fields of experience of matrimonial
life, we can talk plainly and Familiarity in
regard to those relations and duties as
evolved in the sacred scriptures, for mar
riage is an institution of God, and dates
back to the creation and is founded in
the requirements Of mans nature | would
like to elaborate on this subject, but as there
are several esteemed ministers present
who have at least more theory in this line
than | have, therefore l leave the evol,
wing of the subject to them only adding
my testimony from a little experience
and a wide observatory to the happiness
of connubial life, and while l assert here
to-day that it is possible to be happier in
the married state than in any other, for
only in this state that the boundless a
bilities of human affections can be fully
known or appreciated, this is known by
every husband and wife, where the inhu-
ence of love is pure in its character, but
it is also true that it is possible to be
more miserable too when bound in that
indissolable bond where love is wautin Q
or has become extinct. Love may arise
spontaneous, but will not continue with.
out care and culture, thus causing their
mutual affections to outlive the bloom of
youth and shed its radience like the sun,
set glow of evening around old age.
The Rev. j. D. Tadlock then said
There are two sets Of circumstances under
which have always found it difficult to
make q speech one is, when 1 have no
speech to make; the other, when
thoughts come swarming SO thick and
fast, that the mind cannot elect what
to say. This, is the present difficulty.
During an experience of twenty years,
in teaching, | have observed that %iuvari.
ably there is a set of composition dedi-
Gated to the seasons, when Spring comes,
the young farmers, are INDUCED in cele-
brating Spring, as the Queen of the Sea-
sons. After much being said about its
green meadows, budding woods, fowery
orchards, buzzing insects and singing
birds, it never fails to receive the pre-
ference over the other seasons.
Summer com s, and with it comes an
other round of compositions, 'praising
the beauties and enjoyments of Summer,i its
rich foliage of the woods, its cool shades
Its golden harvest fields its luscious fruits,
Its dewy mornings and balmy evenings;
and now, Summer is the best of the four
seasons, Autumn eOmas,and the young fan.
cy, again let loose, INDUCES in high praises
Of Autumn, the crimson tinted woods,
rejecting their golden colors beneath the
dim rays of the sun, are more beautiful
than the flowers of May the revolving
heavens, are brighter, than in Summer,
rl"iades have come back, to lead the
way across the starry vault. Aurora Bore
ais, displays his crimson hues, and the.
milky way belts the night with her broad
zone of light; The fruitage of the year is
perfected the cool %freshing air, is exhil,
Grating the family group, gathers about