The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-01


shall hear its sweet echo breaking in music
upon the sands of time, and cheering the
hearts of them that are pilgrims and strang-
ers, and look for city that hath founda-
tions. Dr.. JoFTN Cr-vNTTxc
Gold cannot buy happiness, and the par
ents who compel their daughters to marry
for money, or station, commit a grievous sin
against humanity and God. And the wo-
man who marries a churl for his wealth
will find that she has made a terrible bar
gain; that all the gatherings Of heartless
grandeur are but the phosphorescent gIeam-
ings OF Observation-Disclosures, that her life
will be one of gilded misery, and her old
age will be like crag on the bleak side of
a desert mountain, where cold moonbeams
sometimes glitter, but no sunshine ever falls,
no flowers ever bloom, nor birds sing, but
wild storms howl and hoarse thunders roar,
and through the sweeping storm shall be
heard the stern voice of the Great God, say
ing, "Your riches are corrupted, your gar
ments are moth eaten, your gold and silver
are cankercd, and the rust of them shall be
witness against you and cat yourfesh as it
were fire"
REV. GEO. c. Baldwin.
Truth will never die; the stars will grow
dim, the sun will pale his glory, but truth
will be ever young. Integrity, uprightness,
honesty, love, goodness, these are all i'm
perishable. No grave can ever entomb
these immortal principles. They have been
in prison, but they have been frcer than be-
fore those that have enshrined them in
their hearts have been burned at the stake !;
but out of their ashes other witnesses have
arisen. No sea can drown, no storm can
wreck, no abyss can swallow up the ever
living truth of God. You can not kill
goodness, and truth, and integrity, and
faith, and holiness; the way that is consist
ent with these must be a way everlasting.
REV. C. II. STURGEON.
The two things that bring business most
frequently to disaster are greediness and
dishonesty. They are the breasts on which
bankruptcy nurses itself. Instead of being
a necessary help, dishonesty is the leak, the
weight, the Unreasonable evil that oppresscs
business. More labor is exacted, more care
of mind is required, more wear and tear Of
watching is rendered necessary, more com
plexity of business arrangements is called
for, more money is spent and wasted on so
ciety, by dishonesty, than any man can
measure or conceive. ! think that if it
were given us by a kind OF sorcery, to ex-
tract the element OF dishonesty from the
different spheres of life, it would be found
that nearly one-half Of the forces applied to
business were useIcsslv applied to watch men
and guard against their dishonesties. If men
could be believed when they spoke, and
trusted when they promised, it would take
from business half of It's circuity. Our
business is rolled up in complexities. 1t is
like an army marching in an encmy's coun-
try, and being obliged to explore every step
of the way and to be constantly ready for
battle; whereas, if men were honest, it
would be like Il man going for pleasure over
friends territory, enjoying the sweet de
lights that surround him on every hand.
REV. II. w. BEECHER.
What subliE9ity does this thogght of di-
vine guidance give us? The old Moham-
medan soldiers had the idea that they never
could die until their time came-that they
should die just as soon in the bosom of their
family as in the army. What soldiers this
belief made of them How fearless how
daring how unconquerablc, as their hosts
marched onward All the difference, they
believed was, that if they died at home they
died towards and traitors, while if they died
in the army they died as saints and martyrs,
and went direct to the world OF glory.
What r,sistless power it gave them! Oh
if, IS Christians, we feel the full force of the
thought that God watches over us and
whether we Will live or die ali is well-that
Il few DAYS earlier or later makes no differ
ence; that we are for heaven, for glory,
working while God lets Us work; and rejoic-
ing when God gives Us to rejoice-how ire
sistibIe would be this power, and how happy
would we be Have you this happiness
now?
BIsHoP STMrsoE.
The work an unknown good man has
done, is like vein of water flowing hidden
under ground, secretly making the ground
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