Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-05-23
PRAISE TIVE LORD. "

but Vut W NNVtkttOWhs Nh''"" ~
same ia numbers for the time already
spent, aud with a prospect Of closing
in abundant blessing. The beautiful
Courtroom Is not so large as that Of
Georgetown, and is always at night
crowded or iammed. Day congrega.
tions excellent, with an unusual at
tendance Of men. The total 10 date
is 257 for soul and I'll for body. We
shall remain over the next Sabbath,
"if the LORD will" and perhaps 90
on to Lawrenceburg Monday We
are all in delightful health. The
Woodford House cuisine is doing its
work, aud we are all taking on flesh,
n which ]. for one, do not object. |
should like 10 weigh about l75, IL the
LORD viii, 80 that all might know
that ! am not serving n hard Master"
nor Gan austere man, but ONE who,
with "perfeci peace Of soul gives
clear head and body in full, vigorous
health. The devil would like 70 make
me cadaverous, for he Is always as
sorting that the LORD overworks his
followers. and that Jordan is hard
road TO travel" But he is liar. a.
everybody knows, or ought 10 know.
/ suppose. by the LORDS sweet
grace 20 demonstrate. that JESUS is
the kindest Master n servant ever had;
that "IiIS yoke is easy aud HIS bur
den light" And that preaching twice
every week day and thrice on Sunday.
and keeping it up 1886 days in the
year, and every year till JESUS
"calls from labor 10 refreshment." in
stead OF wearing one out, only pre-
serves 10 full vigor Of body and soul.
Aud If don't do this. | want all 10
understand that il is because the devil
trips me at some point or other. a, he
will try his best TO do. BY the
LORDS grace shall beat him. For
DO know, better and better every
day, that the devil is the author of
all the sickness, sorrow, pain aud mis-
cry Of earth. As for the rest, "there
soue good-thatis God. and "all HIS
ways are ways Of pleasantness, and
all HIS paths are paths Of peace. % So
the Bible declares. and will set my
seal that God is true
My dear old friend Gelon Rout
drove me out yesterday TO the stables
Of the "worh renowned horses. own.
ell by Messrs. Harper Il Alexander.
The day was lovely overhead, air
bracing, and GelOn's horse a good one.
A seven miles drive between fields OF
wheat. barley aud hemp, alternated
with bluegrass pastures, as these
appear in Central Kentucky, in the
middle of May, with an old friend at
your side. is something to be long re
membered. Preachers icW talk. when
they get together. aud soon Gelon aud
we're deep in a theological palaver
ON the origin OF evil. Gelon being an
old lawyer. and having a ''silvery
tongue" withal. had the best of the ar
gument, aud felt for a while very
much as | often used 10 feel in hearing
two brilliant speeches from opposing
counsel in law case Counsel for
plaintiff convinced me perfectly that
plaintiff was in the right. Then coun.
sci for defendant convinced me per
fectly that defendant was in the right
In the controversy in question, we
ended as controversies always do, i0
each party being doubly confirmed in
the unassailable correstness Of his posi-.
ton. BY the time We had jdiced each
other for an hour in a friendly way.
we reached the Harper place. There
we saw the wonderful horses, Longtel-
low aud Ten Braeck. The former,
anybody would stop TO look at, aud
wonder at his superb size, bowed neck,
and everything about him impressive
A broad white stripe runs the entire
length Of his face, which, with the pc
culiar arch of his neck. aud the amaz
ing hight of his withers, gives him 8
perfectly unique appearance. He Is
unlike any horse ever saw. Color,
"A rich bayish brown, with three white
feet, think. The only sign of the
fearful accident that took him of the
track at the zenith of his fame, is a
Vey slight enlargement of the left
aukle, not perceptible without close
observation. Ten Brock disappoint'
at first sight, for one can not helT
having an exaggerated estimate OF the
appearance of the fleetest creature OF
his kind in the ,OOrld. And when w
know that he has made the tastes
mile, 2 miles, 3 miles and 4 miles OF
record, aud yet has come out Of the
ordeal perfect and unframed, we nat
urally look for something we do no
see at first But he grows upon yol
as you look, and as soon as the mo
mentary disappointment vanishes, yoI
can only admire the almost periec
compactness, oleanness, and symmet
~ of this peerless bay king of tn
turf. lie has those clear, yellowisl
brown eyes that never go blind with
out accident, and rather startle wheI
he turns them full upon you as il h
were about to speak. Both these superl
creatures are gentle, and Longiellov
is exceptionally amiable. The color
ed groom, who has perhaps been ask
ell the question us TO their perform
anoes, a thousand times goes oil lik'
AN alarm clock the instant il is pro
pounded, aud never stops till he run
down. II amused me not a little I
hear him. thought il only got Of
my great message 10 souls, dying 70
the knowledge oft, with as much &c