The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-01
PoMRRoY-s PREACHING.
lunised States Denocras.l l

luniied States Denocrall
 Having put sp oar snmmer saB Sor winter and yanked the ensse back 6um the voodzhed in1p the liHcAen, and 6xsd the hencoop e not uu;te so many ms VII get in. we uiI1. nov shss we are as- semb,ed in this old schooth house where ooce in while an idsa senrts rom. call eur eyes home rum rooming nmong the new kn bonneas and Ghe faces nnder tkem, and opsa the gaaae by singing:
 Thsrs l. happy lad.
 Far far away!
 Where saints h Siosy sand,
 Brisht, bsisAs q day."
 But hezes anoshes one also,
 Yes, yss-you bet;
 Wozth esjoyiag before vs 70,
 Doat yoa forgsti
 One vexse vill be sul6ciene = onsier eo remembeT thaa ooe of thooo 1un9 Enhod stxing q veEsB tslescopoA no t6e hoad of Sasdny-suAool child til it has mese than t cAn dieest and its mind appesrs Ike . mouth full of vet tape and ninesy yards of verses dragging on the floor Heaven is . good place, dear friends, but there is no place there for idlers, iArs, slzndeTers, grumbleTs, kickeTs, o~ cussed- ness. Between here and heaven is a wide riva. and it will take long soapins and hard pounding and red-hoe rubbing and hours of rinsing to get the love of soap and the lie out of some of those who rush up the gang-plank. turn, wave their hands and shout By the way, I'm off Send me postal, care of s. Peter, main entrance, New Jerusalem v
 Over there the Lord is too busy giving directions, and Christ i3 too busy running errands to carry such loads as christians in this world are SO willing to throw upon the Lord. Let the Lord come into the Unted States, say at Cape Cod, and journey along anywise leisurely to the head of the Rio Frio in Texas, and He would hare 90 much sin and rubbish, and grumbling, and fault finding, and back biting thrown upon Him that He could not possibly get beyond Amsterdam-a few miles from Albany-before He would be no more visible than is a king-bolt under a load of hay covered with darkies on the way to camp meeting.
 Heaven is . good locality, but how some christians will suffer when there be- cause they can't grumbl., and doubt, and make others unhappy! The bible is good book, with great many good things therein, but there is goodness out side of heaven, and outside of the bible, and outside of each of us who think we arc the only saints in the world.
 In proof thereof we will take our text this morning from column I page |, Of THE ARKANsAw TRAyELER. of October II, which is right here, like an apple of buInished golden pippin on silver plate, as follows:
 More den half O de fecfions O dis worl' is put on De grapevine doan cling ter de Inns case it Tubs de tree, but ease i, wants de tree ter hol' ii up.
 Yes, and if the tree could open its trunk, get ext its shoots and compel the vine to leave before it is straneled and stunted and pulled down, the forest would be more pleasant place in which to walk.
 The world is full of men who are trees, and of other men who are vines. Few men have learned this fact to more of certainty than has the parson hereof For the past thirty years ve have known of vines. Friends in boyhood who loved us for the good apple ree4 ve could point out for the best placss in the woods to gather berries that ve could direct them to for the Aoles in tAe creeks where were caught the largest trout to which we could show the way for the trees that had the largest chessnuts that they could pound once they were shown to them. But when the berries were picked, the apples dubbed oH, the trout all caught, and the chessnuss all gathered, the matinee was ended and we became as other boys. As a man we have men vines, ocwding, clasping, clineing, strangling vines, chnging to men, sucking the life current out of them, pretending the while to keep the sun off, and whis. pering to the tree, T am holding you up.' Vines that grow up with the uees. and therefore get as high as the tree gets, but which could not have got . foo. from the ground or as more than . hiding place for snakes, except for the tree. Ordinarily the vine is . loving cuss. It cones from the ground, the same a did | tho tree but from different stock. It does not let the tree get away it can help it l While the tree has eagles in its branches, the vine has bugs on h bark. TheTe is l timber tn the tree, sap in the vine that t | drew, out of someehins. When the cold | blast comes the vine drops its leaves and | sways around so as to lee the uee stand | 1t all When the spring comes, the vine l reaches around and says:
 Hee am-vith yoa all the time, old tellow. knev you were well rooted, | strong of limb, high of trunk, with many | branches, and while the winter blast vas | blowing vas around isseaing to see | who were your friends 1! And nos, dear | old fellow, that you have stood out it's l storm and can still support me, how l viii cling to you and reach up into yeur | foliage and say with you % Ioeg as you can hold me up.'
 Wines are good in their place, bat they are esnezaily shost-fved, very thin, easily | They are runners, and creepers and | and are climbers when there is | anything 10 climb