The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-09-17

"The proudest moment in nay life wa.
when / sent word su.Avs s.
that had gaine
And the PROV
ment in your
you can send
yc,l have CO
the grace
tor. Oh, d
The time "
neither fatt
around the
you, and flnd~
and gone from
the neighborhood!
giveness as yOu ma
the churchyard, thd
Dead Dead And theS
the white lock of hair
your mothers brow
buried her, and you will Il
which your father used to
will think and think, and
had done just as they wan
would give the world IL
thrust pang through their
God pity the young man W
disgrace on his fathers nj
the young man who has bI
er's hearti Better if he
born; better if the frst
life, instead of being laie
warm bosom Of maternal "a
had been cofTined and sepulcH
is no balm powerful enough
heart of one who has brought
sorrowful grave, and who wan
through the dismal cemetery, rd
hair and wringing the hands, anf
''Mother! Motherw Oh, that to
al ba mann oT-fae Of fha asst and
hopes of the future, you would
heart to God May your father
your mothers God be your God
8. go on a little further; I CO
inyaIid's chair. What? How 10
you been sick?
'Oh, have been sick ten, twent
ty years"
Is it possible? What story of
ancel There are in many families
congregation these invalid chairs
occupants of them think they are doiA
good in the world; but that invaIiS
chair is the mighty pulpit from wbica
they have been preaching, all these
years, trust in God. One day on an
island just Off from sandusky, Ohio,
preached, and there was a great throng Of
people there; but the throng did not i'm I
press me so much as the spectacle Of jus
one face--the face Of an invalid who wa
wheeled in on her chair. 1 said to her al
terward:
MADAM, how long have you been pros
tratedl" for she was lying fat in th
chair.
"Oh," ;" she replied, 4 have been this wa
fifteen years"
said: "Do you suffer very muehl"
"Oh, yes" she said, 81 suffer very much ;
suffer all the time; part Of the time was
blind. 1 always suffer"
.''Well,' - 1 said, "can youkeep your cour-
age up?"
"Oh, yes" she said, 81 am happy, very
happy, indeed"
Her face showed it. She looked the hap
piest Of any one on the ground. Oh. what
means Of grace to the world, these in =
valid chairs.
On that field Of human suffering the
grace Of God gets its victory. Edward
Payson, the Invalid. and Richard Baxter,
the invalid, and Robert Hall, the invalid,
and the ten thousand Of whom the world
has never heard, but of whom all Heaven
is cognizant. The most conspicuous thing
on earth for Gods eye and tho eye d
angels to rest on is not throne Of earthly
power, but Il Is the invalid's chair. 0h
these men and women who are always
suffering, but never complaining--th
victims Of spinal disease, and neuralgic
torture, and rheumatic oxrEeiatioa wit
answer to the roll-eall oc the marty and
rise to the martyrs throne, and WI wave
the martyrs palnil Bat when one theae
invalid's chairs becomes vacant hoo saa-
gestive &c Isl No more bolstsring up oa
the weary head. No moro changing ro =
aide - side 70 get an easy PCS tian- b
more use Of tho bandage, end the :
sIasn. and the prescription. That iii-
vaIfd,e chair aay be folded ap, o. takep