The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-20

rivers Of tears, those lakes Of bIood?. Goa
was angry. Justice must come. A hand
writing on the walIl The Nation had been
weighed and found wanting. Darknessl
Darknessl Woe to the North Woe to
the SOUTH Woe to the EastI Woe 10 the
Westl Death at the banquet
A. / have also to learn from the subject
that the destruction of the vicious and Of
those who despise God will be very sud-
den. The wave of mirth had dashed to
the highest point when that Assyrian
army broke through. 1t was unexpected.
Suddenly, almost always, comes the doom
of those who despise God and defy the
laws of men. How was it at the DelugeP
Do you suppose it came through a long
northeast storm, so that people for days
before were sure it was coming? No; I
suppose the morning was bright; that
calmnesi brooded on the waters; that
beauty sat enthrOned on the hills, when
suddenly the Heavens burst, and the
mountains sank like anchors into the sea,
that dashed clear over the Andes and the
Himalayas.
The Red Sea was divided. The Egyp-
tians tried to cross it. There could be no
uahkGAs uO Isl d6iAboc udd JASb EOAO
through. Where they had gone why not
the Egyptians? Oh, it was such beauti-
full walking place! A pavement of tinged
shells and pearls, and on either side two
great walls of water-soIid. There can
be no danger. Forward, great host of the
Egyptians Clap the cymbals and blow
the trumpets of victOryl After them! We
will catch them yet, and they shall be de-
stroyed! But the walls of solidified water
begin to tremble. They rock! They fall!
The rushing waters! The shrek of
drowning men! The swimming of the
war horses in vain for the shore! The
strewing of the great host on the bottom
of the sea, CT pitched by the angry waves
on the beach-a battered, bruised and
loathsc ma wreck! Suddenly destruction
came. One-half hour before they could
not have believed it. Destroyed, and
without remedy.
am just setting forth fact which you
have noticed as well as 1. Ananias comes
to the apostle. The apostle says:
"Did you sell the land for so much?"
He says, Eyes"
1t was lie.
Deadl AS quick that!
Sapphira, his wife, comes in.
''Did you sell the land for so much?"
"Yes."
1t was a lie, and quick as that she was
deadl Gods judgments are upon those
who despise and defy him. They come
suddenly.
The destroying angel went through
Egypt. Do you suppose that any of the
people knew that he was coming? Did
they hear the flap of his great wing? No,
no. Suddenly, unexpected he came.
Skilled sportsmen do not like to shoot
bird standing on a sprig near by. If they
are skilled they pride themselves on taxi
ing it on the wing, and they wi wait till
it starts. Death is an old sportsman, and
he loves to take men flying under the
very sun. He loves to take them on the
wing.
Are there any here who are unprepared
for the eternal world? Are there any here
who have been living without God and
without hope? Let me say to you that
you had better accept of the Lord Jesus
Christ, lest suddenly your last chance be
gone. The lungs will cease to breathe,
| the heart will stop. The time will come
when you shall go no more to the office, or
to the store, or to the shop. Nothing will
! be left but death, and Judgment, and
eternity. Oh, fee to God this hour! If there
be one in this presence who has wandered
have heard the call of the gospel for many
a year, invite him now to come and be
saved. Flee from thy sin! Flee TO the
stronghold of the gospel
To-day invite you to a grander ban
quet than any have mentioned. My Lord,
| the King, is the banqueter. Angels are
| the cup-bearers. All the redeemed are the
guests. The halls of eternal life,
! frescOed with light and paved with
| joy, and curtained with unfading beauty,
are the banqueting place. The har-
monies of eternity are the music.
| The chalices of Heaven are the plate; and
| 1 am one of the servants coming out with
| both hands filled with invitations, scat
tering them everywhere; and of that, for
yourselves, you might break the seal of
| the invitation and read the words written
| in red ink of blood by the tremulous hand
! of a dying Christ; "Come row, for all
| things are ready"
After this day has rolled by and the
night has come may you have rosy sleep
| guarded by him who never sIumbers. May
you awake in the morning strong and
| we'll.
But, oh, art thou despiser of GodP Is
| the coming night the last night on earth!
Shouldst thou be awakened in the night
by something, thou knowest not what, and
there be shadows floating in the room, and
| a handwriting on the wall, and you feel
that your last hour is come, and there be a
fainting at the heart and tremor in the
limbs, and a catching of the breath-then
| thy doom will be but an echo of the
| words of my next text:
In that night was Belshazzar, the king OF
| Aha CbaIdp0na aIafn