The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-07-05

rear been doing . great deal of
work. Where is your fatherf Where
Is your mother? Your chfldf Your brotherl
Your sistera o, hsp cruel does death seem
TO bel Will he pluck every flowers Will he
poison every fountainl Win he put black on
every door knob7 Wiil he snap every heart
string2 Can keep nothinga Are there no
weapons viii which to GO out and
contend against hin1l Give me some keen
sword. sharpened. A Gods armory. with
which may stab I'm through. Give me
some battle az has4may clutch it, and hew
him from helmet to sandal Thank God.
thank God, that he fhat rideth on the pale
horse hath more thn15 a match in him who
rideth on the white Aorss. st. John heard
the contest, the paNng of the steeds, the
rush, the battle cry, Ne onset, until the pale
horse came down on launches, and his
rider bit the dust, While Christ, the con-
queror, with uplifted voice, declared it: so
death, will be thy plague; o grave, will
be thy destruction
The sepulcher ID & lighted castle on the
shore of heavenly seas, and sentinel angels
walk up and down AZ the door to guard it.
The dust and the darnIpess of the grave are
only the spray of the white surf Of celestial
seas, and the long breathing of the dying
Christian, that you call his gasping, is only
the long inhalation Of tie air Of heaven. oh,
bless God fos xhat Christ q q ia Christian
sonl, hsre Az hsrsf sss al u 1Iii !.
never laugh In heaven. do not know where
he got his authority for that. think they
do laugh in heaven. When victors come
home, do we not Taught When fortunes are
won in a day, do we not Taught After we
have been ten or fifteen years away from
our friends and we greet them again, do we
not Taught Yes, we will laugh in heaven.
Not hollow laughter, not meaningless
laughter, but a full, round, clear,
deep, resonant outbreak of eternal
gladness. Oh, the glee of that moment when
we first see Jesusl think we will take the
first two or three years in heaven to look at
Jesus; and If, in ten thousand years, there
should be a moment when the doxology
paused, ten thousand souls would cry out:
''Singl singi" and when the cry was: "What
shah we singT the answer would be: "Jesusi
Jesusr Oh, you may have all the crowns in
heaven; do not care SO much about them.
You may have all the robes in heaven; I do
not care so much about. them You NAV
have all the scepters in heaven; I do not care
SO much about them. You may have all the
thrones in heaven; do not care so much
about them. But give me Jesus-that is
enough heaven for me. o Jesusl long to
see thee. Thou ''chief among ten thousand,
the one altogether lovefy.n
There may be some here who have come
hardly knowing why they come. Perhaps it
was as in Paul's time-you have come to hear
what this babbler sayeth; but I am glad to
meet you face to face, and to strike hands
with you in one earnest talk about your
deathless spirit. Do you know. my friend,
that this world is not good enough for youa
It cheats. 1t fades. 1t dies. You are immortal.
see it in the deathless spirit looking out from
your eye. 1t is mighty spirit. It is an i'm
mortal spirit. 1t beats against the window
of the cage. come out to feed it. During
the past week the world has been trying to
feed it with husks come out this morning
to feed it with that bread Of which If a man
eat he will never hunger. What has the
word done for youi Has it not bruised youa
Has it not betrayed youa Has it not mall
treated yous Look me in the eye, immortal
man, and tell me if that is not not so. And yet,
will you trust itl o, l wish that you could
forget me, the weak and sinful man-that
might vanish from your sight this morning,
and that Jesus might come in. Aye, he
comes here this morning to plead for your
soul-comes in all covered with the wounds
of Calvary. He says: 80, IMMORTAL mani
1 died for thee. Ipity thee. come to save
thee. With these hands, torn and crushed,
will lift thee up into pleasures that never
die" Who will reject-who will drive him
5acka When Christ was slain on the cross,
they had cross, and they had nails, and
they had hammera You cruelty by your
sin, O impenitent soul, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Here is cross; but where are the nails?
W here are the hammers? ''Ah,n saws some
one rejecting Christ, some one standing a
long way of, Il will furnish the nails.
don't believe in that Jesus will furnish
the nails" Now we have the nails; who will
furnish the hammersa "Ah," says some bard
heart, II will furnish the hammers" Now
we have the nails and the hammers We
have no spears; who will furnish the spears?
"Ah," says some one long in the habit of sin
and rejection Of Christ's mercy: 81 will fur
nish them" Now we have all the instru-
ments; the cross the nails, tie hammers, the
spears, and the crucifixion goes on. o, the
darknessl o, the pangl o, the tearsl o,
the deathI "Behold the Lamb of God, that
takest away the sin of the world"
Lord Jesus, help that man. He sits far
back today. He does not like to come for
ward He feels strange in religious assem-
blage. He thinks, perhaps, we do not want
him. o, Jesus, take that trembling hand.
Put thine ear to that agitated heart and hear
how it beats. o, lift the iron gate of that
prison house and let that man go free.
Lord Jesus, help that woman. She is a
wanderer. No tears can she weep See,
Lord Jesus, that polluted soul; see that blis-
tered foot. No church for her. No good
cheer for her. No hope for her. Lord Jesus,
go to that soul. Thou wilt not stone her.
Let the red hot chain, that burns to the bone
till the bloody ichor Kisses in the heat, snap
at thy touch. o, have mercy orsMary Mag
dalene.
Lord Jesus, help that young man. He took
money out of his employers till. Didst thou
see it? The clerks were all gone. The lights
were down. The shutters were up. Didst
thou see it? o, let him not fall into the pit
Rememberest thou not his mothers prayersa
She can pray for him no MORE Lord Jesus,
touch him on the shoulder. Touch him on
the heart Lord, save that young man.
There are many young men here. got a
letter from. one of them, who is probably
here today, and shall have no other oppor-
tunity of answering that letter. You say
you believe in me. o, do you believe In
Jesusa Fcannot save you, my dear brother.
Christ can. He wants and waits to save you,
and he comes today to save you. Will
you have hima / do not know what
our young men do without Christ-how
they get on dmid all the tenptatfons and
trials to which they are subjected o, young
men, come to Christ today, and put your soul
and your interest for this life art for the
next into his keeping. In olden times, you
know, a cup bearer would bring wine or
water to the king, who would drink it, first
tasting it himself, show that there was no
poison in it, thenpassirg it to the king, who
would drink it. The highest honor that
ask is that I may b. cUp bearer today to
your soul bring you this water of ever
lasting life. I have boSn drinking Of it. 1t
has never done me any harm. o, drink it,
and live forever. AND let that aged man put
his head down on the Stsff, and let that poor
widowed soul bury her worried face in her
handkerchief, and these little children fold
their hands in prayer, while we commend
you to him who was wounded for our trans
grcssions and bruised for our iniquities; for
to you which believe he is precious.