The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-13
SUBSCRIPTIONS Sl.oO Per Year.

Put that foot into the iron boot OF perse- |
cation until it is m1shet TO pulp. |
Stretch that man. on tae rack of the In
QUESTION, anl louder than all the uproar
of the prosecutors you viii hear his voic e
l Se the oice OF Alex mdsr lie Croix
above the crao ding faggots as he
cried Qut; 20, Jesusl %, my blessed
Jesus! o, divine Jesus! whor would not
die for tkee?'' --..#
Again, Iremark that Christ IS precious
to the believer as a friend. Youhave conf
mercial friends and you have family
friends. To the comm ercial friend you
go when you have busin ass troubles. You
can look back to some day--it may have
been ten or twenty years ago-when. il
you had not had that friend, you would
have been entirely overthrow in bnsi-
ness. But /, want to tell you this morning
of Jesus, the best bu sinsss friend a man
ever had. He can pull you. ont of the
worst perplexities. There are people in
this audience who have got in the habit /
of putting down all their worldly troubles 1
at the feet of Jesus. Why, Christ meets
the business man on the street and SAYS:
tfOh, business man, / know all thy
troubles. will be-with7 thee. gill see
thee through" Look out how you try to
corner or trampl6 on a man. who is 'bWc ks
cd up by The Lord God Almighty Look
out how you. trample on Him. Qh, there !,
Il q unduC1eT bHttl lIuuN Oh our DuSluBSS
men have not found out Christ owns all
the boards Of trade, all the insurance
companies aud all the banking honSeS---
They say that the Vanderbilts own the
railroads; but Christ owns the Vander-i
bilts and the railroads. and all the plot
tings Of stock gamblers shall be put to-
confusion, and God, with his little finger,
shall wipe out their infamous projects.
How often it has been that we have seen
men gather up riches by fraud, in a
pyramid of sire ngth all beauty, antl-tlas-,.
/ Lord came and blew on it and it was
/ gone; while there are those here to-day
who if they could speak eutin this as
semblage, or dared to speak out, would
| say.
'sThe best friend had in 1887, the best
friend had in 1857, the bas5 friend [ had
at the opening OF the war, ths b 9st friend
I ever had, has been ytAS Lord Jesus
Christ, Iwould rathar give up all other
! friends than this one"
| But we have also family friends. They
| COME in when we have sickness in the
.househofd. Perhaps they say nothing;
4 but, they sit down and they weep1as tine
| light goes out from the bright eyes, and
i the white petals of the lily are scattered
| in the blast Of death. They watch through
| theilong night by the dying couch, and
then, when the spirit has gone soothe you
with great comfort. ,They say: "Dont
/ V
| will meet the lost one again" Then,
when yotir sod wedt off, breaking your
heart, did they notcont3 and put the story
in the very best shape and prophes Y the
| return of the prodigal? Were they not
in your house wien the birth angel
| tapped its wings over your dwelling?
4 And they have been there at the haptisms
and at, the. weddings. Family friends
But I have to tell you that Christ Is the
best family friend. o., bic ised is that
cradle over which Jesus bends. Blessed
| is that nursery where Jesus walks,
! Blessed is rthat sick brow from Yhich
Jesus wipes the d1mpness. Blessed IS
that table whore Jesus breaks tho bread.
Blessed is that grave where Jesus stand $
with his SCARED feet on the upturned sod
saying:
t'''I am the resurrection and the life; he
that believeth IN Me-. though he were
dead, yet shall he live"
Have YOU babe iii the house? Put II
into the arms of the great Child lover. Is
there sick one in the house? Think OF
Hild who said: 'Damsel arise" Are
Il you afraid y0u-will come to wantH Think
| of Him who fed the five thousand. is
there a little one in your house that you are
afraid will bs blind, or d sRE or lameE
Think of HIM who touched the blinded eye
and snatched back the boy from epileptiC
N, oonvulsipn.ft Oh he is the best FRIEND
Look over your family friends to-day and
find another that can be compared to him
When we want our friends, they are some'
times out of town Carist is always In
town We fad that some viii sticA@to Us
in pro speuity who. Will not in adversity
, But Christ comes through darkest night
], and amid giIastlisst sorrow, and -acros'
=. roughest sea, to comfort v0u. 1fh6Ee arc
, men and women here who would have
! 4 been dead twenty years ago but fol
I Jesus. They. have, gPub hthrou IN trlai
a enough to exhaust ten times their pbYslcR
] strength. Their PROPERTY went, theii
I / health went their families wera scattered
, God only knows what they suffered, They
are an afnazement TO themselves thH
. they have been able, 20 stand it. They
, look at their once happy home, sur
rounded by ali comfort. Gone! They
. think Of the timefwhen they use TO rIse
strong in the morning, aFk walk 'ylgorl
, ousIy down tie street, Rnd had ,exper-
: fenced y health they ,t9olght ineXhahst-
) / able Gone! Everything gone but Jesus
;i He has pitied them HIS eB6 has watched
= them, His omnipoteRqe has defended
| them. Yes. He has bsans, with them
. They have gone through disaster, and b.
: was pillar Of firs ,hy mig IT. = fney nav
a gone across stormy Ga1lee, but Chrfs
S had his foot on the meek Of tho storm
f Thew felt the waves Of ,tuouble Gaming NJ
I around them gradually, and theg-bataE
81 climb into the. stroIg rock or COD
/ defense, and then. they sang, as the
9 looked over the waters: i i
9 '13od is our refuge and strength, a
: 4 ever-present hefpl.iu time Of trouble
Il therefore we will not fear, though. n
Il be carried iutothe midstof the sea, thoug
h the waters thereof roar and be troubled
II though the IRoun tains shake. with tn
IS swelling thereof. Selah-"
n The. other day there was a sailor VIII
y came into the Bethel ia Now York an
II said. tr T
o my lads Che was standing among tn
l. sailors) I don't know what's the matte
e with me- ! used 10 lie tr q good deaLannu
: religion and about Jesus Christ. don
IL know that / have aay religion, or that
n know any thing much about Christ, bu
d when was ia mid Atlantic / looked a
1t one day through the rigging and ther
1t seemed to come hgh' through my soul
s, have felt different ever siace, and 10y
g those that ! once hated and feel a JOY
is can't tell you. / really don't know whn
is the matter with me-" -1i' ''F
Ar5ugh sailor got up and, said;,t r
"My lad, I know whaCs the matter {
you. You have found Jesu@ lis enpug
v to make any man happy"
TIis worth, n All the nations knew.
ut sure the whole earth would love hifn too .
"a remark again. Christ is precious
at the believer, a "a f1al delivsrsr. Y q
II aud must after afgsi IL get oat Of IN
world. Here @ad there, one perhaps ma
le come on 10 eighty, to ninety years Of ag
pc but your common sense tells you that tA
be next twenty-five year will land the mi
r iority ofgthis autlfsnee in eternity III
ty next ten years viii thin out great mar
ar Of these family circles This day may
Al the work for some,oE uss Now, why 10
a say thisE TO scare you. Nos but Just
al would staht in your ofhee. il j we're
ve3 business. mans and't'yonf agere g pnsine