The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-05-31

tred ear, we win scarce regret that our
ears wera never marred with earthly
sounds" !" Obi the brightest eyes in
heaven will be those that never saw an
earth. The ears most alert in heaven
will be those that in this world heard
neither voice Of friend, nor thrum Of
harp, nor carol of bird, nor doxology OF
congregations
A lad who had been blind from In
fancy was cured. The oculist operated
upon the lad, and then put very heavy
bandage over the eyes, and after few
weeks had gone by, the bandage was re-
moved, and the mother said to her child:
"Willie. can you see?" He said: ''Ohl
mamma, is this heaven?" The contrast
between the darkness before and the
brightness afterward was overwhelming.
And tell you the glories of heaven will
be thousandfold brighter for those who
never saw anything on earth. While
many with good vision closed their eyes
in night, and many who had good,
artistic and cultured ear went down into
discord, these afflicted ones cried unto
the Lord in their trouble, and he made
| their sorrows their advantage, and SO
1.-The lame took the prey"
In the Seventh century there was
legend of St. Modobert- 1t was said that
his mother was blind, and one day while
looking at his mother he felt so sympa-
thetic for her blindness that he rushed
| forward and kissed her blind eyes, and,
the legend says. her vision came i'm
nlediately. That was only legend, but
it is a truth, glorious truth, that a kiss
Of Gods eternal love has brought to
many bind eye eternal illumination.
A step further: There are those in all
communities who toll nightly for live
hhood. They have scant wages. Per-
| haps they are diseased, or have physical
| infirmities, SO they are hindered from
doing a continuous days work. A city
| missionary finds them up the dark alley,
with no fire, with thin clothing, with
very coarse bread. They >never ride in
the street cars; they cannot afford the
five cents. They never see any pictures
save those in the show window on the
street, from which they are often jostled,
and looked at by some one who seems to
say in the look: 'sMove onl what are
you doing here looking at pictures2"
Yet many of them live on mountains
| Of TRANSPORTATION. At their rough table
ne who fed the five thousand breaks the
bread. They talk often of the good
times that are coming. This world has
no charm for them, but heaven entrances
their spirit. They often divide their
scant crust with some forlorn wretch
who knocks at their door at night, and
on the blast of the night wind, as the
door opens to let them in, is heard the
voice of him who said: 81 was hungry
and ye fed me-" No cohort of heaven
will be too bright to transport them. By
Gods help they have vanquished the
Assyrian host They have divided
among tthem the spoils. Lame, lame.
yet they took the prey.
was riding along the country road
one day, and saw man on crutches.
overlook him. He was very old. He
was going very slowly. At that rate it
would have taken him two hours to 60 a
mile. / said: Wouldn't you like to
rider He said: ''Thank you, would.
God bless you" When he sat beside me
he said: ''You see am very lame and
very old, but the Lord has been good
Lord to me. have buried all my chill
dren. The Lord gave them and the Lord
had right to take them away. Blessed
be his name. was very sick and had
no money and my neighbors came in
and took care of me and wanted moth
ing. suffer great deal with pain, but
then have so many mercies left. The
Lord has been good Lord to me-" And
before we had got far was in doubt
whether was giving him ride or he
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if you please, I'll get out here. Just
help me down on my crutches, if you
please. God bless you. Thank you. sir.
Good morning. Good morning. You
have been feet to the lame, sir, you have.
Good morning." Swarthy men had gone
the road that day. do not know where
they came out, but every hobble of thai
old man was toward the shining gate
With his old crutch he had struck dowr
many a Sennacherib of temptation which
has mastered you and me. Lame, 81
fearfully lame, so awfully lame; but ht
took the prey.
A step further: There are in all com
munities many orphans. During ou1
last war and in the years immediatel,
following, how many children we heart
say: "Oh! my father was killed in til.
war;" Have you ever noticed-I feal
, you have not-how well those children
!, have turned out2 Starting under tht
, greatest disadvantage, no orphan asylum
could do for them what their fathe
, would have done had he lived. The
, skirmisher sat one night, by the light o
, fagots, in the swamp. writing a lettel
? home, when sharpshooter's bullet endet
I1@4 fol1 1lI
posted and never read.
Those children came up under grea
disadvantage. No father to fight thei
way for them. Perhaps there was in th
! old family Bible an old yellow lette
pasted fast, which told the story of tha
! fathers long march, and how he suffere
! in the hospital; but they looked still fur
! ther on in the Bible, and they came t
the story of how God is the father of tn
= fatherless, and the widows portion, an
, they soon took their fathers place in tina
household. They battled the way fo
their mother. They came on up, an
many of them have in the years sine
i the war taken positions in church an
' state. While many of those who suffere
nothing during those times have had son
: 90 out into lives of Incidence and vaga
bondage, these who started under s
many disadvantages because they wer
so early bereft, these are the lame VIII
took the prey.
/ A step further: There are those wh
! would like to do good. They say: "Oh
! if only had wealth, or, if ! had elt
quence, or If had high social position
: how much would accomplish for Go
q and the churchl'' / stand here today I
! tell you that you have great opportun
. ties for usefulness,
Who built the Pyramids? The kin
' who ordered them built? No; the plai
workmen who added stone after stor
8 and stone after stone. Who built IL
IS dikes of Holland? The government ths
ordered the enterprise? No; the plai
d workmen who carried the earth an
d rung their trowel on the wall. Who al
q those who have bailt these vast cite.
If The capitalistsf 10; the carpenters. tt
, ! masons. the plumbers, the plasterers, Il