The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-01
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| energy. They said: 1--WE must win il
Every thing depends upon it. Let each
one take a man on point of spear or
| sword. We must win it" And have Ia
4 tell you that, between us and coming
! into the companionship Of our loved
ones who are departed, there is an
! Austeriltz, there is Gettysburg, there
is a Waterloo. War with the world,
war with the flesh, war with the devil, We
have either to conquer our troubles or
our troubles will conquer US. David will
! either slay the Amalekites or the Am8le-
! kites viii slay David. And yet is not the
fort to be taken worth all the pain, all the
peril, all the besiegemeht2 Lookl who are
/ they on the bright hills of Heaven yonderF
There they are, those who sat at your own
| table, the chair now vacant. There they
are, those whom you rocked in infancy ia
the cradle, or hushed to sleep in your
arms. There they are, those in whose life
! your life was bound up. There they are,
/ their brow more radiant than ever before
I you saw it, their lips waiting for the kiss
of heavenly greeting, their cheek rOseate
1 with the health OF eternal summer, their
hands beckoning you up the steep, their
feet bounding with the mirth of Heaven.
The pallor OF their last sickness gone
out of their face, never more to be sick,
never moro to cough, never MOI to limp,
never more to be old, never more to weep.
They are watching from those heights to
| see if through Christ you can take the
| fort and whether you will rush In upor
them-victors. They know that upon thAs
battle depends whether you will ever join
their society. Upl strike harderi Charge
more bravely! Remember that every inch
you gain puts you so much farther on to-
ward that heavenly reunion.
| II this morning while speak you could
| hear the cannonade Of q foreign navy,
| coming through the ''Narrows, (which was
to despol our city, aud If they really
should succeed in carrying our families
away from us, how long would we take
| before we resolved to go after them?
| Every weapon, whether fresh from
| Springfield or old and rusty Ia the garret,
would be brought out; and we would
urge on, and, coming in front Of the foe,
we would look at them and then look at
our families, and the cry would be:
| tVictory or Deathw and when the
ammunition was gone we would
/ take the captors on the point Of
| the bayopet or under the breech
of the gun. If you would make such q
struggle for the getting back Of your
earthly friends, viii you not make as
much struggle for the gaining Of the
eternal companionship of your Heavenly
| friends? Oh, yes we must loin them.
| We must sit in their holy society. We
must sing with them the song. We must
celebrate with them the triumph. Let IL
/ never De bOlu on 6arbn or IN heaven bnaG
| David and his men pushed out with Drawer
hearts for the getting back of their earth
ly friends for few years on earth than
| we to get our departed
You say that all this implies that our
! departed Christian friends are alive.
Why, have you any idea they were deadg
| They have only moved. II you should go
on the 2d of May to the house where ono
| of your friends lived, and found him
gone, you would not think that he was
dead. You would inquire next door
| where he had moved to. Our departed
| Christian friends have only taken another
| house. The secret is that they are richer
now than they once we're, and can afford
a better residence. They once drank out
| of earthenware; they now drink from the
| Kings chalice. "Joseph is yet alive"
and Jacob will go up and see him. Livingg
Are they? Why, If man live in this
! damp, dark dungeon OF earthly captivity,
can he not 1.-Two where he breathes the
| bracing atmosphere of the mountains of
Heaven? Oh, yes; they are living.
Do You think that Paul lis so near dead
now as he was when he was living in tn
| Roman dungeon? Do you think that Fred.
erick Robertson, of Brighton, is as near
dead now as he was when, year after year,
| he slept seated on the chair, because no
could find ease in no other position? Da
| you think that Robert Hall is as near dead
now as when, on his couch, he tossed I'm
! physical tortures? No. Death gave them
the few black drops that cured them. That
| is all death does to a Chris stian-cured
| him. know that what have said inn
plies that they are living. There is no
| question about that. The only question
this morning is whether you will ever join
( them.
But must not forget those two hundred
men who tainted by the brook Of Besor.
They could not take a step farther. Their
| feet were sore: their heads ached; their
| entire nature was exhausted. Besides
that they were broken hearted because
their homes were gone. Ziklag in ashes
! And yet David, when he comes up to them,
| divides the spoils among them. HIS says
/ they shall have some of the jewels some
Of the robes, some Of the treasures. look
| over this audience this morning and
| find at least two hundred who have tainted
| by the brook Besor-the brook Of tears,
/ You feel as if you could not take another
| step farther, as though you could never
| look up again.
But am going to initiate David, and
! divide among you some glorious trophies
Here is a robe "All things work together
for good. to those who love Cod Wrap
yourself in that glorious promise. Here
| is for your neck a strings of pearls, made
| out Of crystalized tears: weeping may
endure for night but Joy c0nieth in tie
4 morning." Here is a coronet: fBe thou
faithful unto death, and will give thee a
crown Of life." o, ye fainting ones by the
brook Besor, dip your blistered feet IN
| the running stream Of Gods mercy.
Battle your brow at the wells Of salvation.
Soothe your wounds with the balssm that
| exudes from trees of life. God VIII not
utterly cast you of, o broken hsarted
man, o broken hearted WOMAN f8inttng
by the brook Besor.
A shepherd finds that his musical pipe
I Il a1 10
| more music out Of this instrument so
will Just break IL and I viii throw this
reed away Then will get another reed
! and I will play music on that.U but God
/ says He will not cast you of because all
the music has gone out Of your soul.
i seThe bruised reed He will not break"
| AS far as I can tell the diagnosis OF your
| disease you want Divine nursing, ana Il -
! promised you: "As one whom his moth
/ or comforteth so will ] comfort YOU"
God viii see you ali the way through, o
troubled soul, and when you come dowG
! 20 the Jordan Of death you VIII ind II "a
| be as thin brook Besor, for pr. Rob
| inson says that in April Besor dries up
| and there is no brook at all. And
IN vour last moment you viii be a. placid
as the Yentucky minister who went
mn ~ God. saving, In the dying hours
| sstyrfta 10 nv sister Kate, and tell her not
20 he v,orricd and frightened about thG
| story Of the horrors around tue death
bed Tell her there is not word ot truth
In h. for 1 am there now, and Jesus Is
wit, me. and / find it very happy ways
am nothing but poor, miserable sin-
ner. but have an Almighty Saviour, and
both of His arms are around me-"
Nav God Almighty, through the blood Of
Che everlasting covenant, bring us into
the counpani0nship Of our loved ones who
have already entered the Heavenly land
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