The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-23

q real Christian life. Where there Is
a thorn, there is a whole garland OF
roses, Where there is one groan,
there are three doxologies. Where
there is one day of cloud, there is
whole season of sunshine. Take the
humblest Christian man that you
lznow-angels Of God canopy him
with their white wings; the lightnings
of heaven are his armed allies; the
Lord is his Shepherd, picking out for
him green pastures by still waters; if
he walk forth, heaven is his body |
guard; il he lie down to sleep, ladders
of light, angel blossoming, are let
into his dreams; if he be thirsty, the
potentates of heaven are his cup bear
ers; if he sit down to food, his plain
table blooms into the Kings banquet. |
Men say: Look at that old fellow
with the worn out coat" the angels of |
God cry: Lift up your heads, ye cv- |
erlasting gates, and let him come ini'
Fastidious people cry: Get off my |
front steps; = the cloorkeepers of heav-
en- cry: 'Come, you blessed of my
Father, inherit the kingdomp When |
he comes to die, though he may be |
carried outin pine box to the potters |
field, to that potter's field the chariots
of Christ will come down, and the
cavalcade will crowd all the boule-
wards of heaven.
IT MAKES A MAN "ALL RIGHT"
/ bless Christ for the present salts
faction of religion. Itmakes man
all right with reference to the past;
ence to the future. Oh these neither
springs Of comforts They are peren-
NAL. The foundation of God stand
eth sure having this seal, "The Lord
knoweth them that are his. 1.-THE
mountains shall depart and the hills
be removed, but my kindness shall
not depart from thee, neither shall
the covenant of my peace be removed,
saith the Lord, who hath mercy upon
them" Oh, cluster of diamonds set
in FURNISHED gold Oh, neither springs
of comfort bursting through all the
valleys of trial and tribulation When
you see, you of the world, what salts
faction there is on earth in religion,
do you not thirst after it as the
daughter of Caleb thirsted after the
water springs2 1t is no stagnant pond,
scumned over with malaria, but
springs Of water leaping from the
Rock of Agesl Take up one cup of
that spring water, and across the top
Of the chalice will float the delicate
shadows OF the heavenly wall, the yel
| low of jasper, the green of emerald, the
blue OF sardonyx, the fire Of jacinth.
| HAPPY IN LIFE AND GLAD IN DEATH.
! wish ! couldmake you understand
| the Joy religion is to some of us. 1t
makes a man happy while he lives,
and glad when he dies. With two
| feet upon a chair and bursting with
| dropsies, | heard an old man in the
poor hsuse cry out: BLESS the Lord,
oh my soulW | looked around and
said: What has this man got to thank
| God for2" 1t makes the lame man leap
like the hart, and the dumb sing
| They say that the old Puritan religion
is a juiceless and joyless religion; but
| remember reading of DR.. Goodwin,
the celebrated Puritan, who in his
last moments said Is this dying2
Why, my bow abides in strength |
am swallowed up i'll God. :" Her ways
are ways of pleasantness, and all her
| paths are peace Oh, you who have
been trying to satisfy yourselves with
the south land of this world, do you
not feel that you would, this morning,
like to have access TO the neither
springs of spiritual comfort2 Would
YOU not like to have Jesus Christ bend
over your cradle and bless your table
and heal your wounds, and strew
flowers of consolation all upand down
the graves of your dead4
"Tis religion that can give
Sweetest pleasures while we live;
'Tis religion can supply
Sweetest comfort when we die.
But have something better to tel
you, suggested by this text. 1t seem:
that old father Caleb on the wedding
day of his daughter wanted to make
her just as happy as possible. Though
Othniel was taking her away, and LII
heart was almost broken because sh'
was going, yet he gives her 'soutl
land;n not only that, but the nethe
springs; not only that, but the uppel
springs. O God, my Father, thanl
: thee that thou hast given me "soutl
land" in this world, and the nethe
springs of spiritual comfort in thi
. world; but, more than all, ] thanl
! thee for the upper springs in heaven.
THE GLoRIES OF HEAVEN.
: II is very fortunate we cannot Sc
, heaven until we get into it. Oh
l Christian man, if you could see wha
q place it is, we would never get yo'
+. back again to the Office or store 0
! shop. and the duties you ought to pei
! form would go neglected. | am gla'
] | shall not see that world until l ente
: it. Suppose we were allowed to go o.
d an excursion into that good land wit
e the idea of returning. When we sc
e there, and heard the song, and locke
! at thrir raptured faces, and mingled i
u the supernal society, we would or
j out: LET us stayl We are comm
G here ANYHOW. Why take the troubl
T of going back again to that old world
! We are here now; let us stay. An
= ii would take angelic violence TO PIT
J us out of that world, If once we gt
) there. But as people who cannot a
II ford to pay for an entertalnmentsom
Z times come around ii and look throug
!, the door ajar or through the opening
q in the fence, SO we come and loo
u through the crevices in that good lar
n which God has provided for us. "
u can Just catch glimpse of IT. We con
u near enough to hear the rumbling
d the eternal orchestra, though not me-
u enough to know who blows the corn
n ora-who fingers the harp. My so
a spreads out both wings and claps the
N in triumph at the thought of those u
It. per springs. One of them breaks fro
1t beneath the throne; another brea
S. forth from beneath the altar OF {
SO temple; another at the door oi III
n house of many mansions up
e- springs of gladnessi Upper springs
u light Upper springs of Lowell 1t
no fancy OF mine. THE Lamb viii
X Is in the midst of the throne shall lie
ed them to living fountains of water
III Oh, Saviour divine, roll in upon O
"a souls one OF those anticipated raptqr'
no Pour around the roots of the parch
q, tongue one drop of that liquid III
n Toss before our vision those fountai
NC of God, rairbowed with eternal V
,at tory. Hear IT, They are never 81
no there; not SO much as a headache,
ny twinge rheumatic, or thrust neuralg
IL The inhabitant never says: Il ;
vs.; sick" They are never tired the
lde Flight TO farthest world is only
ay play of n holiday. They never
'ep there. II is as easy for them TO
lgs holy MS il. is for US tosin. They ne'
ap- die there. You might go through
s., the outskirts of the great CITY and i
ad- not one place where the ground
lily broken for grave. The eycslght
ess. the redeemed is never blurred "
h ! tears. !. There is health lp every che
md There is spring III every foot III
h ] is majesty on every brow. Then
ioy in every heart There is hosai
on every lip. How they must pity
lgh as they look over and down aud
the nc and sav. apoor things away do