The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-09

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take drink again out of the very
bucket that the old well fetched up
You go for the cows at night, and find
them wagging their heads through the
bars. Ofttlmes III the dusty and busy
streets you wish you were home again
on that cool grass, or in the rag car
peted hall Of the farmhouse, through
which there was the breath of new
mown hay or the blossom of buck
wheat.
THE IVY GREEN.
You may have in your windows
now beautiful plants and flowers
brought from across the seas, but not
one OF them stirs in your soul SO much
charm and memory as the old ivy and
the yellow sunfiower that stood senti-
mel along the garden wall, and the
forget-me-nots playing hide-and-seek
mid the long grass. The father, who
used 10 come in sunburnt from the
fields and sit down on the door sill
and wipe the sweat from his brow,
may irIvegone to his everlasting rest.
The mother, who used to sit at the
door little bent over, cap and spec
tacles on, her face mellowing with the
vicissitudes OF many years, may have
put down her gray head on the pillow
in the valley, but forget that home
you never will. Have you thanked
God for it2 Have you rehearsed all
these blessed rcminiscepces2 Oh,
thank God for q Christian father;
thank God for a Christian mother;
thank God for an early Christian al
tar at which you were taught to lSneel;
thank God for an early Christian
home.
/ bring to mind another passage in
the history of your life The day
came when you set up your own
household. The days passed along in
quiet blessedness. You twain sat at
the table morning and night and
talked over your plans for the future.
The most insignificant affair in your
life became the subject of mutual con-
sultation and advisement You were
so happy you felt you never could be
any happier. One day q dark cloud
hovered over your dwelling and it got
darker and darker, but out of that
cloud the shining messenger of God
descended to inearnatc an immortal
spirit. Two little feet started on an
eternal journey, and you were to lead
them gem to flash in heavens cor
onet, and you to polish it; eternal
ages of light and darkness watching
the starting out OF a newly created
creature.
You rejoiced and you trembled at
the responsibility that i'll your posses
sion an immortal treasure was placed.
You prayed and rejoiced, and wept
and wondered, and prayed and re-
joiced, and wept and wondered; you
were earnest i'll supplication that you
might lead it through life into the
kingdom of God. There was a tremor
i'll your earnestness. There was q
double interest about that home
| There was an additional interest why
you should stay there and be faithful,
! and when In few months your house
was filed with tho music of the child S
laughter, you were struck through
with tho fact that you had stipend
GUS mission.
Have you kept that vow2 Have you
neglected any of these duties2 Is your
! homo as much to you rs it used to be?
Have those anticipations been graft
! fiedl God help you today in your sol
CiilD anu icb lis flftFCY
fall upon your soul if your kindness
has been i'll requited God have mercy
on the parent on the wrinkles of whose
face is written the story of a child's
sin. God hayc mercy on the mother
who, in addition to her other pangs
has the pangs of q child's illiquity.
| Oh, there are many, many sad sounds
III this sad world, but the saddest
sound that is ever heard is the break
ing of q mothers heart. Are there
any hero who remember that in that
home they were unfaithful2 Are there
those who wandered off from that
carly homo, and left the mother to die
with broken heart2 Oh, stir that
reminiscenco today.
THE CONVICTION HOUR.
l find another point in your life
history You found one day you were
in the wrong road; you couldn't sleep
at night; there was just one word that
seemed 10 sob through your banking
house, or through your office, or
through your shop, or your bed room,
und that word was Eternity" You
said, II am not ready for it. 0 God,
have mercy" The Lord heard. Peace
came to your heart In the breath of
the hill and the waterfalls dash you
heard the voice of Gods love; the
clouds and the trees hailed you with
gladness; you came into the house OF
God.
You remember how your hand
trembled as you took up the cup of
the Communion You remember the
old minister who consecrated it, and
you remember the church officials
who carried it through the aisle; you
remember the old people who at the
close of the service took your hand in
theirs in congratulating sympathy, as
much as TO say, Welcome home, you
lost prodigal; y and though those hands
are all witherod away, that Commu-
Mon Sabbath is resurrected this morn
ing; it is resurrected with all its pray
ees, and songs, and tears, and sermons.
and transformation. Have you kept
those 1Sowsf Have you been a back
slidcr3. God help you. This day kneel
at the foot of mercy and start again
for heaven Start today as you start
ed then. / rouse your soul by that
reminiScenee.
But ! must not spend any more OF
my time in going over the advan
tsges of your life. just put them
all in onS great sheaf, and | wrar
them up in your memory with one
loud harvest song, such as The reapers
sing. Praise the Lord, We biooa
bought immortals of earth Praise
the Lord, ye crowned spirits of heaven
But some of YOU have not always
had q smooth life. Some OF you art
now in the shadow Others had theii
troubles years ago, you are mere
wreck of what you once were. mus
gather up the SORROWS of your pas
life; but how shall / do itf You sa,
that is impossible, as you have had 81
many troubles and adversities. Ther
| viii Just take two, the first trouble
and the last trouble AS when you
are walking along the street, and ther
has been music in the distance, yot
unconsciously find yourselves keeping
step to the music, so when you star!ee
life your very life was a musical time
beat. Tho air was full of joy ant
i.ilarity; with the bright, clear oar yot
made the boat skip; you went on, ane
life grew brighter nntil after Will,
suddenly voice from heaven said
'Halta and quick as the SUNSHINE
! you halted; you grew pale, you con
fronted your first sorrow. You hat
no idea that the flush on your child
cheek was an unhealthy flush. Yo'
said IL can't be anything serious
Death in slipperea feet walked roun'
: about the cradle. You llid not hea
, the tread; bait after while the trltl
flashed on you You walked the hooF
Oh. If YOU could, with your strong
} stout hand hnyo Mrenched that chill.