The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-01


eighty nine years OF age, but l have |
sometimes thought that there are such |
glories ahead that may be pursuaded to |
90 q little earlier-fcr instance at eighty
two or eighty three; but l really think |
that II wo could have an appreciation OF
what God has in reserve for US, we would
want to go. stepping right out of the
Academy of Music into the glories of the
skies.
Ali that is a good land. Why. they
tell me that in that land they never have
a heartache. They tell me that man
might walk five hundred years in that
land and never see tear or hear a Sigh.
They tell me that our friends who nave
left US aud gone there, their feet are ra-
diant as the sun, and they take hold OF
the hand of Jesus Familiarity, and that
they open their hand and see IN the palm
of it healed wound that must have been
very cruel before 1t was healed. And
they tell me that there is winter there
and that they never get hungry or cold,
and that the sewing girl never Vades
through the snow bank to her daily toll,
and that the clock never strikes twelve
for the night bus only twelve for tho day.
See that light in the window, Iwon-
der who set it there. oh" yo9 say.
''my father that went into glory must
have set that light in the window" No;
guess again. ''My mother, who died tf-
teen years ago in Jesus, think must
have set that light there" Mo- guess
again. You say: ''My darling little child,
that last summer put away for the res
direction, I think she must have set that
light there in the window" No; guess
again. Jesus sat it there; and He will
keep it burning until tho day we put our
finger on the latch of the door and go in
to be at home forever. Oil when my
sight gets black III death, put on my eye
lids that sweet ointment When in the
last WEAKNESS I can not take another
step, just help ma put my foot on that
dOOrsill. When my ear catches no more
the voices Of wife and child, let me go
right in, to have my deafness cured by
the stroke OF the harpers whose fingers
fly over the strings with the anthems Of
the free.
Heaven never burns DOWN. The fires
Of the last day, that are already llindled
in the heart of the earth but are hidden
because God keeps down the matches
those internal fires will after awhile
break through the crust and the plains
and the mountains and the seas will be
consumed, and the flames will fling their
long arms into the skies; Lut all the ter
rOrs Of a burning world will do no more
harm to that Heavenly temple than the
fires Of the setting sun which kindle up
the window glass of the house on yonder
hill top. Oh, blessed landl Bdt do not
want to go there until l see the Brooklyn
| Tabernacle rebuilt You say: ''Will it
| be?' You might as we'll ask ME if the
| sun viii rise Tomorrow morning, or il
the next spring will put garIand8 Gu its
head. You and 1 may not do it-yoG and
may not live to see it; but the Church
! of God does not stand on two legs nor Cd
a thousand legs.
! How did the Israelities get through the
| Red Sea? I suppose somebody may have
| come and said: There is no need OF
| trying; you will yet your feet wet; you
| viii spoil your clothes; you will drown
! yourselves. Who ever heard of getting
| through such a sea as that?" How did
! they get through il? Did they go backf
| No. Did they go to the right? No. Did
| they go to the left? No. They went for
| ward in the strength of the Lord Al
mighty; and that is the way We mean to
| so through the Red Sea. By going for
! ward. But says one: 'If Wa should
build larger church, would you be able
| with you voice to ill itf" Why, l have
been wearing myself out for the last six
teen years in trying to keep my voice in.
| Give me room where l can preach this
glOries of Christ and the grandeurs OF
| Heaven.
Forward We have to march on, break
lug down all bridges behind us, making
! retreat impossible. Throw away your
| knapsack if it impedes your march. Keep
your sword arm free. Strike for Christ
| and His Kingdom while you may. No
people ever had a better mission than
you are sent on. Prove yourselves worthy.
If am not fit to be your leader, set me
aside. The brightest goal on earth that
1 can think Of is a country parsonage
amidst the mountains. But I am not
afraid to lead you. have some dollars;
they are at your disposal. l have good
physical health; it is yours as long as il
lasts. I have enthusiasm of soul; will
not keep it back from your services.
have some faith in God, and I shall direct
it toward the rebuilding of our spiritual
house. Come on, then. l viii lead you
Come on, ye aged men, not yet passed
! over JOrdanl Give US one more life be-
fore you go into the promise Land. You
men in middle life, harness all your bus
mess facilities to this enterprise. Young
| man, put the fire OF your soul into this
work. Let women consecrate their per,
suasiveness and persistence to this cause,
and they will be preparing benedictions
| for their dying hour and everlasting re-
wards; and If Satan really did burn thai
Tabernacle down, as some people say be
did, he viii find it the pooresg job he ever
| undertook.
Goodbye, old Tabernacle. 1 put my
!
departed church. In the last day, may
| We be able to meet the songs there sung
and the prayers there offered, and thu
sermons there preached. Goodbye ole
place, where some of us first felt the
Gospel peace, and others heard the las
message ere they fed away into the
! skiesl Goodbye, Brooklyn Tabernacle
Of 1878 But welcome our new church
Il see it as plainly as though it were al
ready buiItD Your gates wider, you
l songs more triumphant, your gathering
more glorious. Rise out of tle ashes anC
greet our waiting vision Burst on on
! souls, oh day of our church's resurrec-
. toni BY your affairs may we be prepared
! for the hour when the fire shall try every
l mans work of what sort it IS. Welcome
| Brooklyn Tabernacle OF 1901
Rye Straw for Cigars.
f The use, or the alleged use, of cabbage
, leaves for tobacco made up into larg,
cigars that sell for small prices is now al
i ! old thing. One might suppose that there il
{ / sufficient genuine tobacco raised in thi
| country and in the West Indies to meet thu