The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-12-05

Ianel Shout 1t down that dark alleyi
Let all Joppa hear it, Dorcas is res
urrectedl
GOOD DEEDS LIVE ALWAYS.
You and have seen the same thing
many time; not dead body resusci-
tated, but the deceased coming up
again after death in the good accom-
plished. Ii man labors up to fifty
years of age, serving God, and then
dies, we are apt to think that his earth
ly work is done. No. His influence
on earth will continue till the world
ceases. Services rendered for Christ
never stop. A Christian woman tolls
for the upbuilding of a church
through many anxieties, through
many self denials, with prayers
and tears, and then she dies.
1t is fifteen years since she went
away. Now the spirit of God descends
upon that church; hundreds of souls
stand up and confess the faith of
Christ Has that Christian woman,
who Went away fifteen years ago,
nothing to do with these things2 /
see the Towering out of her noble
heart. hear the echo of her footsteps
in all the songs over sins forgiven, in
all the prosperity of the church. The
good that seemed to be buried has come
up again. Dorcas is resurrected.
After a while all these womanly
friends of Christ will put down their
needle forever. After making gar
ments for others, some one will make
a garment for them; the. last robe we
ever wear-the robe for the grave.
You will have heard the last cry of
pain. You will have witnessed the
last orphanage. You will have come
in worn out from your last round of
mercy. / do not know where YOU
will sleep, nor what your epitaph will
be; but there will be lamp burning
at that tomb and an angel of God
guarding it, and through all the long
night no rude foot viii disturb the
dust Sleep on, sleep onl Soft bed,
pleasant shadows, undisturbed repose
Sleep on!
Asleep in Jesusl Blessed sleepi
From which none ever wake to Weep
Then one day there will be a sky
rending, and whirl of wheels, and
the flash of q pageant; armies march
ing, chains clanking, banners waving,
thunders booming, and that Christian
woman will arise from the dust, and
she will be suddenly surrounded
rounded by the wanderers of the street
whom she reclaimed, surrounded by
the wounded souls to whom she had
administered Daughter of God, SO
strangely surrounded, what means
this2 1t means that reward has come,
that the victory is won, that the crown
is ready, that the banquet is spread.
Shout it through all the crumbling
earth. Sing it through all the flying
heavens. Dorcas is resurrected!
CHRISTS GREAT GIFT.
In 1855, when some of the soldiers
came back from the Crimean war to
London, the Queen of England dis
tributed among them beautiful medals,
called Crimean medals Galleries
were erected for the two houses of par
Lament and the royal family to sit in.
There was great audience to witness
the distribution of the medals A colo
mel who had lost both feet in the battle
of Lnkerman was pulled in on a wheel
chair; others came in limping on their
crutches. Then the queen of England
arose before them in the name of her
government, and uttered words of
commendation to the officers and
men, and distributed these medals, in
scribed with the four great battlefields,
Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman and Sc
bastopol. AS the queen gave these to
the wounded men and the wounded
officsrs, the bands of music struck up
the national air, and the people with
streaming eyes joined in the song:
iOlc caua ctlrrr cic