The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-05

words, played 1t on harp Mrs. Hemans,
not finding enough power In prose. SINCE
that praise in canto. Christopher Wren,
unable to describe it in language, sprung
1t from the arches Of St Paups. John
Bunyan. unable to present it in ordinary.
phraseology, takes all the fascination OF
allegory. Handel, with ordinary music
unable to reach the height OF the theE.e.
rouses it up in an oratorio. Oh, there Is
no life on earth so happy as really Chris
tian life. lido not mean sham Christian
life but real Christian life. Where
there Is a thorn there is whole garla nd
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 know-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; II he walk forth,
Heaven Is his body guard; II he lie
down to sleep, ladders OF light angel
blossoming, are let into his dreams; II he
be thirsty the poteutstes of Heaven are
his cup bearers; il he sit down to food, his
plain table blooms into the Kings ban.
quet Men say: Look at that old fellow
with the worn out coat;" the angels Of
God cry, lift up your head, ye everlast-
ing gates, and let him como in =! Fastidi.
Gus people cry: Get of my front steps;'
the or.keepers Of Heaven cry: "Comss
you tlessed Of my Father, inherit the
kingdomw When he comes to die, though
he may be carried out In pine box to the
potter's field, to that potter's field the
chariots of Christ will come down, and the
cavalcade will crowd all the boulevards Of
Heaven.
bless Christ for the present satisfact ton
OF religion. 1t makes . man oil right
with reference to the past; itmakes q man
all right with reference to the future Oh
these neither springs of comiortl They
are perennial. The foundation of God
standeth sure having this seal. 'SThe
Lord knoweth them that are His" THE
mountains shall depart and the bills be
removed, but my kindness shall not de.
part 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 tribu
lationl When you see, you Of the world
what satisfaction there Is on earth In re.
ligion, do you not thirst after it a. thu
daughter OF Caleb thirsted after the water
springs? It 10 no stagnant pond. scum
med over with malaria, but springs Of
water leaping from the Rock Of Ages
Take up one cup Of that spring water, and
across the top Of the chalice will fost thu
delicate shadows OF the heavenly wall
the yellow Of Jasper, the green Of emerald
the blue Of sardonyx the fire Of jacinth.
! wish I could make you understand The
Joy religion is to some Of US. 1t makes .
man happy while he lives, and glad wher
he dies. With two feet upon chair and
bursting with dropsies. heard an old mar
In the Poor House cry out: "Bless thu
Lord, oh my soul" Hooked sx9YSd ant
said: "What has this man gotpthanl
God forW 1t makes the lame man leaT
like the hart and the dumb sing. They
say that the old Puritan religion is . Juice
less and joylsss religion. But remember
reading Of DR.. Goodwin. the celebrate.
Puritan, who in his last moments said
As this dyingf Why. my bow abdss IL
strength l am swallowed up in God.
''Her ways are ways of pleasantness, ant
all hor paths are peace" Oh, you who
have been trying to satisfy yourselves
with the south land" Of this world d.
you not feel that you would, this morning
like to have access to the neither spring
Of spiritual comfort? Would you not lik'
to have Jesus Christ bend over your cradle
and bless your table and heal you
wounds, and strew flowers of consolation
Ill up and down the graves Of your dead
'Tis religion that can give
Sweetest pleasures while we live;
IT'S religion can supply
Sweetest comfort when VIC die.
But have something better to tell you
suggested by this text 1t seems that OLE
Father Caleb, on the wedding day Of hi
laughter, wanted to make her just a:
happy as possible Though Othnel was
taking her away, and his heart was al
most broken because she was going, ye
ne gives her south land;" not only
that, but the neither springs; not only that
but the upper springs. o, God, my
Father, thank Thee that Thou hast givei
me south land" in this world, and III
neither springs OF spiritual comfort in thi
world; but more than all, thank The
for the upper springs in Heaven. 1t il
very fortunate that we can not see HEAVIER
until we get into it. Oh! Christian man
it, you could see what place tits we woul'
never get you back again to the office o
store or shop, and the duties you ought t.
perform would go neglected. am glad
shall not see that world until enter IL
Suppose We were allowed to 60 on an ex
cursion into that good land with tn
idea of returning. When we got there
and heard the song, and looked at thei
raptured faces, and mingled in the supern
al society, We would cry out: Let u
stay! We are coming here anyhow. VIII!
take the trouble of going back again t,
that old world? We are here now, let u
stay" And it would take angelic violenc
to put US out of that world if once we 60
there. But as people who can not affor'
to pay for an entertainment sometime
come around II and look through the doc
ajar or through the openings in the fonce
so we come and look through the crevice
| in that good land which God has provid.
for u.s. We can just catch glimpse Of il
We come near enough to hear the rum
bling of the eternal orchestra Thong
not near enough to know who blows tn
cornet or who fingers the harp. My sou
spreads out both wings and cIaps them il
triumph at the thought Of those uppe
springs. One Of them breaks from beneath
the throne; another breaks forth from be
| meath ths altar If the temDle. another a