The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-07-18

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THE HAMPToNs, July f4.-The sub
iect of the Rev DIR. T. Dc Witt Tai
IMAGES sermon today was: f"rhe Bower
of Tree Branches" His text was Nehe-
miah viii, IL. go forth unto the
mount and fetch olive branches, and
pine branches, and myrtle branches.
and palm branches, and branches of
thick trees, to make booths" Follow
ing is the sermon:
1t seems as if Mount Olivet were
unmOored. The people have gone
into the mountain, and have cut off
tree branches, and put them on their
shoulders, and they come forth now
into the streets Of Jerusalem, and on
the house tops, and they twist these
tree branches into arbors or booths
Then tho people come forth from their
comfortable homes, and dwell for
seven days In these booths or arbors
Why do they do that7 We'll, it Is a
great festal time. 1t is the feast of
tabernacles; and these people are
going TO celebrate the desert travel of
their fathers and their delivorance
from their troubles, the experience of
their fathers when, travelling in tho
desert, they lived in booths on their
way TO the land OF Canaan. And so
these booths also become highly sug-
gestiveI will not say they are neces-
sarily typical, but highly suggestive
of our march toward heaven, and of
the fact that we are cSly living tenn
porarily here, as it were, in booths or
arbors, on our way 10 the Canaan of
eternal rest
And what was said to the Jews
literally may today be said fgura-
lively TO all this audience. Go forth
into the mountain, and fetch olive
branches, and pine branches, and
myrtle branches, and palm branches,
and branches of thick trees to make
booths Yes, we are only here in =
temporary residence. We arc march
ing on Tho merchant princes who
used TO live in Bowling Green, New
York, have passed away, and THEN
residences are now the folds of cheap
merchants. Where arc the men who
fifty years ago owned Now York
Passed on.
There Is no use in our driving oW
stakes too deep into tho earth we are OF
the march The generations that have
preceded us have gone so far on thai
we cannot even hoar the sound OF
their footsteps. They have gone over
the hills, and we are to follow them
But, blessed be God, we are not in this
world left out of doors and unshel
tcrc6. There are gospel booths, OF
gugpel asbors in which our souls arc
70 be conforted. Go forth unto the
mountain, and fetch olive branches
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branches, and palm branches, anC
branches Of thick trees, and built
booths
TIE ARDoR OF THE GOSPEL.
Well, now we are today to construct
o gospel arbor, or gospel booth; and
how shall we construct it2 Well, We
must get all the tree branches and
build. According TO my text we must
go up into tho mount and bring olive
branches. What does that mean1
The olive tree grows IN warm eli
mates, and it renchcs the height OF
twenty or twenty-five feet, q straight
stem, and then an oflshoot from that
stem. And then people como, and they
strip off these branches sometimes
md when in time of war the genera
of ono army takes ono OF these Olive
branches and goes out to the genera
of another army, what does that tmean
Why, IL means, unsaddle the wal
chargers. 1t means hang up the wa
knapsacks. 1t is but Il beautiful wa!
OF saying, Peaco
Now, if wo are today going to sue
cecd in building this gospel arbor, W.
must 90 into the Mount OF Gods bless
ing, and fetch the olive branches, an'
whatever else we must have, we mus
havo at least two olive branches
peace with God and peace with man
When | say peace with God, l do no
mean to represent God as n blood,
chieftain, having a grudge against us
but ! do mean to Affirm thtre IS II,
moro antagonism between a hount
aud IL hare, bctwCon "A hawk and
pullet, between elephant and swine
than there is hostility between holi
ness and sin. And if God is all holi
ness. and we are all sin, there mus
be n rcadiustmont, there must be a re
construction, there must be II treaty
there must bo stretching forth o
olive branches.
THE HUMAN vs.. THE DIVINE.
There is II great lawsuit going ol
now, and it is lawsuit which man
bringing against his Maker; that law
suit is now ON tho calendar. IL IS tn
human versus the divine; 1t is iniquit
versus the Immaculate; it is weakness
versus omnipotcncc. Man began il
God did not begin the lawsuit w
began il; wo assaulted our Maker, ant
the sooner we end this part of tn
struggle in which the Hnito attempt
To overthrow the infinite and Omnip
otcut, the sooner we end IL the better
Travellers tell us there is no sucl
place rs Mount Calvary, that it is onl.
hill only an insignificant hill; bu
| persist in calling it the mount o
Gods divine mercy and love, fa
grandcr than any other place on earth
grander than tho Alps or lIimalayas
aud there are no other hills as CON
pared with it; and | have noticed i
every sect where tho cross of Christ
set forth, it is planted with div
branches. And all wo have to do
90 get rid of this war between God an
ourselves, of which we are all tired
We want to back out OF the war, W
want to get rid of this hostility. A
we have 10 do Is Just IL get up on th
these olive branches and wave thcr
before the throne. Peace through on
Lord Jesus Christi
Oh, il don't make much differenc
what the world thinks Of you-wht
this king, that queen, that senate
thinks of you. But come into th
warm, intimate, glowing and everlas
ing relationship with the God of II
round universe; that is the JOY th(
makes hallelujah seem stupid. Al
why do we want TO have peace throug
our Lord Jesus Christi Why, If "
had gone on in ten thousand years
war against God, we could not hay
captured so much as n sword or en-
airy stirrup, or twisted off ono of Il
wheels of the chariot of his omnip
teuce. But the moment we bring tn
olive branch God and all heayo
como on our side. Peace through OF
Lord Jesus Christ; and no other XII
of peace is worth anything.
DON'T QUARREL
But then we must have that 9TH
olive branch, peace with man. No
il Is very easy TO get up a quarre
There are gunpowdery Christians q
around us, and one match of prov
cation will se< them off. 1t is ca,
enough TO get up quarrel. But, n
brother, don't you think you had b,
ter have your horns sawed Off III
you not better make an apolog
Had you not better submit to lit
humiliationi Oh, you say, until tn
man takes the first step | will new
be at peace with him; nothing W
be done until he is ready TO take t
first step. You are pretty Christia
When would this world be saved
Christ had not taken the first ste