The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-07-26

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The learned men were aston1sned; they
thought he would take weeks or mouths
TO get ready. Well. now, you tell me you
want to be earnest for Christ; 70 want
to be useful in Christian service. When
are you going to begin? Oh that yot have
the-decision to say: s'To day, now!" Go
now into the mount and gather the palm
branches.
But the palm branch also meant victory.
In all ages, in all lands, the palm branch
means victory. We are by nature the
servants of Satan. He stole US; he has
his eye on us; he wants to keep US. The
word comes from our Father that H. we
will try to break loose from this doing of
wrong our Father will help US; and some
day we rouse up, and we look the black
tyrant in the face, and we Fly at him, aud
We wrestle him down, and we put our heel
on his neck, and we grind him in the
dust, and we say: Victory, victory,
through our Lord Jesus ChristW Oh,
what grand thing it is TO have sin under
foot and a wasted life behind our backs.
blessed is he whose transgression is
forgiven, and whose sin is covered"
'But," says the man, Il feel so sick and
worn out with tho ailments of life"
You are going to pc more than con-
queror.
SBut," says the man." am so tempt
ed, SO pursued in life"
You are going to be moro shan con-
queror.
Il, who have so many ailments and
heartaches, going to be more than con-
queror?"
Yes, unless you are so self conceited
that you want to manage all the affairs of
your life yourself instead of letting God
manage them. Do you want to drive and
have G. cd take a back seat? Oh, 10, you
say; 1 want God to be my leader. Well,
then, you will Be- moro than cong Jsror.
Your last sickness Will come and the
physicians in the next room will be etAlk-
ing about what they viii do for you.
What difference will it make what they
do for you? You are going TO be well,
eyerlastingIy we'll. Aud when the spirit
has fed the body your friends viii be
talking as to where they shall bury you.
What difference does it make to yoa
where they bury you? The angel OF the
resurr ectIon can pick you out OF the dust
anywhere, and all the cemeteries Of the
earth are in GODS care.
Oh, you are going to be more than con-
qucror. Don't you think we had Better
begin now to celebrate the coming VIC
tory? In the Old meeting house at Sum
meryille my father used to lead the sing
ing, and lie had the old fashioned tuning.
fork, and he would strike it upon his
knee, and then put the tuning fork to his
ear TO catch the right pitch and start the
hymn. But. friend, DON'T you think we
had better be catching the pitch of the
eVerlas ting song, the song of victory
when we shall be more than conquerors?
Had we not better begin the rehearsal en-
earth? ''They shall hunger no moro,
neither thirst any more; neither shall the
sun light on them, nor any heat. For the
lamb which is in the midst of the throne
shall feed them, and shall lead them to
living foun tains of wafer; and God shall
wipe all tears from their eyes"
ity Of Eternity, to thy bridal halls
From this prison would flee;
a h, glory that's for you and me.
Ny text brings up one step further. II
says 60 forth into the mount and fetch
olive branches, ard zine branches aud
myrtle branches, and branches Of thick
trees. Now, you know very well that
booth or arbor made of slight branches
would not stand. The first blast OF the
tempest would PROSTATE it. So, then, the
booth or arbor must have four stout poles
to hold up the aTboT or booth; and hence
for the building Of the arbor or booth of
this world we must have stout branches
Of thick trees.
And so it is in the Gospel arbor.
blessed lie God that we have brawny
storms of life Will come upon us, and we
want strong doctrine; NOS only love, but
Justice; not only invitation, but warning;
1t is mighty Gospel; it Is an or1nipOtent
Gospel. There are the stout branches Of
thick trees.
I remember what Mr.. Finney said in a
schooI-house in this State. The village
was so bad it was called Sodom, and it
was said to have only one good man in
Finney, preaching, described the destruc-
ton of Sodom, and the preacher declared
that God would rain destruction upon his
hearers unless they, too, repented And
the people in the school house sat
and ground their teeth in anger aud
c1inched their fists in indignatioE,; but
before he was through with his sermon
they got down on their knees and cried
for mercy while mercy could be found.
Oh, it is a mighty Gospel; not only an in
vitatiOn, but warning; an omnipotent
truth, stout branches Of thick trees.
Well, my friends, | have shown You
here is the olive branch of peace, here is
the pine branch Of evergreen Gospel con-
ISOLATION, here the palm tree branch Of
usefulness and victory, and here are the
stout branches of tuck trees. The Cos
rel arbor is done. The leaves rustic with
tho gladness of Goo. Come into the ar
Dor. l went out at different times with a
fowler to the mountains to catch pigeons;
and we made our Looth, we sat in that
booth and watched for the pigeons to
come. And we found 1ocks in the sky,
and after awhile they dropped into the
net and we were successful. So l come
now to the door of this Gospel booth and
I look out, I see flocks Of souls flying
hither and flying thither. Oh, that they
might come like clouds and as doves to
the window. Come into the booth. Come
into the booth.
MARVELLOUS COURAGE;