The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-24
The trumpet gives martial strain
o Israeli grid thee for the hght;
Arise, the combat 10 maintain;
Arise, and put thy foes to flight.

Ar1se the combat 20 maintain;
Arise, and put thy foes to flight.
We also feel reinforced by the
thought that we are on the way to
heaven that can never burn down.
Fires may sweep through other cities
but am glad to know that the New
Jerusalem is freproof. There will be
no engines rushing through those
streets; there will be no temples con-
sumed in that city. Coming to the
doors of that Church, we will find
them open, resonant with songs, and
not cries of fire. Oh. my dear brother
and sister, If this short lane of life
comes up SO soon to that blessed place,
what is the use of our worrying7 |
have felt good many times this last
week like Father Taylor, the sailor
preacher. He got in long sentence
while he was preaching one day, and
lost himself, and could not find his
way out Of the sentence. He stopped
and said: Brethren, I have lost the
nominative Of this sentence, and things
are generally mixed up, but I am bound
for the kingdom anyhow"
And during this last week, when /
saw the rushing to and fro and the
excitement, I said to myself, II do not
know just where we shall start again,
but am bound for the kingdom any
how" do not want TO go just yet
want to be pastor Of this people un-
til / am about eighty-nine years of
age, but / have sometimes thought
that there are such gleries ahead that
may be persuaded to go little ear
lier-for instance, at eishty-two or
eighty. three; but really think that,
II we 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 good land Why,
they tell me that in that land they
never have heart ache. 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 have left us and gone
there, their feet are radiant as the sun,
and that they take hold of the hand of
Jesus familiarly, and that they open
that hand and See in the palm of it
healed wound that must have been
very cruel before it was healed And
they tell me that there is no winter
there, and that they never get hungry
or cold, ard that the sewing girl never
wades through the snow bank to her
daily toll, and that the clock never
strikes twelve for the night, but only
twelve for the day.
JESUS LIGHTS THE WAY
See that light in the window I
wonder who set it there. "Ohm you
say, my father that went into glory
must have set that light In the win
dow" No; guess again. my mother.
who died fifteen years ago in Jesus, I
think must have set that light there"
No; guess again You say, My dar-
ling little child, that last summer /
put away for the resurrection, / think
she must have set that light there In
the window" No; guess again. Jesus
set 1t there; and he will keep 1t burn
ing until the day we put our finger
on the latch of the door and go in 10
be at home forever Oh! when my
sight gets black in death, put on my
eyelids that sweet ointment. When
In the last weariness ! cannot take
another step, ust help me put my foot
ON that doorsill. When my ear catches
no more the voices of wife and child,
let me 40 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
kindled in the heart of the earth, but
are hidden because God keeps down
the hatches-those internal fires will
,ftn. n rxyh.Ia hraalr N ~r,,orh tha ar1,cf
and the plains, and the mountains,
and the seas will be consumed, and
the flames will fling their long arms
into the skies; but all the terrors of
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 land! But do
not went to 90 there until see the
BROOKLYN Tabernacle rebuilt You
sav, ''Will ii be- You miQh IS well
ask me il the sun will rise toT.lorrow
morning, or if the next spring will
put garlands on its head. You and |
may not do oit-you and may not live
to see it; but the Church of God does
not stand on two legs nor on a thou
sand legs.
How did the Israelites get through
may have come and said: There is no
need of trying; you win get your feet
wet; You will spoil your clothes; you
will drown yourselves. Whoever
heard OF getting through such a sea
as thatf" How did they get through
itY Did they go backf No. Did they
go to the rightl No. Did they go to
the lefta No. They went forward in
the strength of the Lord Almighty; f;
and that is the way we mean to get
through the Red sea. BY going for
ward But says some one: IF we
should build larger church. would
you be able with yourWoice to fill itf"
Why, | have been wearing myself out
for the last sixteen years in trying to
keep my voice in. Give me room
where | can preach the glories of
Christ and the grandeurs of heaven.
Forward We have to march on,
breaking 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
better mission than you are sent on.
Prove yourselves worthy. If lam not
| fit to be your leader, set me aside. The
brightest goal on earth that 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. I have good
physical health; 1t is yours as long as
II lasts. ] have enthusiasm of soul; ]
will not keep it back from your serv-
ice. | have soma faith In God, and
shall direct Ii toward the rebuilding OF
our new spiritual house. Come on,
then. ! will lead you.
Come on, ye aged men, not yet
passed over Jordanl Give US one more
lift before you go into the promised
land. You men in middle life, har
ness all your business faculties to this
enterprise. Young man, put the fire
Of your soul into this work. Let wo-
men consecrate their persuasiveness
and persistence to this cause, and they
will be preparing bcnedictions foi
their dying hour and everlasting re
wards; and il Satan really did burn
that Tabernacle down, as some people
say he did, he will find 1t the poorest
Job he ever undertook.
eiooD-BY TO THE OLD.
Good by, old Tabernacle put my
fingers to my lip and throw kiss &c
the departed church In the last day,
may We be able TO meet the song,
there sung, and the prayers thers
offered, and the sermons there preach
ed. Good-by, old place, where some
: OF us first felt the Gospel peace. and
| others heard the last messa ore ere they