The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-12-26

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the royal family. 1t was taken up to
the kings residence, and for the hon.
esty of the man in bringing it back he
had house given to him, and gar
den and farm. Who was it that
sent the raven tapping on the windowi
The same God that sent the raven to
feed Elijah by the brook Cherith.
Christ in the hour of extremityi
You mourIsed over your sins You
could not find the way out You sat
down and said: 'sGod will not be
merciful. He has cast me off," but in
that, the darkest hour of your history,
light broke from the throne, and Jesus
said: 30 wandcrer, come home. /
have seen all thy sorrows. In this,
the hour of thy extremity, l offer thee
pardon and everlasting hfeln
Trouble came. You were almost
torn to pieces by that trouble. Ysm
braced yourself UP against it. You
said: II will. be stole, and will not
care" but before you had got through
making the resolution. it broke down
under you. You felt that all your re-
sources were gone, and then Jesus
came. I'm the fourth watch of the
night" the Bible says. Jesus came
walking on the sea" Why did he not
come in the first watchl or in the sec
ond watcha or in the third waicha /
do not know. He came IN the fourth,
and gave deliverance to his disciples.
Jesus in the last extremity
WILL YOU LET CHRIST costEi
Iwonder if il will be so in our very
last extremity. We shall fall sud
denly sick, and doctors will come, but
in vain. We will try the anodynes
and the stimulants and the bathings,
but all in vain. Something will say;
You must 60" No one 10 hold us
back, but the hands of eternity
stretched out to pull us on. What
then2 Jesus will come to us, and as
we say, Lord jesus, am afraid Of
that water; cannot wade through to
the other side," he will say, Take
hold Of my arm" and we will take
hold of his arm, and then he will put
his foot in the surf of the wave, taking
us on down deeper, deeper, deeper,
and our soul will cry: "All thy waves
and pillows have gone over me. !"
They cover the feet, como to the knee,
pass the girdle and come to the head,
and our soul cries out: Lord Jesus
Christ, | cannot hold thine ann any
longer" Then Jesus will turn around,
throw both his arms about us, and set
us on the beach, far beyond thu toss.
ing of the pillows. Jesus in the last
extremity.
That wedding scene is gone now
The wedding ring has been lost, tho
tankards have been broken, the house
Is down; but Jesus invites us to a
grander wedding. You know the Bible
says that the church is the lambs
wife, and the Lord will after awhile
come TO fetch her home. There will
be cleaning of torches in the sky, and
the trumpets of God will ravish the air
with their music; and Jesus will stretch
out his hand, and the church, robcd in
white, will put aside her veil, and
look up into the face of her Lord the
king, and the bridegroom will say TO
the bride: Thou hast been faithful
through all these years. The mansion
is ready Come homel Thou art fair,
my Lowell" and then he shall put upon
her brow the crown of dominion, and
the table will be spread, and it will
reach across the skies, and the mighty
ones of heaven will come in, garland
ed with beauty and striking their
cymbals; and the bridegroom and
bride will stand at the head of the
table, and the banqueters, looking up,
will wonder and admire, and say
THAT is Jesus the bridegroom But
the scar on his brow is covered with
the cororet, aud the stab in his side is
covered with robew and That is
the bridel The WEAKNESS Of her
Earthly woe lost in the flush of this
wedding triumph
There will be wine enough at that
wedding; not coming up from the
poisoned watts of earth, but the Vine
yards of God will press their ripcst
clusters, and the cups and the tankards
will blush to the brim with the heav-
emily vintage, and then all the ban
queters viii drink standing. Esther
having come up from the bacchana-
liam revelry OF Ahasuerus, where q
thousand lords Toasted, will be there.
And the queen of Sheba, from the
banquet OF Solomon, will be there.
And the mother Of Jesus, from the
wedding in Cana, will be there. And
they all will agree that the earthly
feasting was poor compared with that.
Then, lifting their chalices in that
holy light, they shall cry 10 the Lord
of the feast: Thou hast kept the good
wine until now"