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

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| scourge with which TO whip your an
| tagonist, your enemy, you had better
| get up on the radiant mount where
| Christ suffered for his enemies. and
| just take an olive branch. not strip
| ping off the soft, cool, fragrant leaves,
but leaving them all on, and then try
on them that gospel switch. It won't
| hurt them, and it will save you.
| Peace with God; peace with man. If
| you cannot take those two doctrines
| you are no Christian.
Blest be the tie that binds
| Our hearts In Christian love;
| The Fellowship of kindred minds
| Ii like 70 that above
Il .From sorrow, toll and pain,
| And Sin we shall be free;
| And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.
But my text goes further. 1t says:
| Go up into the mountain and fetch
olive branches and pine branches.
Now what is suggested by the pine
branches2 The pine tree is healthy; it
is aromatic; it is evergreen. How often
the physician says to his invalid pa
tients; 'Go and have breath of the
pines That will invigorate you"
Why do such thousands of people go
south every year2 1t is not merely to
get 10 a warmer climate, but to get to
the influence of tho pine. There is
health in it, and this pine branch of
the text suggests the healthfulness of
our holy religion; it is full of health,
health for health for the mind,
health for tn, ul
DINED DAILY WITH THE KING.
| knew an aged man, who had no
capital of physical health. He had
| had all the diseases you could imagine;
he did not eat enough to keep a child
alive; he lived on a beverage Of hosan-
mas. He lived high, for he dined
every day with the king. He was kept
alive simply by the force of our holy
religion 1t is a healthy religion;
| healthy for tho eye, healthy for the
hand, healthy for the feet, healthy for
| the heart, healthy for the liver, healthy
for the spleen, healthy for the whole
man. 1t gives man such peace, such
quietness, such independence of cir
cumstonces, such holy equipoise. Oh
that wo all possessed it, that we pos
sessed it now. / mean that it is healthy
If man gets enough of it. Now, there
are some people who get just enough
religion to bother them, just enough
religion to make them sick; but If a
man take full, deep, round inhala-
ton of these pine branches Of the gos-
pei arbor, he will find it buoyant ex-
uberant, undying, immortal health.
But this pine branch of my text also
suggests the simple fact that it is an
evergreen. What does thispine branch
care for tho snow on its brow2 1t Is
only crown of glory The winter
cannot freeze it out This evergreen
tree branch is as beautiful in winter as
it is in the summer. And that is the
characteristic Of our holy religion; in
the sharpest, coolest winter of mis-
fortune and disaster, it is as good q re
ligion as 1t is in the bright summer
sunshine. Well, now that is a prac-
teal truth For if should 90 up and
down these aisles, / would not find in
this house fifty people who had had
no trouble. But there are some of you
who have especial trouble God only
knows what you go through with.
| Oh, how many bereavements, how
many poverties, how many per-
secutionsi How many misrepre-
sentationsl And now, my brother,
you have tried verything else, why
don't you try this evergreen religion2
1t is just as good for you now as it was
in the days of your prosperity; it is
better for you. Perhaps some of you
feel almost like Muckle Backie, the
fisherman, who was chided one day
because he kept on working although
that very day he buried his child.
They came to him and said: ut is in
decent for you to be mending that
boat when this afternoon you buried
your child" And the fisherman look
ed up and said: "Sir, it is very easy
for you gentlefolks to stay III the
house with your rhandkcrchiefs to your
eyes in grief; but, sir, ought / to let
the other five children starve because
ono of them Is drownod2 No, sir, we
maun work, we maun work, though
our hearts beat like this hammer"
RELIGION CAN HELP YOU.
You may have had accumulation Of
sorrow and misfortune. They come
in locks, they come in herds upon
your soul; and yet l have to tell you
that this religion can console you,
that it can help you, that it can deliver
you if nothing else will. Do you tell
me that the riches and the gain of this
world can console you2 How was it
with tho man who had such fond
ness for money that when he was sick
he ordered basin OF gold pieces to be
brought to him, and he put his gouty
hands down among the gold pieces,
cooling his hands off in them, and the
rattle and rolling of these gold pieces
were his amusement aud entertain
mcnt. All, the gold and silver, the
honors, the emoluments of this world
are a poor solace for peIturbed spirit.
You want something better than this
world can give. A young prince,
when the children came around to
play with him, refused to play. He
said ! will play only with kings.
And it might be supposed that you
would throw away all other solace be-
fore this regal satisfaction, this inn
perial Joy. Ye who are sons and
daughters of the Lord Almighty ought
to play only with kings,
The hill Of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reaoh the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
THE HONORED PALM TREE
But my text takes further step and
it says, "Go into the mountain, and
fetch olive branches, and pine branches,
, and palm branches" Now, the palm
tree was very much honored by the
ancients 1t had three hundred anc
sixty different uses. The fruit wa:
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