The Forrest City times., 1890-05-31


 como. From the time of Louis the Twelfth to Louis tho Eighteenth was there strawbottom ehalr In France that did not Aet niore solidily than the great throne ou which tho French kings reignedi
 Were 1 called to sketch misery in its worst form. would not 90 up tho dark alley of the poor, but up the highway over which prancing Bucephali strike the sparks with their hoofs and between statuary and parks of stalking depr Wretchedness is moro bitter when swallowei from gommed gobiets than from earthen pitcher or pewter mug. If there aro young people hero who are looking for this position and that circum stance, thinking that worldly success will bring peace of tho soul, let thsm shatter the delusion. It Is not what wa get it is what we are, Daniel among tho lions is happier than Nebu haduezzar ou his throne. And when life Is closing, brillianoy of W orld Y surroundings will bs no solace. Death Is blind, and sees no difference between a king and his clown, between the Nag irene and tho Athenian, between a bookless hut and national library. The frivolities of life, cannot with their giddy laugh, echoing from heart to heart entirely drown the voice of tremendous cohscicnce which says: ''I am immortal. The stars shall die, but ani immortal One wave of eternity shall drown time in its depth, but am immortal The earth shall have shroud of fame and the heavens fec at tho glance of the Lord, but I am immortal From all the heights and depths Of my nature rim s down, and rings up, and rings out the word immortal ' A good conscience and assurance Of life eternal through the Lord Jesus Christ are tho only securities.
 The souls happiness is too large craft to sail up the stre nm of worldly pleasure. As ship carpenters say, It dr .ws to much water. This earth ia a bubble, and 1t will burst. This life is vision, and it will soon pass away Time It is oaly rip pie, and it breaketh against the throne of judgement Our daysl They fly swifter than shuttle, weaving for us q robe ct triumph or a garment Of shame Begin your life with religion and for it's greatest trial you will be ready. Every day will be a triumph and death will be only a Kings servant calling you to a royal banquet
 In olden time the man who was to receive tho honors of knighthooi was requirei to spend the previous night fully armed, and with shield and lance to walk up and down among the tonbs Of the dead. Through all tn, hours of that night his steady step was heard, and. when morning dawnei, amid grand parade and the sound of comets the honors of knighthooi were bestowed. Thus 1t shall be with the good mans soul in the night before heaven. Fully armed with shield and sword and helmst, hs shall watch and wait until the darRness fly and the morning brsas, and amid the sound of celestial harpin .s the soul shall take the honors Of heaven amid tho innumcrable throng with robes snowy white streaming over seas of sapphire.
 Mordecii will only have to wait for his day Of triumph. IL took all the nreceei iing trials to make a proper backg round for bis after successes. The seaffold built for him makes all the more imposing and pictur. esquc the horse into whoso long white mano he twisted his fingers at the mount ing. You want as least two misfortunes, hard as flint to strike fire. Heavy and long continued snows in the winter are sigus of good crops next tsummer. So many havo yielded wonderful harvests Of beneyo- lence and energy, because they were long while showed under No must have a good many hard falls bsfore we lelrn to walk straight 1t Ia ou the black anvil of trouble tha: men hammer out their fortunes Sorrows take up men on their shoulders and cnthrone them. Tonics are nearly always bitter. Men. like frutt trcos, ara barren, unless trimmed with sharp knives. They are ike wheat--ail tho better for the failing IL required the prison darkness and chill to make John Banyan dream, It took Delaware leo ani cold Iecs at Nslley Forge, and ths whisz of bullets, to make a Washington. Paul. when he climbed nr on the beach of Aialita, saiverlng in his wet clothes, WAS moro of a Christian thln when tho ship struck tue breakers Pres colt, the histori n, saw better without his eyes than he could ever have secn with them. A!ordecsl. despised at tho gate, is only predecessor of herdseai. srandly mounted