The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-01-01


wonders In nature and providence
wonders of mind an 4 body, wonders OF
earth and air, and deep analogies and
nntithenes; all colors and sounds; lyrics
in the air; idyls in the field; conflagra-
tions IN the sunset; robes OF mist on the
mountains; and the 'Grnnd March" of
God in the storm.
But for the soul still higher adapta-
tion; ladder by which il may wash; q
ladder by which IL may climb; song
OF endless triumph that IL may sing; a
crown Of unfnding light that II may
wear Christ came to save it--came
with a cross on his back; came with
spikes in his feet; came when no one
else would come, to do n work which
no one else would do Sec how suited
TO mans condition is what God has
done for himl Man Is q sinner; here 10
| pardon. He has lost Gods image; Christ
retraces it. He is helpless; Almighty
grace Is proffered. He Is lost wan
derer; Jesus brings him home. He Is
Blind and at one touch of Him who
cured Bartlmeus eternal glories stream
Cure OF worst disease! Hammer tc
smite off heaviest chainl Light for the
thickest darlSnessl Grace divinel Devils
scoff at IL, and men reject it. but
Heaven celebrates it.
l wish you good cheer for the ma
tional health. Pestilence, that In other
years has come to drive out its thous.
and hearses TO Greenwood and Laurel
Ill., has not visited our nation. 1t Is a
glorious thing To be we'll. How strange
that we should keep our health when
one breath from "a marsh, or the sting
Of an insect, or the slipping of foot or
the falling of tree branch might ia.
tally assault our lifc Regularly the
lungs work, and their motion seems to
be n spirit within us painting after its
immortality. Our sight fails not,
though the air Is so full of objects
which by one touch break out the
souls window. What ship, after
years tossing on the sea, could come in
with so little damage MS ourselves
though we arrive after years voyage
to-day?
wish you good cheer for the national
harvest. Reaping- never
swathed thicker rye, and corn-husker's
peg never ripped fuller ear, and now
poles never bent down under sweeter
hay, and wind-mill's hopper never
shook out larger wheat Long trains
of white covered wagons have brought
the wealth down to the great thorough
fares. The garncrs are full, the store
bnpsoa ara oynrcro%y1c6 tba rano1s ara
blocked with freights pressing down
to the markets. The cars rumble all
through tho darkness and whistle up
the flngman ut the dead of night TO let
the western harvests come down TO feed
the mouths of the great cities. A race
of kings has taken possession of this
land-King Cotton, King Corn, King
Wheat King Rice, King Grass, King
Coal
/ wish you good cheer for civil and
religious liberty. No official spy
watches our entry here, nor does an
armed soldier interfere with the honest
utterance of truth We stand here to-
day with our arms free to work. and
our tongues free to speak. This Bible,
IL is all unclaspcd, this pulpit, there
Is no chain around about il. There
is no swapping of musketry in the
street Blessed be God that to-day we
are free men, with the prospect and de-
termination of always being free.
No established religion; Jow and Gen.
tile, Arminian and Calvinist, Trinita-
rian and Unitarian, Protestant and
Roman Catholic, on the same footing.
If persecution should come against the
most unpopular of all the sects, be-
lieve that all other denominations
would band together and arm them
selves, and hearts would be stout, and
blood would DO free, and the right OF
men to worship God according TO the
dictates of their consciences would DO
contested at the point of the bayonet,
and with blood flowing up to the bits
of the horses brides.
For mcrcies temporal and spiritual
let consecrated lives be offered. Wher.
ever Gods light shines and Gods rain
descends, and Gods mercy broods, let
the thanksgiving arise!