The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-09-18

ll"n lord did not mean murder and
DEATH but he meant dcliverance and
Hfe when he announced 10 us on that
LAY; 'Ye shall not see my fate Until
your brother he with you.'h
Well, my friends, this world is fam.
ine-struCk Of sin. II does not yield a
single crop of solid satisfaction. It Is
dying. 1t Is hunger-striclxea. The
fact that it does hot, can not feed a
maD's heart was well illustrated il
the life of the English comedian. All
the world honored him-did every.
thing for him that the world could do.
He was applauded in England and ap-
plauded in the United States He
had ho equal. And yet, although
many people supposed him entirely
happy, and that this world was COM
pletely satisfying his soul, he sits
down and writes;
Il never in my life put On q new hat
that it did not rain and ruin it. /
never went out in a shabby coat be-
cause 1T was raining and thought all
who had the choice would keep in
doors, that the sun did not come out
in its strength and bring out with it
knew and who knew me. never COLI
sented to accept a part l hated out of
kindness TO another, that l did not
get Kissed by the public and cut
by the writer. l could not take
a drive for q few minutes with Terry
without being overturned and having
my elbow broken, though my friend
got off unharmed. l could not make a
covenant with Arnold, which thought
was TO make my fortune, without MAX
ing his instead, than in an incredibly
short space of time-I think I3 months
I earned for him e2O, 900 pounds, and
for myself 81. l am persuaded that if
l were to set up as baker every one
in my heighborhood would leave off
eating bread"
That was the lament of the worlds
comedian and joker Ali unhappy. The
world did everything for Lord Bryan
that it could do, and yet ia his last mo-
ment ne asks friend to come and sit
down by him and read, as most appro-
pirate to his case, the story of The
Bleeding Heart" Torrigiano, the
sculptor, executed, after months of
care and carving, Madonna and the
Child. The royal family came in and
admired it, Every body that looked
at 1t was in an ecstasyi but one
day, after all that toll and
all that admiration, because he did
not get as much compensation for his
work as he had expected, he took
mallet and dashed the exquisite
sculpture into atoms. The world is
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poor solace. Famine, famine in all the
Garth; not for seven years, but for
5000. But, blessed be God, there
is great corn crib. The Lord
built it. 1t is in another land.
1t is a large place. An angel once
measured it, and, as far as l can cal
culate it in one phrase, that corn crib
is 1900 miles long and 1,5OO miles
broad and 800 miles high; and it is
full. Food for all nations. "Oh!" say
the people, Eve will start right away
and get this supply for our soul" But
stop a moment; for from the keeper of
that corn-crib there comes this word,
saying: You shall not see my face
except your brother be with you" In
other words, there is no such thing as
getting from Heaven pardon and com
fort and eternal life unless we bring
with us our Divine brother, the Lord
Jesus Christ. Coming without Him,
we shall fall before we reach the
corn crib, and our bodies shall
be portion for the jacl1als of the
wilderness; but, coming with the di-
vine Jesus, all the granaries of Heaven
viii swing open before our soul and
shall be given us. We
shall be invited to sit in the palace of
the King and at the table; and while
the Lord of Heaven is apportioning
from His own table to other ia bles, He
will not forget us; and then and there
it will be found that cur Benjamin's s
mess is larger than all the others, for
so it ought to be. Worthy is the
Lamb that was slain, to receive bless
ing and riches and honor and glory and
power"
want to m AXE three points. Every
frank and common sense man will ac-
knowIege himself to be a sinner.
What are you going to do with your
sins? Have them pardoned, you say.
How? Through the mercy of God.
What do you mean by the mercy of
God? Is it the letting down of a bar
for the admission of all, without re-
spect to character? Be not deceived
see a soul coming up to the gate of
mercy and knocking at the corn crib
of heavenly supply; and voice from
within says: Are you alone?" The
sinner replies: "All alone" The voice
from within says: You shall not see
NV r,ardOnino face unless vo1r Divine
brother, the Lord Jesus, be with you"
O, that is the point at which so many
are discounted. There is no mercy
from God except through Jesus Christ,
Coming with Him, we are accepted
Coming without Him, we are rejected.
Peter put it right in his great sermon
before the high priests, when he thun-
dered forth: Neither is there saliva
tion in any other. There is no other
name given under Heaven among men
we may be saved" o, anx-
ious sinner! o, dying sinnerl D, lost
sinner! All you have got to do is to
have this divine Benjamin along with
you. Side by side, coming to the gate,
all the storehouses of Heaven will
swing open before your anxious soul
Am right in calling Jesus Benja-
minp Oh, yes. Rachel lived only long
enough to give a name to that child,
and with dying kiss she called him
BeHoni Afterward Jacob changed his
name, and lie called him Benjamin !
The meaning of the name she gave
was, ''Son of my pain" The meaning
CT the name the father gave was,
tsCon of mn riU1t hap1 Al NO, I