The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1896-06-24


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iSTs Dear Lon ord, sens us out 81 thatl
mission. A i'll nround I'D ifnbiftaraS
lives zibittared bY s ticn if,s
bittered BY percritiGi sn 8 ;ithb bittefed5
bys s IS poverty, "a M 8 Iimbitteaod byiiniastic. TinS.
Differed sby siu. Why ii not { pgoS W { forth
and sweeften them 81 smiles, byyiii-l
spring words by benefactions; by
lied behaviour3 Let us remember rthat
LIE we are wcrm wo Cd to others We are
worlnwood to ourselves, and our; life
will bo bitter and our eternity bitterer.
Tbs riio gospel ufr jesus Christ N ttil. on.
ly sWeetening power that IS sufficient
It sweetns tiia disposition. II sweet
ems the manners !. n IT sweetens lifas.
It sweetens mysterious proyidences,
It sweetens aiilictiOns, re sweetena
death It sweetens eyervthinp. n
have heard people asked In social com
pany. 1Tf 5yol, could have three wish.
es gratified. what would svonr th,ea
wishes be?n If 1 eonld have three
wishes met this nnrni, 3 IT ta1l ',, t,,o,,
what they would be: !: Tirst. more nf
the grace of God second. more Of the
grace Of God third mora If tbe oraca
Of God. l.53t 1s & \ 4 55' \, z
In the dooryar OF nv brother .Tohn
missionary in Anlov. China, there was
tree called the smner,r tree tba
two characteristics Of which a,e that Il
always grows hirher than its a,,,.
r3undings and III leaves taka tha!
form Ola crown. IF this emnernr
tree be planted by n rosebnsh. # crows
q little higher than the husb ona
spreads out above II q grown Jf;tha
PLANTED Nv tha side of anothar tron -
grows a little higher than thai trea
and spreads above il n crown Would
to God that this religion of Christ. q
more wonderful emperor tree. MIGHT
overshadow all your lives Are YOU y
| loWly in ambition or circumstances.
putting over YOU its crown2 Arc vo,,
high in talent and position nntfin0
over you its crown9 Oh, for more Of
tho saccharine in our lives and less Of
the wormwOOdI h. Isl si.}
What IS true 6f individuals is true
of nations. God sets them up to re
volve as stars, but they may fall worm
wood. 5Ia
Tyre, tho atmosphere Of the desert,
fragrant with spices, coming in cara
vans to her fairs; all seas cleft into
foam by the keels Of her laden mer.
chantmcn, her markets rich with
horses and camels from Togarmah, her
bazaars filled with upholstery from
Dedan, with emerald and coral and
agate from Syria, with wines from
Helbon, with embroidered work from
Ashur and Chilmad where now the
gleam OF her towers, whera the roar
of her chariots, where the masts of
her ships Let the fishermen who
! dry their nets where once she stood:
let the sea that rushes upon the bar.
renness where once she challenged the
admiration ofall nations let the bur,
barians who set their rude tents where
once her palaces glittered answer the
question. She was q star but by her
own sin turned 10 worm wood md has
fallen. .
| Hundred gated Thebos. for all time
to be the study of the antiquarian and
hieroglyphist; her stupendous ruins
spread over 81 miles: her sculptures
presenting in figures of warrior and
chariot the victories with which the
now forgotten kings of egypt shook
the nations; her obelisks and columns
Carnac and Luxor, the stupendous
temples Of her pride Who can ilnag,
inc the gaeatness Of Thebes in those
| days when the hippodrome rang with
her sports and foreign ROYALTY bowed
at her shrines and her avenues roared
with the wheels of professions in the
wake of returning conquerors2 What
dashed down the vision of chariots
and temples and thrones2 What
hands pulled upon the columns Of her
glory7 What ruthlessness defaced her
sculptured wall and broke obclisks and
left her indescribable temples great
skeletons of grantee What spirpit of
destruction spread tho lair of wild
boasts in her royal sepulchers and
taught the miserable cottagers of to-
day to build huts in the courts of her
temples and sent desolation and ruin
sk9ll!lng behind the obelisks and
dodging among the sarcophagi and
leaning against the columns and
STOPPING under the arches and weep
ing in tho waters which go mournful-
ly by as though they were carrying
the tears of oil ages2 Let the mum
mics break their long silence and come
up to shiver III the desolation and
point to fallen gates. and shattered
statutes and defaced sculpture res
ponding. Thebes built not one tenn
pie TO God. Thebes hated righteous
ness and loved sim Thebes was a
star, but she turned to wormwood and
has fallen"
Babylon, with her $50 towers and
hor, brazen gates and her emballled