The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-08-20

curedI But Jesus says to one borl
blind, BE openp and the light o
| Heaven rushed through gates that l1av,
never before been opened. The fros
or an ak may kill tree, but Jesu,
smites one dead with d word.
Chemistry can do many wonderful
things, but what chemist, at a wedding
when the refreshments gave out, coulc
change pail of water into a cask o
wine?
What human voice could command
| school of fish? Yet here is a voice that
marshals the scaly tribes, until in the
place where they had let down the net
and pulled it up with no fish in it
| they let it down again, and the dis
ciples lay hold and begin topull, when
by reason of the multitude of fish, the
net broke.
Nature is His servant. The flowers
He twisted them in to His sermons; the
| winds-they were His lullaby when He
slept In the boat; the rain-it hung
glittering on the thick foliage of the
parallels; the star of Dethlehem-it
sang Christmas carol over His birth;
the rocks-they beat dirge at His
death.
Behold His victory over the grave
The hinges of the family vault become
very rusty because they are never
opened except to take another in.
There is a knob on the outside of the
sepulcher, but none on the inside. Here
comes the Conqueror of Death. He
enters that realm and says: ''Daugh-
ter of Jairus, sit up" and she sat up.
To Lazarus, "Come FORTH" and he came
forth. To the widows son lie said:
Get up from that bier;' and he goes
home with his mother Then Jesus
snatched up the keys of death, and
hung them on His girdle, and cried I'M
til all the graveyards on earth heard
Him: 80 Death! L will be thy plagued
o Gravel! will be thy destructionr'
But Christ's victories have only just
begun. The world is His and He must
have it. What is the matter in this
country? Why all these financial
troubles? There never will be perma-
nent prosperity in this land until Christ
rules it. This land was discovered for
Christ, and until our cities shall be civ.
ilized, and north, south, cast
and west shall acknowledge Christ as
King or Redeemer, we can not have
permanent prosperity. What is the
matter with Spain? with France? with
all of the nations? All the congresses
of the nations can not bring quiet.
When governments not only theoretic-
ally, but practically, acknowledge the
Saviour of the world, there will be peace
everywhere. In that day the sea will
have more ships than now, but there
will not be one ''man-of-war" The
fOundries of the world will jar with
mightier industries, but there will
be no molding of bullets. Printing
presses will fly their cylinders with
greater speed, but there shall go forth
no Ubiquitous trash. In laws, in con-
situations, on exchange, in scientific
laboratory, on earth as in Heaven,
Christ shall be called Wonderful. Let
that work of the worlds regeneration
begin in your hearts, oh nearer. A
Jesus SO kind, Jesus so good, a Jesus
so lOving-how can you help but love
Him?
1t is beautiful moment when two
persons who have pledged each other,
heart and hand, stand in church, and
have the bannS of marriage pro-
claimed. Father and mother, brothers
and sisters, stand around the altar
The minister of Jesus gives the coun-
sci; the ring is set; earth and
Heaven witness it; the organ
sounds, and amid many congratu-
lations they start out on the
path of life together. Oh, that this
might be your marriage day! Stand up,
soul. Thy Beloved comes to
get His betrothed. Jesus stretches
forth His hand and says: Il will
love thee with an everlasting love-"
and you respond: My Beloved is
mine, and l am His" put your hand
in His; henceforth be one. No trou-
BILE shall part yOu-nO time cool your
love. Side by side on earth-side by
side in Heaven! Now let the blossoms
of Heavenly garden fill the house with
their redolence, and all the organs of
God peal forth the wedding march of
eternity. Hank! THE voice of my
beloved! Behold, He cometh Ieaping
upon the mountains skipping upon the
hills