Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-05


nhop,saylng! Doctor, what can you
do for mc2" The doctor exam
incd his case, aud said; "My
advice Is that you go and see
Charles Matthews" "Alasl Alas!"
said the mnn; ~, myself, am Charles
Matthew'S Jeffrey thought that II he
could only be Judge that would be
the ma king OF him; got to be Judge
and cursed the day in which he was
born. Alexander wanted to submerge
the world with his greatness; sub
merged IL and then drank himself to
death because he could not stand the
trouble, Burns thought he would give
everything Ii he could win the favor of
courts and princess; won it, and amid
the shouts OF u great entertainment,
when poets and orators and duchesses
were ndoring his genius, wished that
he could creep back into the obscurity
in which he dwelt on the day when he
wrote of the
Daisy wee modest, crimson tipped flower.
Napoleon wanted to make all Europe
tremble at his power; made it tremble,
then died, his entire military achieve
ments dwindling down to pair of
military boots which he insisted on
having on his feet when dying. At
Versailles | saw picture of Napoleon
in his triumphs, / went into another
room and saw II bust of Napoleon rs
he appeared at St. Helena; but, oh,
what grief Gnd anguish in the face of
the latter! The first was Napoleon in
triumph, the last was Napoleon with
his heart broken How they laughed
and cried when silver tongued Sheri-
dan, in the midday of prosperity, ha-
rangued the people of Britain; and
how they howled at and execrated him
when, outside of the room where his
corpse lay, his creditors tried to get
his miserable bones and sell them.
This world for rest? "Aha!" cry the
waters, mo rest here-we plunge to
the sea-" Aha cry the mountains,
mo rest here - we tumble to the
plains" AHA" cry the towns enc
rest here-we follow Babylon, and
Thebes, and Nineveh into the dust.
No rest for the flowers; they fade. No
rest for the stars; they die. No rest
for man; he must work, toll, suffer and
slave.
Now, for what have / said all thisi
Just to prepare you for the text
arise ye and depart; for this is not
your rest am going to make you O
grand offer. Some of you remember
that when gold was discovered in Cali
fornia, large companies were made W
and started off to get their fortune
and year ago for the same purpose
hundreds dared the cold of Alaska. To
day want to make up party for tn,
Land of Gold. l hold in my hand a deed
from the Proprietor of the estate, il
which He offers to all who will joir
the company 10000 shares of intinit,
value in city whose streets ar,
gold, whose harps are gold, whose
crowns are gold. You have read o
the Crusaders.-how that many thou
sands of them went off to conquer tn,
Holy Sepulcher ask YOU to join q
grander crusade-not for the purpose oil
conquerng the sepulcher OF u deat
Christ, but for the purpose of reaching
the throne Of living Jesus. When an
army is to be made up, the recruiting
officer examines the voluuteers;he tests
their eyesight; he sounds their lungs;
he measures their stature; they mus
, be just right, or they are rejected. Bu
there shall be no partially in making
up this army of Christ. Whateve
your moral or physical stature, what
ever your designations, whatever you
crimes, whatever your weakness,
Almighty to make up thi
regiment of redeemed souls, and cry
"Arise We, and depart; for this is nc
your rest" Many of you have latel
joined this company, and my desire
that you all may join it. Why not
You know in your own hearts eXpcr
ence that what | have said about thi
world is true that it is noplace to res
, in. There are hundreds here weary
, oh, how wcary-weary with sin; wear
with trouble; weary with bereavement
Some of you have been pierced throug
, and through. You carry the scars {
: a score of conflicts, in which yo
, have blcd at every pore; and yo
! sigh: "Oh, that | had the wing
of dove, that might fly ava
and be at rest You have taken th
| cup of this worlds pleasures and drum
9 it to the dregs, and still the thirs
4: claws at your tongue and the fevt
: strikes to your brain. You have chase
| Pleasure through every valley, by ever
[ stream, amid every brightness, an
4 under every shadow; but just at TIL
moment when you were all ready t
- put your hand upon the rose, laughin
, sylph of the wood, she turned upo
I you with the glare Of a tiend and til
, eye of satyr, her locks adders and he
y breath the chill damp of grave. OF
: of Jesus Christ no rest. No voice
silence the storm. No light to kind
= the darkness. No dry dock to repa
/ the split bulwarlk.
I Thank God, can tell you somethin
Il better If there is no rest on cart
n there is rest in Heaven. Ga, we wi
+ are worn out with your work, you
q hands calloused, your backs bent, yo,
IS eyes half put out, your fingers wor
4 with the needle, that in this world yc
j. may never lay down; ye discourage
If ones, who have been waging han'
:! to-hand fight for bread; We to who
o the night brings little rest and Il
O night more drudgery-ob, we of IL
T. weary hand and the weary side, al
e the weary foot, hear me talk abol
"a rest!
d Look at that company of enthron'
W ones. 1t can not be that those brig
a. ones ever toiled? Yes! yes! The
n packed the Chine.e ten boxes, al
l. through missionary instruction {
# capped into glory. These sweltcred {
=. southern plantations, and one nigh