The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-07
SOON BE FORGOTTEN.
The Fatgues Of Earth Forgotten in
the Heavenly Rest
The wsrn and Weary VIA the Bardsns
81 Earthly EEisisncc shall s88n Re
HseuprrHte Ia sa's Heaven
B paraaIae.

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Arise 5e aa8 depart for Gals Is l5t ygsr rest
Micah. ID W
This waa the dr~uu-beug Of a pr1nhe.
who wanted 10 arouse bis people from
their oppressed and sinful 1ua5ti8u.G u,
ig may just 40 properly be uttered uaH
as then. Bells. by long exposure and
much ringing. lose their CIeaFuesa Of
tone; bet this f0using belt OF the Cos.
! pei strikes iu just ~ clear a tone 81.
Rheu 1t first rang On the air.
As Far as gaa see, your great want
aud mine rs rest. From lhe time we
enter lie. a great many veEatlous and
auuaranees take after US Wa have
our holidays aud our seasons of recrea,
ton and quiet, but where IS the man .a
this world who has found entire rest.
The fact is that God did not make this
world 10 rest in A ship m.gHt as wel.
80 town of Cape Hatleras 10 bad
smooth water as q man Ca this world
60 had quiet From the way that God
has strewu the th8rus and hung the
clouds and sbarpentd the tusss from
the colds that Distress as, and the beats
that smite us, and the pIeuris.es that
stab us. and The fryars that consume
us, { know that BE dtd mot make
tAls world as a place 70 .o5teE iH
Cod does everything successfully. and
this world would be a very different
world II it were intended for Hs 20
lounge 0n. 1t does right well iur g few
years. Indeed. it is magnificent. Moth
ing but infinite wisdom and goodness
could have mixed this beverage of
water. OF hing up these brackets OF
stars. or trained these volces OF rim,
and bird and oeran-s3 that God has
but to llft His hand, and the whole
world breaks into orchestra. But after
all. sc is only the splendors Of "a kings
highway, over which we are to march
sa 30 eternal e0uqursts.
You and 1 have seen men who tried
10 rest here. They builded themselves
great stores They gathered around
them the patronage Of merchant
princes. The voice Of their bid shook
The money markets They bad stock
Ia most Of the successful railroads, and
ia safe deposit vaults great rolls Of
government securities They had EN-.
blazoned carriages. high mpttled
stecds, footmeu plate that COMPOUNDED
lords aud ]seuators who sat ut their ia
bic, tapestry on which doated the rich
est designs Of foreign looms, splendor
OF canvas on the wall, exquisiteuess Of
music rising among pcdastals OF
bronze, and dropping, soft AS light, on
aow Of sculpture. Here let them rest,
Put buck the embroidered curtain, aud
shake up the pillows Of down Turn
out the lights. Il is II o'clock at night.
Let slumber drop upon the eyelids,
and the mir float through the half
opened lattice, drowsy with midsun-
mer perfume. stand back. all care,
anxiety and troubled But mol they
will not stand back, They rattle the
lattice. They look under the canopy.
with rough touch they startle his
pulses They crv out at NJ o'clock nt
NIGHT. .Awalye. man; how can YOU
EIeep when thiugs are 40 upcertaipP
What about those stoclysY Hark to the
ta~ of that lire bell; Il Is your district.
How If Won should die soon2 Awake,
mani Think OF itl Who will ret your
]property when o are goneY What
win they do with it9 Wake uni Riches
sometimes take wlngg. How II Won
sbouId get poor2 Wake uplu Rising
ON one elbow. the man of fortune looks
ont into the darkness OF the room. and
wines the dampuess from his forehead
and saws. ,sAlasr For nh this scene
of yyaulth and mnvuigceuce -po restlo
passed down a street of "A CITY with
n merchant. lie knew ali the finest
houses ON the street. Tie said, ,,There
Ia something the matter in ali these
houses tn tbnt onp n il copiupnl in.
fclicitv. In that one a dlssipated son.
In amt a dissolute father In that. an
idiot child In chat, the prospect of
bapl,rpptey. This worlds wealth can
give no pcrmanent satisfaction. This
"a not your rest,
You and / have seen men try In an
other direction. A man says; III |
could only rise 10 such aud such a place
Of rcnown; II I could gain that office;
Il could only get the stand, and have
nv sentiments met with one good
round of hand-elapptng applause; If /
could only write a book that would
live. or make a speech that wouldthrill,
or do An action that would resoundl0
The tide turns Ia his favor. His name
As ON 10000 llps. lie Is bowed to, and
souvht after. and advanced Men drink
bis health al great dinners. At his derry
words the multitudes huz1a, From gal.
@leries OF beauty they throw garlands .
From housetops as he passes IN long
-pr5cession. they shake out the national
standards Here lct him rest. II fsIl
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