The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-10-29

lcs, ioT sOule pSoplc III uHiS WoIiu
there seems no let-up. They are pur-
sued from youth to manhood, and
from manhood into old age. Very dis
tinguished are Lord Stafford's hounds,
the earl of Yarborough's hounds, and
the duke of Rutland's hounds, and
Queen Victoria pays $500 per year 20
her master of buckhounds. But all Of
them put together do not equal in
number or speed, or power to hunt
down, the great kennel of hounds of
which Sin and Trouble are owner and
master.
For Him / thirst; for His grace I
beg; on His promise 1 build my all.
Without Him I can not be happy. l
have tried the world, and it does well
enough as far as it goes, but it is too
uncertain world, too evanescent a
world. 1 am not prejudiced wit
ness. have nothing against this
world. / have been one of the most
fortunate, or, to use more Christian
word, one of the most blessed of men
blessed in my parents, blessed in
the place of my nativity, blessed in
my field of work, blessed in my nat
ural temperament, blessed in my fam
lily, blessed in my opportunities,
blessed in comfortable livelihood,
blessed in the hope that my soul will
go to Heaven through the pardoning
mercy of God, and my body, unless it
be lost at sea or cremated in some con-
fagration, will lie down in the gardens
of Greenwood among my kindred and
friends, some already gone and others
to come after me. Life to many has
been disappointment, but to me it
| has been a pleasant surprise, and yet
/ declare that if / did not feel that
God was now my friend and ever-pres-
ent help, should be watched and ter
| ror-stricken. But want more of Him.
j have thought over this text and
preached this sermon to myself until
with all the aroused energies of my
| body, mind and soul, I can cry out:
"As the hart panteth after the water
brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee,
o, God"
! Oh, when some of you get there II
| will be like what ahunter tells of when
pushing his canoe amid the ice-foes,
and a hundred miles, as he thought,
from any other human being! He wos
startled enc day as he heardastepping
on the ice, and he cooked the rife
ready to meet anything that came
near. He found a man, barefooted
and insane from long exposure, ap.
proaching him. Taking him into his
canoe and kindling fires to warm him
he restored him and found out where
he had lived, and took him to his
home, and found all the village in
great excitement. A hundred mer
were searching for this lost man, AM
his family and friends rushed out Il
meet him; and, as had been agreed
at his first appearance, bells wert
rung and guns were fired, and ban
quets spread, and the rescuer loaded
with presents. Well, when some o
you step out of this wilderness, wher
you have been chilled and torn ant
sometimes lost among the icebergs
into the warm greetings of all thu
villages of the glorified, and you
friends rush out to give you welcom
ing kiss, the news that there is anoth
er soul for ever saved will call tn
caterers of Heaven to spread the ban
quet, and the bellman to lay hold o
the rope in the tower, and while tn
chalices click at the feast, and tn
bells clang from the turrets, it will b
scene so uplifting pray God / ma
be there to take part in the celestia
merriment Until the day break ant
the shadows flee away, be thou like
roe or young hart upon the noun
tains of Bother"