Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-03-03

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wounds, aud death. How DO you IKE
M" His men stood before him for
little while In silence and then they
threw up their hands and cried; we
ore the men! We are the menl' Inc
|. ,rd Jesus Christ calls you TO His serV'
ice. LIDO not promise you an easy Tune
in This world. You may have persecu'
lions, and trials, and misrepresen@
lions. but afterward there comes an
eternal weight of glory. and you can
heor the wounds, and the bruises, ana
the misrepresentation II you nave 'n'
reward afterward. Have you noE
enough enthusiasm TO cry OUT "earc
| the men! We are the men!'
learn also from this subject the Dan
Ger Of worldly elevation. This Egion
was what the world called great man
There were hundreds OF people VINO
would have considered it the greatest
honor of their life just to have MN
sneak to them, yet, although he is SO
high up in worldly position he is not
beyond the reach of Ehud's dagger. !
see a great many people trying to CLIMB
M in social position, having an ldea
that there is safe place somewhere
far obove, not knowing that the noun
tain Of fame has top like Mont Blanc
covered with perpetual snow.
We laugh at the children OF Shlnar
for trying to build tower that eou'u
reach to the heavens, but think II our
eyesight were only good enough we
could see a Babel in many dooryard'
oh. the struggle is fierce! 1t is store
agoins, store, house against house
street against street. nation against ma
: lion. The goal for which men are run
e ming is chairs and chandeliers and MIR
G rors and houses and lands and pres'
d dental equipments. If they get VIVA
Z they anticipate, what have theyI Mel
e ore not safe from calumny whiie thel
q live and worse than that, they are no
y safe after they are dead, for | have seer
u swine roo, up graveyards. One day
IS man goes up into publicity ana IN
he world does him honor, and people chm
10 nm into sycamore trees to watch MIN Il
"a he passes, and MS he goes along on IN
II shoulders of the people there is way
Us inp of hats and a wild huzza, Io-mo'
NJ row The same man Is caught betwee
OF the Jaws OF the printing press al
d. manrled and bruised, and the yer
m same persons who applauded him b
"a, fore cry: down with the traitor
down with him!"
Belshnzzar sits at the FEAST u
ne mighty men of Babylon si'ting .
ire around him. Wit sparkles like the WI
"a and the wine like the wit. MUSIC TO-
err mn among the chandeliers the cha
'ut deliers fash down on the decan'e
o, The breath of hanging gardens hoe
lad in on the night air, The voice OF revei
len floats out. Amid wreaths and tapes,
ne and folded banners a finger writes i
Is march of host is heard on the stai
ELL Laughter catches in the throat
nse thousand hearts stop beating. j
any blow is struck. The blood on the III
MIS- is richer hued than the wine on
ieh- table. The kingdom has departed /
ior shazzer was no worse perhaps u
'or- hundreds Of people in Babylon,
le'e his positon slew him. Oh, be cont
riS'' with Just such position as goa
can placed you in! Itmay not be SAID OF
'rial aUe was n great general" or "He
m honored chieftain," or HE
ring mighty in worldly attainments'
lhng this thing may be said OF you ant
ked, me: "He was a good citizen, fart
OH Christian, friend Of Jesus" And
) not in the last day will be the highest o
= 80 ealogiums.
pure I learn further from this subject
stag ,ao,h COMES IN the summer house.
their Ion did not expect 10 die in that
men, rlnce. Amid all the flower leaves
man drifted like summer snow into the
mas dow. in the tinkle and dash OF the
verify tolns in the sound Of thousand lie
renee futing on one tree branch IN !he
wig breeze that came up to shake leV'
uoo trouble out of the kings locks-'
was nothing that spake OF death
lei - there he died! In the winter, whe
ngng . - l. a sbroud a d when the wi
u
ID tne dirge, It is easy 10 think OF our
Yum tality, but when the weather is
VIM ant and all our surroundings are
Sc. up able. how difficult ii is for us to a
'heso ciate the truth that we are mt
luns And yet my text teaches that dea'i
n,i"s sometimes come to the summer l
Iui en' lie is blind and cannot see the II
WV" lie is deaf and cannot hear the
'nu'O' Trims. oh, If death would ask
10 yet victims we could point him to hun
'"'' Of people who would rejoice to hay
come. Push back the door OF that
uu' 'he Link at that little child-cold, an
10 Nv and hungry 1t has never hea
""" name of God but in blasphemy
!, Was rents intoxicated, staggering a
'ueiio IFS straw bed. Oh, death, Their
ieres VI mark for thee! Up with it in
III w light! Before those little feet 81
n na en- lfe's pathway give them resi-
~ Here is an aged man. lie has d
~ s" .im work. lie has done II gloriousi!
.iho the companions OF his youth oil go
-, s,nas children dead, he longs to be
oes no, end YEARLY the days and the
II The pass. lie says: Come, Lord
- nlane come quickly" oh, death, th'
, hrougb mark for thee! Take from him
ohe uer. and give him the scepter! I
= hov him into the light, where eye
- moot 70 grow dim, and the hair whit
LADY Of through the long years OF e,erhl
I'D + In death will not do that. Deaf
,on oro back from the straw bed and /
Uudar. ,gcd man ready for the skies an
ort TO the summer house. What do
= ocuIist here, thou bony, CHASTITY monst
ration on this waving grass and under
mr. stood light sitting through ID
do that. branches2 Children are at pla
= trouble quickly their feet go and 'h'
s,t;s, "it loss in the wind. Father and
! bo,ful stand at the side OF the room
surrrised on. enjoying their glee. IL