The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-01-26


dozen houses and the owners impa.
tient for occupancy is not to be pitied
but give your sympathy TO that me.
chanic in early acquaintance with
hammer and saw and bit and amid all
the limitations OF a journey man.
Go forth TO be busy body In Other
msn's matters. so Ear as you can help
lug them out. and help them on. The
world is full OF instances OF thOse who
spend their lie iu such alterations. hut
there is one instance that overtops and
eehpses all others. lie bad lived In q
Da.nce. Radiant ones waited upon him
lie was charioted along streets yellow
with gold. and stopped al gates ghsirn.
ing with pearls. aud hosaHuaed 10y i'm.
mortals coroneted and in snowy white.
Centuries gave him not a pain. The
sun that rose on him never set. His DO.
mirions could not Discharged. for they
had 10 boundaries. and uncontesIcd
was His reign. Upon all that lus,er ard
renown ard environment Of splendors
He turned His back and put doWu His
crown at the foot OF His throne. aud 90
a bleak December night trod Ills way
down 10 a stone house in Bethlehem OF
our world. Wrapped 10 what plain
shawl, ard pursued with what enemies
on swift 'cameis. and howled az with,
what briCands. and thrust with whal.
sharp lauces, and hidden IN what sepnl.
chral crypt. until the subsequent cen
turtles have tried 10 vain to tell the story
by sculptured cross, and painted can,
vas. and resoundiug doNoiogigs, aud
domed cathedral. and redeemed "a.
lions.
lie could not see a woman doubled up
with rheumatism but lie touched her
and irnamed muscles RELAXED. aud she
stood straight up. lie could not meet
funeral Of young man tut be broke Up
the procession and gave him back 10 tis
widowed mother. With spiitle on ne
tp OF Ills finger lie turned the mid
night Of total blindness into the mid
noon Of perfect sight. lie could not ses
"a man down on bis mattress heiple,,
with palsy without calling bin up 90
health aud telling him TO shoulder ~
mattress and walk of. He could not
ind q man ionCue-tied but he gave hin
immediate articulation. lie could not
see a man with the puzzled ard irquir,
ing look Of the deaf without giving him
capacity TO hear The march OF life best
ing on the drum OF the ear. lie coud
not see a crowd Of hungry people out
he made enough good bread and a sur
plus that required sll the baskets.
lie scolded ouly twice that remem.
Der. once az the hypocriics with Ellen.
gated visage and The other time Wbrn
a sinful crowd had arraiCned Do unior
iunate. woman. and The Lord. with TIE
most superb sarcasm that was ever q
tered. gave permission 10 anyone
felt himself entirely commeuda bieW
hurl the first missile. Al for others
His birth for others. Ills ministry ior
others. His death for otherS. his ~
cension for others. Ills euthronemse
for others.
That spirit which leads one 20 D.
busy for the retirement OF others !. 60
ing TO Edenize the round earth. That
spirit induced John Pouud 70 establish
ragged schools" and Father Maihru
10 become a temperance reformtr ard
Peter Cooper ~ establish his institute
and Slater 10 contribute bis fund ior
schools and Baroness Eirsch 10 Leave
moro than SiOOOO0.O0O for the improve.
ment OF her race and Cornelius Wander
bilt TO flood churches aud cbariabis
institutions with bis beEevolence. And
though our means be limited aud our
opportunities eircnmscribed. we car do
The same thing on a small scale. "Otlsf
mems matiersl" BE busy bodies 10 On.
proving them. With kind words. VIII
earnest prayers, with self-saCrifchg
deeds. with enlarging charities, let O,
80 forth on a new mission.
And now my words are TO The ingi,
ibie multitudes reach week by wee
hut Jet Will Beyer see 10 this world, bu
whom ! expect 10 meet al the bar n
God aud hope TO see 10 the blessts
Heaven. The last word that Dwigbt I.
Moody, the great evangelist. said 10 ms
al Plaiuiield. y. j.. aud be repeated The
message for me 10 OtherA. was: Never
be tempted under any circumstance
TO give up your weekly publication Of
sermons throughout the world" That
solemn charge ! will heed as long as
have strength 10 give them aud The
newspaper types desire TO take then.
Oh. ye people back there IN the Sheffield
mines of England and ye IN the sheep
pastures OF Australia ard ye amid u,
pictured terraces Of New Zealand and
We among the cinnamon and color ip
famed groves OF Ceylon and We Ar
menlans weeping over the graves OF
murdered households IN Asia Minor and
Sc amid the idolatries Of Beuares Oh
the Gauges and ye dweHers on n,
banks Of the AndrOscOggin aud he
Alabama and the Mississippi aud n,
Oregon and the Shannon aud the Rhip.
and the Iiber and the Danube and tbs
Nile and the Euphraies and The Cas-.
plan and Yellow seas; ye of the four
corners Of the earth who have greeted
me again and again. &cept this poiut
blank offer OF everything for nothing.
OF everything 81 pardon and comiori
and illumination and safety ann
Heaven, without money aud without
price" What gospel for all lanus. an
<uhes. al ages! Gospel Of sympathy.
Gospel Of hope! Gospel Of emancipa
ton! Gospel of sunlight! Gospel Of
enihronement. Gospel of eternal vic.
tory! Take IL. all We people. until Your
s'rs are all pardonrd and your surroW,
all solaced aud your wrongs all rirhtpa
and your dying pillow be spread al the
foot OF ladder which. though ike the