The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-05-04

/ dered fool goes around so dainty ana
so precise and so affected in the roll
of his eyes or the whirl of his cane or
! the clicking of the ivory handle
against his front teeth or hi- sffemi-
nate languor, and his conversation so
| interlarded with ''oh's" and "ah S"
/ that he is to me dose of ipecacu-
anha. Now, my friends, if you move
/ into a larger house. thank God for
I more room-for more room to hang
your pictures, for more room in which
to gather your friends, for more room
in which to let your children romp
/ and play. for more room for great
| bookcases filed with good reading or
wealth of bric-a-brac. Have as large
! and as fine house as you can afford
! to have. but do not sacrifice your hu-
mility and your common sense; do
not lose your balance; do not be
spoiled by your successes.
! Years ago we were the guests in an
| English manor. The statuary, the
! ferneries. the botanical and horticul-
| tural genius of the place had done all
/ they could to make the place attractive.
| For generations there had been an
! amassing of plate and costly surround
/ ings. At half past nine o'clock in the
morning the proprietor of the estate
had the bell rung, and some 20 or 80
manservants and maidservants came in
! to prayers. The proprietor of the
estate read the Scriptures, gave out the
| hymn, his daughter at the organ start
! ed the music, and then. the music over.
! the proprietor of the estate kneeled
! down and commended all his guests. all
| his family, all his employees, to the Lord
| Almighty. God can trust such man
as that with a large estate. He knows
! how to abound. He trusted God, and
! God trusted him. And L could call off
/ the roll of so merchant princes as
! mighty in worldly successes. All, my
friends. do not be puffed up by any of
| the successes of this life, do not be
! spoiled by the number of liveried coach
men that may stop at your door or the
! sweep of the long trail across the i'm
ported tapestry. Many of those who
come to your house are fawning para
| sites. They are not so much in love
with you as they are in love with your
! house and your successes. You move
down next year to 800 Low Water Mark
! street and see how many of their car
riages will halt at your door.
l meet you this springtime at the
! door of your new home, and while |
! help you lift the clothes basket over
| the banisterS and the carman is getting
| red in the face in trying to transport
! that article of furniture to some new
! destina tion | congratulate you. You
| are going to have a better time this
! year. some of you. than you ever had.
| You take God and the Christian reli
/ gion in your home, and you will be
/ grandly happy. God in the parlor-
| that will sanctify your sociabilities,
! God in the nursery-that will protect
your children. God in the dining-hall-
| that will make the plainest meal an
! imperial banquet. God in the morr-
! ing-that will launch the day brightly
from the drydocks. God in the even
ing-that will sail the day sweetly into
| the harbor.
And get JOY, one and all of you,
whether you move or do not move.
| Get JOY out of the thought that we
are soon all going to have great NOV
| ing day. Do you want a picture Of
| the new house into which you will
move? Here it is, wrought with the
| hand of master: 1--WE know that, if
/ our earthly house of this tabernacle
were dissolved. we have a building of
| God. a house not made with hands.
| eternal in the heavens" How much
rent will we have to pay for it? We
are going to own it. How much must
we pay for it? How much cash down,
| and how much left on mortgage? Our
Father is going to give it as a free gift.
When are we going to move into it?
We are moving now. On moving day
heads of families are very apt to stay
in the old house until they have seen
everything off. They send ahead the
children, and they send ahead the
treasures and the valuables. Then, aft
er awhile. they Will come themselves.
| remember very we'll in the country
that in boyhood moving day was
jubilatiOn.
On almost the first load we. the chill
dren. were sent on ahead to the new
house, and we arrived with shout and
laughter. and in an hour we had ranged
through every room in the house, the
barn and the granary. Toward night
and perhaps in the last wagon, father
and mother would come. looking very
tired, and we would come down to the
foot of the lane to meet them and tell
them of all the wonders we discovered
in the new place, and then, the last
wagon unloaded. the candles lighted,
our neighbors, who had helped us to
move-for in those times neighbors
helped each other-sat down with us
at a table on which there was every
luxury they could think of Well. my
dear Lord knows that some of us have
been moving a good while. We have
sent our children ahead. we have sent
many of our valuables ahead. We can
not go yet. There is work for us TO
do. but after awhile it will be toward
night. and we will he very tired, anG
then we will start for our new home.
and those who have gone ahead of us
they will see our approach, and they
viii come down in the lane o meet us.
and they will have much to tell us of
what they have discovered in the
''house of many mansions" and of how
large the rooms are and of how bright
the fountains. And then. the last load
unloaded, the table will be spread and
our celestial neighboTs will come in
and sit down with our reunited fam
lilies. and the chalices viii be full, not
with the wine that sweats in the vat
of earthly intoxication. but with ''the
new wine of the kingdom" And there
for the first time we will realize what
fools we were on earth when we feared |
TO die. since death has turned out only