The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-02-16

per but you read OF an elopement.
As far as 1 can understand the doc
trine of free lovism, it is this-that
every man ought to have somebody
else's wife and every wife somebody
else's husband. They do not like our
Christian organization of society, and
l wish they would all elope, the
wretches of one sex taking the wretch
es of the other, and start tomorrow
morning for the great Sahara desert
until the simOom shall sweep seven
feet of sand all over them and not one
passing caravan for the next 500 years
bring back one miserable bone of their
| carcasses! Free lovism! 1t is the
| double distilled extract of nux vOmica,
ratsbane and adder's tongue. Never
until society goes back to the old Bible
and hears its eulOgy of purity and its
anathema of uncleanness-nevcr until
| then will this evil be extirpated.
Behold also in this giant of the text
ana in the giant of our own century
that great physical power must crum-
ble and expire. The Samson of the
text long ago went away. He fought
the lion. He fought the Philistines
He could fight anything, but death
was too much for him. He may have
required a longer grave, but the tomb
nevertheless was his terminus.
If, then. we are to be compelled to
90 out of this world, where are we to
so to? This body and soul must soon
part. What shall be the destiny of
the former l know-Sust to dust
But what shall be the destiny of the
latter? Shall it rise into the compan-
iOnship Of the white robed, whose sins
Christ has slain. or will it go down
among the unbelieving, who tried to
gain the world and save their souls,
bu; wcre swindled out of both? Bless
Cd be God. we have a Champion. He
is so styled in the Bible A Champion
who has conquered death and hell, and
lie is ready to fight all our battles,
from the first tc the last. "Who is
this that cometh up from Edom with
dyed garments from Bozrah, mighty
to save?" If we follow in the wake of
that Champion. death has no power
ard the grave no victory. The worst
man trusting in Him shall have his
dying pangs alleviated and his future
illuniGed.
In the light OF this subject want
to call your attention to fact which
! may NOT have been rightly considered,
ana that is the fact that we must be
brought into judgment for the en-
plCyment of our physical organism.
Shoulder. brain. hand, fCot-we must
answer in judgment for the use we
have made of them. Have they been
used for the elevation of society or for
its depression? In proportion as our
arm is strong and our step elastic will
our account at last be intensified
Thousands of sermons are preached to
invalids. 1 preach this sermon to
stout men and healthful women. We
must give to God an account for the
right use of this physical organism.
These invalids have comparatively lit
tie to account for. perhaps. They
could not Eft 20 pounds. They could
not walk half a mile without sitting
down tC rest. Yet how much many of
thsm accomplish. Rising up in judg
ment. standing beside the men and
wCmel. who had only little physical
energy. and vet consumed that energy
in cOnf!agration of religious enthu-
siasm. how viii we feel abashed! Oh,
men of the strong arm and the stout
heart, what use are you making of
yOur physical forces? VIII you be
able to stand the test of that day when
we must answer for the use of every
talent. whether i were a physical en-
crTy. or Il mental acumen, or a spir-
itual power?
The day approaches, and I see one
who in this world was an invalid. and
2s she stands before the throne of
GCd to answer she says: 81 was sick
al my days. 1 had but very little
strength. but I did as we'll as I could
il, being kind to those who were more
sick and more suffering" And Christ
VIII say: ''Well done. faithful serv-
ant"
And then a little child will stand
before the throne, and she will say:
On earth I had a curvature of the
spine. and | was very weak and | was
very iii. but I used to gather flowers
ont of the wildwood and bring them
10 my sick mother. and she was COM
iCrted when she saw the sweet flow
crS out Of the wildwood. 7 did not dc
much. but I did something" And
Christ shall say. as He takes her up in
HIS arms and kisses her: ''Well done,
well done. faithful servant; enter thou
in.o the Joy of thy Lord" What, then,
will be said to Us. we to whom the
Lord gave physical strength and con-
tinuous health? Hark. it thurders
again. The judgment, the Judgment!
I said to an old Scotch minister,
who was one of the best friends l ever
had: Doctor. did you ever know Rob-
ert Pollock. the Scotch poet. who
wrote The Course of Time?'" "Oh,
yes" lie replied. ST knew him well!
I was his classmate" And then the
doctor went on to tell me how that
the writing of "The Course of Time"
exhausted the health of Pollock. and
he expired. 1t seems as if no man
could have such glimpse of the day
for which all other days were made
as Robert Pollock had and long sur
vive that glimpse. In the description
of that glimpse he says. among other
things:
Begin the woe. ye woods, and tell IT to the
doleful winds
And dolefuI winds wall TO the bowling
hills.
And bowling hills mourn to the dismal
wales.
And dismal wales sigh to the sorrowing
brooks.
And sorrowing brooks weep to the weeping
stream.
AnG weeping stream awake the groaning
deep:
Ye heavens, great archway of the universe.
rut sackc,oth on,
And ocean, robe thyself in garb Of widow
hood
And gather all thy waves into groan and
utter ii
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