The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-19
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replied: ut will be such weather
as 1 like" What do you nein' ~
tbatq" asked the other. well, SAID
tho farmer sit will be such weather
as pleases the Lord, and what pIeases
the Lord pleases me-
| oh the sunshine. the sunshine OF
Christian explanation! Here Is SOME
| ono bending over the grave OF the
dead. What is going to be the consoIa-
tion? The flowers you strew upon the
! tomb? Oh, no. The services redu "O
the Grave? Oh, no. The chief consola-
! ton on that grave is what 1aus rum
! the throne of God. Sunshine, glorious
sunshine! Resurrection sunshine!
Sometimes YOU wish you could make
the toI1r of the whole earth, gong
around as others have gone, but you
have not the means. You VIII ni'No
| the tour vet, during one musical pause
in the eternal anthem. say theSo
THINGS for the comfort of those people
who are abridged in their oPPortu UNI
ties. those people to whom life is num-
I'm who toll and work and aspire
after knowledge, but have no time 10
oe+ - and saw: eff [ had the oppor-
tunities which other people have, how
7 would fill nv mind and soul with
Grand tbouohts," Be not discouraged,
nv friends. You are going to the uni
versitv vet Death will only matrlcu-
late YOU into the royal college of the
| universe.
Resides that, we shall have all the
Measures of association. We will go
riobt ND in the front of God without
any fright All our sins gone, there
! 4OG a fri OH q q bout.
There our old Christian friends Will
troop around us. Just as now one of
YOUR sick friends goes away to Florida,
the land of flowers, or the south of
France. and you will not see him for
= long while, and after awhile you
meet him, and the hollows under the
ewes are all filled and the appetite has
come back and the crutch has been
thrown away, and he is so changed you
hardly know him. You say: ''Why,
never saw you look so we'll" He saysa
81 couldn't help but be we'll L have
been sailing these rivers and climbing
these mountains, and that's how L got
this elasticity. I never was so well.
Oh, my friends, your departed loved
ones are only away for their health IN
better climate, and when you meet
after awhile, when you are assured
that they are your friends, your de-
parted friends, you will say: ''Why.
where is that cough? Where is that
paralysis? Where is that pneumonia?
Where is that consumptiOn?" And he
will say: "Oh, I am entirely well.
There are no sick ones in this country.
[ have been ranging these hills, and
, hence this elasticity. I have been here
now 20 years, and not one sick one have
seen. We are all well in this eli
mate"
And then I stand at the gate of the
! Celestial city to see the professions
come out, and see long procession
of little children, with their arms full
of flowers, and then [ see procession
of kings and priests moving in Celes-
tial pageantry-a long procession, but
no black tasseled vehicle, no mourning
group, and 1 say: "How strange it is!
l Where is your Greenwood? Where is
: your Laurel Hill? Where is your West
minister abbey?" And they shall cry:
"There are no graves here" And then
? listen for the tolling of the old belfries
l of Heaven, the old belfries of eternity.
I listen to hear them toll for the dead.
=
= tower to tower, east gate to west gate,
l as they ring out: "They shall hunger
= no more, neither thirst any more,
I neither shall the sun light on them nor
2 any heat, for the Lamb which is in the
5 midst of the throne shall lead them to
' living fountains of water, and God
1 shall wipe away all tears from their
1 eyes"
' Oh, unglove your hand and give it to
1 me in congratulat ton on that scene! L
= feel as if I could shout. I will shout.
D Dear Lord, forgive me that l ever COM
1 planned about anything. If all this is
r before us, who cares for anything but
: God and Heaven and eternal brother
\ hood? Take the Grape off the door
. bell. Your loved ones are only away
s for their health in land ambrosial.
t Come, Lowell Mason; come, Isaac
e Watts Give US your best hymP ,sJout
f JOY celestial.
: What is the use of postponing our
e Heaven any longer? Let it begin now,
$ and whatsoever hath harp let him
t thrum it, and whatsoever hath a trum-
n pet let him blow it, and whatsoever
v hath an organ let him give us a full
: diapason. They crowd down the air,
D spirits blessed, moving in cavalcade of
! triumph Their chariot wheels whirI
&? in the Sabbath sunlight. They come!
r Halt, armies of God! Halt until we are
e ready to join the battalion of pleas
G ures that never die.
Il Oh, nv friends, it would take SER
o mon as long as eternity to tell the joys
that are coming to us. I just set open
n the sunshiny door. Come in, all we dis
! cipIes of the world who have found the
a world mockery. Come in, all We dis
p ciples of the dance, and see the bound
n ing feet of this Heavealy gladness-
: Come in, We disciples of worldly amuse-
, ment. and see the stage where kings
. are the actors and burning words the
: footlights and thrones the spectacular.
- Arise. We dead in sin, for this is the
morning of resurrection. The joys of
> Heaven submerge our soul. pull out
g the trumpet stop. In thy presence
. there is a fullness of joy; at thy right
- hand there are pleasures forevermore-
rIest are the saints beloved of Cod;
Ii Washed are their robes in Jesus blood,
$ Brighter than angels, 10, they shine,
h Their glories splendid and sublime!
n MY soul anticipates the day,
" Would stretch her wings and soar away;
To aid the song, the palm to bear,
D And bow, the chief of sinners, there
o Oh, the sunshine, the glorious sun
shine, the everlasting sunshine!