The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-24

Nks<Gi3 - of Heaven and are
WIFI a tinted with dainty
hues which are mixed on the palette OF
the angels under the guiding eye OF
God; the grass, how fresh and green!
the trees, how joyfully they wave their
branches in the swaying breezes, and
move their spreading leaves to whis-
pered songs of praise! the lakes, how
placid and cool as the boats ride safely
upon their bosom and glide hither and
thitheri the streams, how they sing
over the rocks and pebbles and lave the
feet as one sits upon the bank! the CUR
Cling springs, how they sparkle as they
leap from their cool hidden depths and
gain the sunshine and mans need! the
insects in the air, from the great
dragon flies down to the tiniest speck
which microscope reveals as a mar
velously perfect little creature of Gods
handiworki the tiny creature nesting
in the grasses and amongst the leaves,
building whole cities and manifesting
an activity and industry which is phe-
nomenal! the beasts of field and forest,
as they roam at will or serve the needs
of man!-all Nature in the Land of Up
rightness is fuller, more wonderful,
more Interestingly Who is there to
whom the summer does not come with
wooing voice and lure away somewhere
into the restful depths of Natures
realm? Who is there who is so dead
to the perennial freshness and charm
of Dame Nature that there comes no
longing to gain a closer intimacy with
her during the vacation rest? Man
universally delights in the restfulness
and freshness of Nature, but nowhere is
Nature found with SO manifold charms
and such sanctifying influences as in
the Land of Uprightness. The one who
steps from the land of the Natural Self
into the Land of Uprightness is heard
to eXclaim with eXultant voice: Il
never knew the sun was so glorious, its
light so full; the songs of the birds so
like Heavenly music, and the rustic Of
the leaves and the hum of nature so like
angels wings! the grace and beauty
and variety of the flowers of the field
so evidently betokening the impress of
the Divine handi It's a new world"
Dear friend, did you know there was
such a land as the Land of Uprightness,
and that in that land old things are
passed away and all things become
new? Did you know that it was your
privilege to walk there, and that until
you do you are missing untold joy, and
privilege, and blessing? 1t is only in
the Land of Uprightness that you can
realize your best and highest Then
let us go into the Land of Uprightness
together.
II HE other day I noticed in the
L hands of a young lady sitting OPP
posite to me in the train a transporta-
ton folder gotten up in attractive
form, describing summer resorts and
giving information as to the roads and
steamboats, leading thereto. She was
ieeply absorbed, and one did not need
% be told that she was planning her
7acation outing The claims of the
yarious places as to attractions and
advantages were evidently being care
ully considered. She wanted to go to
he place where she could have the |
pest time. The location of the place |
o which she felt she would go was
carefully noted on the map, and the |
cute over which she would travel |
plChOQ OUT. IL was d Oh
he greatest Importance to her at that |
ime. She was utterly lost to all |
bout her, so absorbed was she in the |
bought of going away When we
peak of the Land of Uprightness our
rst query is as to it's location Where
S the Land of Uprightness? We next
gant to know what attractions and adj
antages that land has to offer over
he land in which we are now dwell
ng; and then we want to know how
o get there. AS 1 sat and looked at
hat young lady SO absorbed in the
bought of going away and planning
Or that outing, l could not help won
ering whether she would be as in
crested in the Land of Uprightness
s she was in the resort she contem-
lated visiting, and would as careful
= and eagerly consider the means of
citing there as she did in picking out
er route to the former place. There
a Land of Uprightness, as the words
our text imply. 1 wonder if you
i'll be interested in hearing of that
md? l wonder if you feel an unsat-
fled need of the soul which will make
on eager to search out it's location?
wonder if you will be willing to make
for the journey and to
'avel over the road which leads to
lat land?
is LOcation.-Where is the Land of
Uprightness? David said in his
aste that all men are liars, and you
lay in your haste declare that surely ,
lere is no place on this earth-which
so rent and torn and troubled by
uman distress, and crime, selfshness
nd wrong doing-where it could be
'cated; that it must be in Heaven. {
eaven is the abode of the redeemed ]
nd the angels, but the Land of Up '
ghtness is the place in this life where I
lie soul abides in the will of God and =!
led by His Spirit. ct is in mems
carts, then" you exclaim. And we ,
ply: Yes and no. 1t is in mems
carts as an inner experience, and it {
all about them in outward, practical {
intact with the world and the people |
the world. One does not need to 8
Ike Jacobs ladder or borrow Gabriel's 2
ings to scale the heights and gain +
e borders of the Land of Upright t
,ss. 1t is not far away from the {
lsy rush of life. 1t is not on the
of TRANSPORTATION nor in I
q seventh heaven of Pauls expert T
ice. 1t lies within the confines of the =