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Sermon Krom a V< Cou J edem lu a sermon delivered by T. H. Lar iniore at the Tcnncsscee Confederate Soldiers' Home. quoting Iiis text from 2 Timothy ii. ','>:7), he .-aid: "Thou therefore ?'n =1 urf hurdnes-, as a l'ooJ soldier of .lesu> Chri.st. Nu man who vvarreth outangleth himself with the affair-' of this JiT* ; that he may please him who hath chosen him t< Le a ?oldicr. And if aman also strive fur masteries, yet he is not crowned, except he strive lawfully." i Whether right or wrong, it has hern con sirred from time immemorial an honoi to l>e ;i good soldier. The'post of h< nor has been assigned t<> brave, trm n.ddit - from the beginning of history u> the present time. Orators, poets and painters have essayed i<> give honor to brave, obedient, self adducing soldiers. This may bo one reason why Christians are eull-d sol diers, ami also why Christ is called the Captain of our salvation. In thelan guage just read the apostle I'aul ex horts Timothy to "endure hardness as a good soldier of .Jesus Christ." in his first letter to Timothy, sixth chap ter, he hid- him "fight the good tight of faith" and "lay hold on eternal life," It has been understood through the ages that, when fireside.- are to he do fei ded. when wives and children and friends are to be protected, the brav est and best men and hoys have ever i,ecn willing to defeud and protect them, to shield aud save home and ved ones. 1 heard United .States Senator l>aniel Vorhees, the "Tall Sycamore of the Wabash," in a great speech say, VThc best blood of our country was in the army on both sides," alluding to the men in our great war. Nothing said indicated any bitterness in his heart toward soldiers on cither side. . . . God wants people to be what is best for them?best for body, soul and spirit, for time and for eternity?and he wants them to br honored as they are honorable iu that relationship. . . . The Scriptures clearly indicate that Goa's Church is au army, and that every member of it is a soldier. About forty years ago a call was made throughout our Southland for boys and men to enlist in the army. . . . We heeded the call for volun teers, to figlit for what we regarded the sacred rights of self and loved ones. The call then was for a defi nite number to follow the Stars and Bars for a definite period of time. When we were in the Confederate army it was natural for us to love our leaders and to follow them at every peril. If we were good soldiers, wo were ready and willing to obey their orders till death. My first general officer was Zollicof - fer. His soldiers loved him, and be lieved him to be a loader worthy of their love and confidence. When, on the dark and drizzly 19th of January, 186*2, he fell at the head of his army, his faithful soldiers sorrowed not so much b^can.jo the battle was lost as because their leader had fallen. Though we had heard terrible things of the army in blue, when the time came for men to be detailed to go back under a flag of truce for his body it was not hard to get men to go. I think all of us wanted to go. I well remember that 1 considered myself exceedingly fortunate in being one of tko:-e who were designated. We had neither dread of danger nor fear of death. A little group of us, under a white flag, went back for the body of our fallen leader, the leader whom we loved. Albert Sidney Johnston was my next general officer. His soldiers lov ed him and had high confidence in him. Well do some of us remember when, on April 6, 18G2, he fell, and under the weeping heavens, ?? April 7, his battle-scarred army fell back from Shiloh's bloody field. The battle was lost, and we sighed for the compan ionship of many missing comrades, but especially did we mourn for our leader. We, as soldiers of the cross?if we are soldiers of the eross, and I hopo we are?have a leader infinitely great er and better than these. This Leader has been tested and tried | throughout the ages, and has never boon found wanting. No mortal has ever trusted him in vain. I know not how many of you are in his army, but I do know that all of us ought to be. Those of us who are in it ought to fear no danger, dread no death, aud be al ways true to the cause to establish whioh our Leader died. In that other warfare we were al wevs oautious. Though we bolieved - y?c oould whip anything we might xneot. we were careful to prepare for cmcjv-ncies, so that we oould get something between us and the enemy to save ourselves from extermination, should such a shield be necessary. "When we were camped at Beeoh Grove, ?toran to Colnrades. to Veteran. near Fishing Creek, and - ur leader knew battle was inevitable, -ome of us were scut to Nashville to get a steam boat and bring it up the river to Mceoh Grove (Mill Springs) so that, if we got whipped, we should have some way to get tu '.he houth side of t ? * ? ; liver. We came down and took the Noble Kllis up to lieech Grove, and later, when our leader was killed and tli. battle was lost, we had the boat 1 tin re to carry us over the river. Wc i kept it plying to and fro all day and I late into the night. About midnight it was abandoned, wrapped in wither in;- (laun s, to drill down the stream, but the Cumberland Itiver was he tweeu us and our foes. We could ;-ee the Hash of their guns and hear the roar "f their artillery, but the beauti ful Cumberland flowed between us and them. The Noble Kllis saved us, and then ceased to be. This shows the wisdom of soldiers in worldly warfare. But for such precautions on the part, of the leaders in the army to which we belonged, our bodies might to-day be in neglected ditches far away, and this Soldier.-* Home never have beeu thought of. We arc engaged in u struggle for life here as long as we live. The hu man race is u warfare from the cradle to the grave, lighting for existence. Some hav an easy time, some have a hard time; but nevertheless it is a battle for life, and we are destined to lose the battle at last. It matters not how strong wc arc, we arc all abso lutely certain to fall on this field of battle. We are growing older and weaker every day, and death will final ly defeat and destroy ub. We must then cross, not the winding Cumber land, not the broad, beautiful Ten nessee, nor the mighty Mississippi, but tho deep, dark, dreaded river of death, tho river that silently and ceaselessly rolls between tho shores of fleeting time end never-ending eter nity. Now, as we look back to our bloody war, wo commond tho prudence of our leaders as manifested ic the case of /olliooffer's sending for the Noble Ellis that saved the boys after he fell. It is infinitely more important that we prepare for crossing this deep er, darker river. We did not know then that we should everhavo to cross the Cumberland River; our general did not know that we should ever need that boat, but he did know it would bo well to be ready for an emer gency. We absolutely know we must cross the river of death. The wealth and power of a thousand worlds could not keep us from crossing that dark river. Wo should be prepared for the crossir*;. and, as wo know neither the day uor tho hour when wo must pass to the other shore, we should be prepared every day and every hour. Now, tho question for each to ask himself is: "Am I to be saved?" It is hard for mo to realize that only small remnants of tho armies that less than forty years ago followed tho Stars and Bars and the Stars and Stripes are left now. It is hard for me to realize that those who were boys then are old men now, the snows that never melt gathering upon their looks; and it is just as hard for mo to realize that a few moro days, or years at most, and not a Confederate soldier can bo found on earth, but this true. There will bo Federal soldiers on earth, per haps, while time lasts; but the day is near at hand for the burial of the last Confederate soldier. Realizing now that this little remnant is soon to cease to be, that most of the boys have joined the solera bivouac of tho dead, and those who are left must soon pass over to that silent camping ground, wo ought to press this ques tion homo: "Am I to be saved?" When wc ask this questiou each ought to say: "I can and I will be saved," and then carry out that re solve. There never was a Confederate sol dier who had not enlisted in tho Con federate army. There wero certain laws, rules and regulations of enlist ment in that army; and, in order to become a Confederate soldier, those conditions had to be observed. We who wero in that army can tell our ohildren just how wo beoamo soldiers. Whon we, who were Confederate sol diers, howover, have all passed away, when two or three generations more j have come and gone, and no ono on earth can remember having seen a Confederate soldier, or having seen any one who ever saw a Confederate soldier, how can ! tho world then know I ?*bout the Confederate army? If books be left covering that period, es pecially books written by that genera tion, beginning with the breaking out of the war or the first movement to ward secession, picturing everything, giving names and dates and details, can then he found in the libraries of the land, mon, women end ohildren ' : '>- books, ? is !. m a J! :,!, c:; Ii,? Cdnfi dvatc As iv<? coiiM hoi lo Confederate * ,,. . , a . : UJicr.- vvituutii ; ; ? i > t ? i j in the Con federate army, wc eau ' '. ver be sol* , dier.-j of die cross w:thout enlisting in tue army of ill*, cross, to becumc soldiers in the army of the .Lord, we must observe the rules and conditions of enlistment in the army of the cross. The Bible reveals very clearly the conditions of enlistment in this army, arid we should turn to God's book and read his instructions. We must hear the gospel, believe the gospel, obey the gospel. In the lirst four books of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, iiuke and John) we find the history of our Leader. In '.hose eighty-nine chapters wc learn of his birth, his lift'j his death, Iii.-, burial, his resur rection, his ascension. We can study hia lifo and character, imbibe his spir it, learn to love him and the eau.-.e for which he died. In the book known as tho Acts of the Apostles we ate taught exactly how wc eaa become soldiers of the cross. Ti;at. book was written by a soldier of the cross, guided by the Holy Spirit, in the century in which our Saviour lived on the earth. In it we have u.i account of the ascension of the Saviour and the descent of the Holy Spirit to taku up his abode in the material provided for the forma tion of Iiis army, the charter mem bers: the terms of enlistment pro claimed, and the organization and re cruiting of the army for several years after its formation. If we would un derstand all the details of enlistment in the army of the I<ord Jesus?what we inu.st believe and what we must do to become soldiers in the arinj' of the cross?wo uiu<a -tudy the . v~fs of the Apostles. It is the ouly booh that gives this information. If we do this, if we read and understand this book, if we hear the gospel, believe the gos pel and obey the gospel according to its instructions, then wc are enlisted in the army and arc ready for the di vine warfare. After we enlisted in the Confeder ate army wo were drilled according to tho tactics thereof, that we might be come skillfr.1 and successful soldiers; but very few of us ever had access to a book of military discipline. Hav ing enlisted in the army of the Lord, we should drill and be drilled, accord ing to the tactics < f the army of righteousness, that we may be skillful and successful soldiers of tho cross, and to this end we may have access to the discipline divine, to all the rules and regulations constituting the dis cipline of the Church of Chiist. These are found in the Epistles. The one hundred and twenty-one chapters of these twenty-one letters to Christian soldiers we should read and study, to learn ho .v soldiers of the cross are to live, how they are to fight the battles of the Lord. These twenty-one epis tles, beginning with Romans and end ing with Jude, constitute the discip line of the Church of God. In the last book of the Now Testament, Rev elation, we have glimpses of the gran deurs and glories and beauties of tho soldiers' home above, that "house not mado with hands, eternal in the heav ens. Soldiers learned to love one another in "our war." By the very hardships they endured they were drawn closer together. They would stand by each other through suffering and danger, even unto death. The true soldier would divido his last cracker with a comrade. The war is over, but this tie still binds them together, and as they grow old and gray their hearts are drawn closer together by memories of the hardships they endured so long ago. They loved each other like brothers indeed. This is also espe cially true of all good soldiers of the cross. They are loyal and faithful and true to each other. They will make sacrificed for each other, and their hearts are drawn closer and closer together as they grow old in the service of the Lord. This tie is not broken here; even death oar.oot break it. It is to bo strengthened while oteroity lasts. Here we have reunions, of those who wore tho gray and of those who woro th* blue in that other war, that bloody war. Somu of us aro too busy to attend them. I have been busy all my life, for fifty years at least, too busy to attend any of the reunions of old soldiers. This is as near to a re union as anything I have ever attend ed. These reunions are beooming very frequent, but there is sadness al ways oonoeoted with them. Some are absent because their life's battle has been fought, and they have passed over the river. Some of those vho are present do not reoognise oaoh oth er, though they fought side by aide, they have grown so old and gray. Others say or think: "Wo are togeth er, but for only a few days. Then we separate, and may never meet again." Thus there is sadness mingled with gladness of every reunion. But there is to be a grand and glorious reunion of the soldiers of the cross some day. That reunion will have no sadness conneoted with it, born of the thought that some may not be there. Every faithtful soldier of the cross, all who have valiantly fought the battles of I the Lord, and have been faithful unto U'siih, -! liai] t*njoy that reunion, which ill Lc in t.'.i 51 k?iers' home above, i. : shall n st forever. I rejoi -o thiit our State has. made provision hero for Uoufederatc sol diers. Blessed bo the State! Bless ed be the Home! I rejoice that brare men, pure women, good boys and sweet girls have contributed prayers and tears and labor and money to bring about this good result. But high heaven has prepared a soldiers' home that is grander, more glorious far, than this; and when that final reunion comes, all faithful soldiers of the cross shall be there, and shall realize that they are there forever. When tril lions of ages liavo come and gone, they shali have no less time to oojoy tho comforts and bliss of that delightful home than when thry first entered its portals. They thall never grow old in that home; youth, strength, vigor and beauty shall bo eternal there. There shall be no .sorrow, no pain, no death, but perpetual peace and joy forever. Kcmember that, to reach that place, we must hear the gospel, believe the gospel and obey the gospel, and be faithful soldiers of the cross till God shall call us homo. I pray God that all who have enlisted in this army may be faithful unto death; and if there are any of you who have not enlisted in the army of the Lord, I pray that you may enlist without delay. Had His Suspicion. Tim Murphy had run up a small bill at the village shop. lie went to pay it and wanted a receipt. "Oh, wo never give receipts for these small amounts," grumbled the proprietor. "See, 1 will cross your account oil the book." And he drew a pencil mark diagonally across it. "There is your receipt," he added. "J)o ye mane that settles it?" asked Tim. "Certainly." "And ye'll niver be asking for it again?" "We'll never ask you for it again," said the other decidedly. "Faith, thin," said Tim, "and.I'll be after kapin' me money in me pock et, for I haven't paid it yet." "Oh, well," was the angry retort, "I can rub that out." "Faith, and I thought as much," said Tim slyly. The proprietor of that establish ment now issues a receipt for the smallest amount.?London Tit-Bits. Honor as Security. The old saw concerning the policy of honesty re?oives confirmation in the words of a New York banker, quoted in The World's Work:? It is quite possible for a man of known integrity to borrow a million dollars on a piece of property worth approximately a million dollars. A man of known bad oharaoter, on the other hand, could not possibly borrow more than half as much; perhaps not so muoh as half. Among the men who are the powers in tho banking-business it is no un common matter for a man to overdraw his aooount in a bank for hundreds of thousands of dollars for a day or two without a word of comment from the officers of the bank. They know that he knows what he is doing; they know that he would not overdraw if he were not able to make good the deficiency promptly; they know that he is an honest man and will make the defi ciency good, and the transaction does not call for so muoh as a verbal under standing. It is based altogether upjn honor. - mm ? A fly is almost invincible. It will survive long immersion in water, will sustain the odors of sulphur and other disinfectants without apparent injury. Only turpentine, chloroform and ammonia can get the better of a fly. < The Chrisi Cm We are showing this season ai They are the latest in style, ti manship, the lowest in price, a We sell all styles Low Do, See the big stock on my flo Morgan, tlie Raider. "Morgan was regarded by the Union oldiers us a holy terror,'' said.one of the famous cavalry leader's men. "and stories have been spread amoug them reciting how he shot down his cap tives and gave mercy to none. On the contrary, he was kind-hearted, as thooe who knew him can attest. He was fond of a joke, though. On one occasion on one of our raids, wc cap tured about 25 Union men near Mur frecsboro, Tenn. They expected noth ing else than to bo shot down after the general had first eaten a good meal. They began to talk about it so excitedly that some one reported the matter to General Morgan. Walking from his tent, he ordored the prison ers to be drawn up in line. Then, mounting his horse, he rode to the center of the small column and said to them that thev must be acquainted with his method of getting rid of pris oners and he personally regretted that such a tine looking set of men had fallen iuto the hands of a man who, it was known to them all, sacrificed human life as though I:e were shoot ing down a fatted calf. "One little Dutchman at the head of the line, grew weaker and weaker as the general's speech wore on, until he finally bore into tears, exclaiming: " 'Oh, for Goit's sake, vot vill mine family do?' "The general's heart was touched. Riding up to the little Dutchman, he placed his hand on his head aud said: " 'Why, God bless you, my man, I would not harm a hair of your head fur my life. You wero all so soared on account of the bad repute in which you held me that I thought I would play a practical joke on you.'" ? Louisville Courier-Journal. ? Some classes of wood appear to be even more durable than iron. Sec I tions of old water pipes of cypress i that had been under ground and in* j use for nearly a century were recently i exhumed at New Orleans. La., and to tho surprise of all the wood was per fectly preserved and as hard as when laid. They were part of the first water works of the city, and it is thought the wood was from trees 100 years old when laid. ? Money makes the mare go and women make the money go. If young girls would look ahead it would sometimes save them from serions collision with the nien they marry. It is here that ignorance is almost a crime. The young husband cannot understand it when the wife changes to a peevish, nervous, querulous woman. And the young wife does not understand it her self. She only knows that she is very miserable. If ever there is a tune when nature needs help it is when the young girl is adjusting herself to the new conditions of wifehood. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription makes weak women strong and sick women well. It promotes regu larity, dries debilitating drains, heals in flammation and ulc?ration, and cures female weakness. Sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, free. All womanly confidences are guarded with strict pro fessional privacy. Write without fear or fee to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N; Y. "I will drop you a few lines to-day to let you know that I am feeling well now," writes Misa Annie Stephens, of Belleville, Wood Co.. West Va. "I feel like a new woman. I took several bottles of the ' Favorite Prescription and 'Gold en Medical DiscoveryI have no headache now, no backache, and no pain in my side any more. No bearing-domi pain any more. I think there is no medicine like Dr, Pierce's medicine. I thank you very much for what you have done for me?your medicine has done me so much good." - Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pelleta cure bil iousness and sick headache. tmas riages e the finest, things on wheel se to best in material and work ill things considered. WJL ors. JOS. FRET WELL. . ."^S?CT'gT.V.'.U-?-: " ?S^getable PreparaifonTor As similating UieFoodandBeguIa ling the Stomachs andBcrweis of lN^AN:r s./ Ch hd Nw Promotes DigeslionCheerPur nessandRest.Contaiiis neillier Opium.Morpl?ne nor liberal. "Not Karc otic . lixtpc afOld?rSAMU?LPmiIER Mx.SmtM * EorktUs Sc?j - Sitgernt?tt - Iii Car?annfrSct?i * CtnnhtdSu?nr n naror. hfa6*y* Aperfccl Remedy for Constipa lion , Sour Stomach,Diarrhoer. Worms .Convulsions ,Feveristv ness and Loss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought At b iT?Onlhs old t ^5':;li<?.s;fp? } 5 C i in l's M exact copv oj^wbarrer. ,_,_as-fa: Thirty Years TMC CIHTAUn COM PANT. HEW YORK CITY. WE have on hand the best selection of comfort-bringera1 for cold and tired feet that we have ever carried. Our long experience of ten yean Shoe buying has enabled us to select only the beet values from the largest manu facturers' lines. We bought this season in such quantities that we can offer to our customers better goods for less money than we have ever before been able to do. You will, therefore, not consider that our Shoes are CHEAP Shoes because they are low-priced. The little school fellow will find his Shoes he buys of us the greatest delight of Winter, excepting his Christmas guns, as Jack Frost will have no terrors for him ; and his parents will find their Winter's worries overcome, as our School Shoes protect the purse as well as the feet. There are a few old shelf-worn Shoes in stock that we want to sell at a large discount. They are pretty fair Shoes, but not as good as new?hence the big mark-down in price. They are yours for the cash only while they last. They can't last long at the price. REMEMBER WE SELL PLANTATION SUPPILES OF EVERY KIND. DEAN & RATLIFFE. The Store where your friends Trade. u when the -Leaves Begin to Turn 1 99 IS the tirce to sow OATS, RYE and BARLEY. Now, in order that you may not come up lacking in harvest time, we have bought GOOD SEED for you. JUST RECEIVED? 3000 bushels Texas Bed Bust Proof Oats, 2000 bushels Ninety Six Bed Bust Proof Oats, 1000 bushels Winter Grazing Oats. Car Load Bye and Barley. Could have sold the above without moving earn? for a handsome profit, but preferred to gi ve them to you at a loss, as we want to supply those mat have always patronized us. . Recollect th? above is only about one-quarter our usual supply, and is all we can get ; so come and secure your Seed at once. Can buy plenty of Kan sas Red Oats for less money, but they will not do in this climate. * HGON & I-EDBETTEB, WHOLESALE DEALERS. A. 0. STBI0ELA1?, DENTIST. OFFICE?Froet Rooms over Fana ers and Merchants Bank. The opposite out illustrates Con tinuons Gum Teeth. The Ideal Plate?more cleanly than the natu ral teeth. No bad taste or bxeaCfa from Plat-* of tola kind* A LON?il?QK AHEAD A man thinks it is when the matter of life insurance suggests Stsolf?but cuTomnston oes of late have shown how life hangs by a thread when war, flood, hurricano and uro suddenly overtakes you, and the only r?ay to bo sure that your family is protected in case of calamity overtaking yea fe to in sure in a solid Company like? The Mutual Benefit Life Im Go, Drop in and see us about it. m. ml, matt?son, state ?GEST* Peoples' Bonk Bruldlng, .andersons, a