The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-10-27
RELIGIOUS.

The public are cordially invited to at
tend a series of Billie Lectures delivered 10y
Rev. 7. J. Hough at the Protestant
Church in this city every Thursday at
y. m. Seats free, The following is Sy-
nopss of lecture recently delivered on
the subject of
The Promises Of God.
A promise is an assurance given ny |
God, in his revealed word, OF bcstowlnE
| certain blessings therein specified. upon
his people; as we read "WherebS are CIV
en- unto Us exceeding great and precious
promises that by these yc might be par
takers of the Divine nature having cSca-
ped the corruption that is in the world
through lust.' |
The first promise made to man by God
is contained in the third chapter of Cen
esis, fifteenth verse, Immediately after our
first parents had violated the Divine law,
here we understand that thc son of God
will drthronc the power OF satan. but
that in the accomplishment Of this great
act he shall be ''hruiscd,' shall suffer
death. The promise is that through his
death and suffering we may be saved.
The first promise is like u sparkling
brook eurylng ont from tive mountain
side, ripling, daShing, lcaping with Sill
very tongue from crag to crag; gladly
falling in with other streams, growing,
broadening, Deepening by the accession
of other waters. making the mighty river
that m,lrnlurs on to the rolling ocean,
Thus these precious Billie promises grow
and multiply, frcsl. streams of promises
flow in from each chapter, and when we
; appropriate these by faith, they bear us
+ on grandly to the great ocean of Gods
perfect love, these Divine winds Of aid
will begin to blow, and the silvery waves
? of promise will dash onr happy souls up
!, to the pearly gates of the new Jerusalem
and we will be greeted with that well
como plaudit ENTER thou into the joys
of thy Lord.'
How unbounded should our faith be in
the promises Of God, especially when we
remember that they have been verified
Il when the terms upon which they were
J. made have been complied with. Instance;
-, The great blessings bestowed on the
i apostles and others on the day of Pcnti
cost, The Bible teaches us, that Christ
was assembled with his disciples "an'
:. commanded them that they should mo-
is dcpart from Jerusalem, hut wait for tn
promise of the Father, which saith he, "
have heard of Me, for John truly bapti
&c z,d with water, but We shall be baptized
= with the Holy Ghost not many day
hence'' In order to obtain this promis
8 the apostles, and Mary the mother OF Je
or s1ls, and devOut women, and followers
- our blessed Lord, about one hundred an
!" twenty in all "continucd with one accor
to in PRAYER and supplication' for the lengt
p. of ten days-':and when the day Of Pc,
W ticost was fully come, they were all wit
H. one &C cord in one place, and suddcnl
% there came a sound from Heaven, as OF
q, rushing mighty wind, and it filled all IL
" house where they were sitting, and the1
appcared unto them clovcn tongues, lil
M as of fro, and it sat upon each of Their
~ and they were all filled with the Ho
Ghost.'
Here great promise was fulfilled, III
like all other promises, after much pra
er and supplication. ,,
Let us consider our subject under II
following heads:
100 LIST. Their Infinite Value.
,os 2nd. TO the Fathcrlcss and Widow.
wv 3rd Temporal Blessings.
4th. Spiritual Blessings.
on 5th. Support in Death.
49, list. Their Infinite Value.
. Numbers 1910.
1nS God is not man that lie should Ii
neither the son of man that no should
!, pcnt; hath he said, and shall he not
'he it : or hath he spoken, and shall he
tile make it good'
hat Isaiah, 4l-l0.
RIM Fear thou not for lam with thee {;
IL not discouraged for am thy God; v
ueu strengthen thee, yea | will help thee; .
'ells | will uphold thee with the right hant
rter my righteousness.
,o,r End. To the Fatherless and Wido'
Pisa. 10. ills.
Lord, thou last heard the desire of
humble, thou wilt prepare their he
q q thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; to ju
the fatherless and the oppressed, that
mp, man of the earth may no more oppres
sing Pisa. 6S-5.
q in A father to the fatherlcss, and in
H.. of tho widows, is God in his Holy hal
ton.
jeremiah 49-ll.
lie Leave thy fatherless children, I
r, asb preserve them alive, and let thy wild
49, trust in me.
w. 3rd. Temporal Blessings.
Pisa. 34-9.
''o O fear the Lord ye his saints: for
iting is no want to them that fear him.
Pisa. 37-3.
Ill., Trust in the Lord, and do goot
VIC shalt thou dwell in the land, and V
es OF thou shalt be fed.
out Pisa. 1898.
pace The steps of a good man are order'
have the Lord.
49, - Proverbs, 333.
~ " The cause of the Lord is in the
nave of the wicked; but he blesscth the
3. tatiOn of the just.
-, y, 40 4th. Spiritual Blessings
Psa. 1898.
w "a Who forgivcth all thine iniqultles
ges- healeth all thy diseases.
d=ette Pisa. 103-l3.
j. ana Like as father pitieth his chlldr
ption. the Lord pitieth them that tear Dill
,ndria Isaiah, liz.
- +ho Come now and let rs reason tog
- v'0 saith the Lord, though your sins
" AS scarlet, they shall he as white as
though they be red like CRIMSON
shall be as wool.
'"o 9Th. Support in DEATH
'"'so yea, though I walk through the
he last of the shadow of death, Will rear