The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-01-28

who lives on without any interest in Jesus
Christ and is careless in regard to his i'm
mortal destiny, and that man lives in that
carelessness all the way long until his last
hour, and you never hear him say one
word of penitence or give any
expression of faith or say anything in
regard to the eternal world or
his preparation for it, if he dies in silence
in reference to all these subjects-I will
say in regard to that man, it is a warning
to you and me. Young people, where are
those who entered school with you four
years ago? Graduates of colleges, where
are those who took the diploma with you
on the same commencement day? Bust
ness men, where are those who started in
commercial life with you twenty years
ago?" "Wen," you say, ."some of them
have passed off," There is business man
sitting here who had partner who left
the world, and now he thinks over that
case. He says: That man lived on without
any concern about the future world and
suddenly he died." Well, come to you
to day and say: "What do you suppose,
was that mans destiny? Where do you
suppose he is?" Well, you are embar-
raised. You say: 81 wouldn't like to
take the responsibility" SWELL" I
say, "you are not bound to take
any responsibility. I want your opinion
as to where he is, and again you resist the
question. You don't want to take the re-
sponsibility. o! wonder if, when we are
dead, there will be any awful guessing
about where we have gone? Those men
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same songs; they had the same opportu-
mites of salvation; they rejected them all.
You sit under the same advantages, and
you are going through precisely the same
process, and l ask if it is not an arousing
consideration for you and me. The day
will come when you and 1 win have to quit
this life. We may be stalwarts to-day,
we may not have an ache Or pain, we may
be exuberant in our physical health, but
our common sense tells US that there viii
have to come time when we will
put our head to the pillow and
die. oh! if in that hour you hear
reyerberations of a broken law, and
the thunder's of Gods anathemas, you
will wish you had never been born. Why
not come out tonight and have this mat
ter gloriously settled? If there be any
thing in Christ, and bright hope of
heaven, why not come and get it,? 1t is
yours if you will have it. In the name Of
my Lord Jesus Christ plainly offer it.
Pardon for all your sin. Comfort for all
your trouble. Help for all your burdens.
The gospel that I preach is not one of de-
struction, but gospel of salvation.
Pertidax heard, one night, pounding at
his palace door, some messenger who
wanted to get in. He said to himself:
''They have come to take my life," and he
trembled and he refused to open the door.
They kept up pounding and pounding
away until he almost tainted with fright:
but after awhile, plucking up cour-
age and girding on his sword, and
putting his hand on the hilt, he had
the door opened, when, 10! the messen-
gers had come to offer him crown. They
said: 'eThe King died one hour ago of apo
plexy, and you have been chosen to be his
successor, and we have come to offer you
the crown" o! l thought how much like
that is our rejection OF the Gospel, as
though it were a matter of overthrow
when it is matter of coronation. Not to
slay. hut to enthrone. IF, this moment, by
giving up your sins fairly and squarely-I
do not take the responsibility of saying
what your sin is, 1 do not know-if you
would honestly, and before God, this mo-
ment give up your sin and take Christ, the
| news would fly heavenward and would
strike seraphic harps, and angels bending
| in the sky, and ministering spirits flying
| on erranGs of salvation, would join wing
| to wing, and wing to wing, while they
| cried: Behold! he prays!"