The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-10-21

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less than half, the needed physical arma-
ment do not wonder at the pathos OF
soldier during the war, who when told
that he must have his hand amputate
said:
"Doctor, can't you save it?"
And when told that 1t was impossible,
said, with tears rolling down his cheeks:
swell, then, good bye, old hand; l hate
to part with you. You have done me a
good service for many years, but it seems
you must go. Goodbye"
A celebrated surgeon told me of scene
in the clinical department of one of the
New York hospitals, when poor man
with wounded leg was brought in be-
fore the students to be operated on. The
surgeon was pointing out this and that to
the students, and handling the wounded
leg, and was about to proceed to amputa-
ton, when the poor man leaped from the
table and hobbled to the door, aud said:
'tGentlemen, am sorry to disappoint
you, but, by the help of God, I will die
with my leg on"
What terrific loss is the loss of our
physical faculties!
against the French was by the Welshmen
killing the French horses, and chat
brought their riders to the ground. And
when you cripple this body, which is
| merely the animal ON which the soul
| rides, YOU may sometimes defeat the soul.
| Yet, how many suffer from this physi-
cal taking off Cool cheer, my brotherl
God will make it up to you somehow.
The grace, the sympathy of God will be
more to you than any thing you have lost.
If God allows part of your resources to be
cut off in one place, He will add it on
somewhere else. AS Augustus, the En-
| peror, took off day from February, maxi
| ing it the shortest month in the year, and
added it to August, the month named af-
ter himself, so advantages taken from one
part of your nature will be added on te
another.
81 pray and beseech you to lead me SC
far into the fight that I may strike one
| good blow with this sword of mine"
Do not think so much of what faculties
you have lost as of what faculties remain
You have enough left to make yourself
felt in three worlds, while you help the
earth, and balk hell, and win Heaven
Arise from your discouragements, oh mer
cal faculties, and see what, by the special
help of God, you can accomplish!
The skilled horsemen stood around Blu.
cephalus, unable to mount or manage him
so wild was the steed. But Alexander
clutched him by the bride and turned hi
head away from the shadow and towards
the sun, and the horse's agitation wa!
gone, and Alexander mounted him ant
rode off, to the establishment of all VIII
stood by. And what you people need il
to have your sight turned away from tn
shadow of your early lot over which yol
have SO long pondered, and your heat
turned toward the sun-the glorious sui
!, of gospel consolation and Christian hop
and spiritual triumph.
And then remember that all the physica
, disadvantages will after awhile vanish
: Let those who have been rheumatisme
out Of a foot, or cataracted out OF an eye
or by the perpetual roar of our cities thun
, dered out Of an ear, look forward to til
: day when this old tenement hous
of flesh will come down and bet
ter one shall be builded. The resurrec
r ton morning will provide you with bet
ter outfit. Either the unstEung, worn out
! blunted and crippled organs will be so re
: constructed that you will not know then
or an entire new set of eyes, and ears an
feet will be given you. just what it mean
, by corruption putting on interruption W
; do not know, save that it will be glory in
effable; no limping in Heaven, no strain
ing of the oversight to see things a littl
r way off; no putting of the hand benin
!, the ear to double the capacity of the tyn
+ panum; hut faculties perfect, all the key
p of the instrument attuned for the sweep
the fingers of costa y. But until that da
a of resurrection comes let US bear eac
. others burdens and so fulfill the law
9 Christ.
8. Another form of disadvantage und.
s which many labor is lack of early educs
: ton. There will be no excuse for ignol
ance in the next generation. Free scloo
and illimitable opportunity of educatio
q will make ignorance crime. believe
9 compulsory education, and those person
4 who neglect to put their children und,
educational advantages have but one rigl
r there are multitudes of men and wome
o in middle life who have had no oppo
v tunity. Free schools had not yet been O
tablished, and vast multitudes had lit
or no school at all. They feel it when,
It Christian men, they come TO spea
n or pray in religious assemblies
Q public occasions, patriotic, or p,
I litical, or educational. They a
: silent, because they do not feel comp
Y tent. They owe nothing to English gran
9 mar, or geography or bellies letters. The
= would not know participle from a Or
: noun if they met it many times a da
: Many of toe most successful merchants
!, America, and men in high political place
Q can not write an accurate letter on ar
Il theme. They are completely depende
}. upon clerks and deputies and s.enograp
.. ers to make things right. knew lite
:, airy man who, in other years, in Washin
ton, made his fortune by writing speech
for Congressman, or fixing them up +
o the Congressional Record after they we
e delivered. The millionaire illiteracy
r this country is beyond measurement.
Now, suppose man finds himself
9 midlife without education, what is he