The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-09-13

took his pistol from his pocket. Then he
saw it was not wild beast. 1t was
man, an immortal man, a man made in
Gods own image; and the poor wretch
crawled up to the feet Of the invalid and
asked for strong drink and the invalid
took his wine flask from his pocket and
gave the poor wretch something to drink,
and then under the stimulus he rose up
and gave his history. He had been a
merchant in Glasgow, Scotland. He had
gone down under the power of strong
drink until he was so reduced in poverty
that he was lying in boat just OFF the
beach.
"Why," said the invalid, ~ knew
merchant in Glasgow once-a merchant
by such and such a name," and the poor
wretch Observation-Disclosures and said: Il
am that man." 'Let him that thinketh
he standeth take heed lest he fall"
Again / remark that the senior brother
of my text stands for the spirit of envy
and jealousy. The senior brother thought
that all the honor they did to the returned
brother was a wrong to him. He said:
81 have stayed at home, and ought to
have had the ring, and ought to have
had the banquet, and ought to have had
the garlands."
Alas f or this spirit Of envy and jeal-
ousy coming down through the agesi
Cain and Abel, Esau and Jacob, Saul and
David, Hannah and Mordecai, Othello and
Iago, Orlando and Angelica, Caligula
and Torquatus, Caesar and Pompey,
Columbus and the Spanish courtiers,
Cambyses and the brother he slew be-
cause he was better marksman. Diony-
slus and Philoxenius, whom he slew be-
cause he was @ better singer Jealousy
among painters. Closterman and Geoff :
rey, Kneller, Hudson and Reynol dis.
Francia, anxious to see a picture of
Raphael, Raphael sends him picture.
Francia, seeing it, falls in a fit of jeal-
ousy from which he dies. Jealousy
among authors. How seldom contempo-
raries speak Of each other Xenophon
and Plato, living at the same time, but
from their writings you never would sup
pose they heard of each other. Religious
jealousies. The Mahommedans praying
for rain during drouth; no rain COM
ing. Then the Christians begin to pray
for rain, and the rain comes. Then the
Mahommedans met together to account
for this, and they resolved that God was
so pleased with their prayers He kept the
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but that the Christians began to pray,
and the Lord was so disguised with their
prayers that He sent rain right away so
plications. Oh, this accursed spirit OF
envy and jealousy! Let us stamp it out
from all our hearts.
A wrestler was so envious of Theogenes,
the prince of wrestlers, that he could not
be consoled in any way, and after
Theogenes died, and a statue was lifted to
him in public place, his envious antag.
onist went out every night and wrestled
with the statue until one night he threw
it, and it fell on him and crushed him to
death. So jealousy is not only absurd,
but it Is killing to the body and it is kill
ing to the soul. How seldom it is you
find one merchant speaking well of q
merchant in the same line of business.
How seldom it is you hear of physician
speaking well of physician on the same
| block. Oh, my friends, the world is large
enough for all of us. Let us rejoice at
| the success. of others. The next best
thing to owning a garden ourselves is to
| look over the fence and admire the flow
ers. The next best thing to riding in fine
| equipage is to stand on the street and
admire the prancing span. The next best
thing to having bang net given to our
selves Is having banquet given to our
prodigal brother that has come home to
| his fathers house.
| Besides that, If we do not get as much
honor and as much attention as others,
we ought to congratulate ourselves on
| what we escape IN the way Of assault
The French General, riding on horseback
| at the head Of his troops, heard soldier
complain and say: SIT is very easy for
the General to command us forward while
| he rides and when we walk" Then the
| General dismounted and compelled the
complaining soldier to get on the horse.
| Coming through ravine bullet from 9
| sharpshooter struck the rider, and he fell
dead. Then the General said: "How
much safer it is to walk than to rider
| Once more have to tell you that this
senior brother of my text stands for the
peuting Christian. While there is sc
much congratulation within doors. the
hero of my text stands outside, the cor
ners of his mouth drawn down, looking as
he felt-miserable. am glad his lugu-
brious physiognomy did not spoil the
| festivity within. How many pouting
Christians there are in our day-Chris.
| tiaus who do not like the music of oul
churches, Christians who do not like the
hilarities OF the young-pouting, pouting,
pouting at society, pouting at the fash
ions, pouting at the newspapers, pouting
at the Church, pouting at the Govern
ment, pouting at the high Heaven. Their
spleen is too large, their liver doe MOI
work, their digestion is broken down.
There are two cruets in their caster al.
ways sure to be we'll supplied-vinegal
and red pepper. Oh, come away from
that mood. Stir little saccharine into
your disposition. While you avoid the
dissoluteness of the younger son, avoiG
also the Feasibility and the petulance
and the pouting spirit Of the elder SON
and initiate the father, who had embraces
for the returning prodigal and coax;na
words for the splenetic aud malcontent.
All! the face of this pouting elder son i:
put before us in order that we might bet
ter see the radiant and forgiving face o.
the father. Contrasts are mighty. Tht
artist in sketching the field of Waterloo
years after the battle, put dove in thu
mouth of the cannon. Raphael, in one o.
his cartoons, beside the face of wretch
put the face Of happy and innocen
child. And so the sour face of this iras
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