The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-10-16

everlasting no, i" and ''the higher unity.
and 'the latent potentialities, and
1.-THE cathedral of the immensities.
l have been translating what these
men have been writing, and have been
translating what they have been doing,
and will tell you what it all means
it means that they want 10 kill Godl
And my only wonder is that God has
not killed them. have, in other days,
tasted of their CONNECTIONS, and / come
back and tell you to-day that there is
no nutriment or life or health in any
thing bAt the bread made of the old
corn of the Gospel. What do I mean by
that? mean that Christ is the bread
of life, and taking Him, you live and
live forever.
But, you say, corn is of but little prac-
teal use unless it . threshed and
ground and baked. I answer, this Cos
pei corn has gone through that process
When on Calvary all the hoofs of human
scorn came down on the heart of Christ,
and all the fails of satanic fury beat
Him long and fast, was not the corn
threshed? When the mills of Gods in
dignation against sin caught Christ be-
tween the upper and neither rollers, was
not the corn ground? When Jesus de-
scended into hell, and the flames of the
lost world wrapped Him all about, was
not the corn baked? Oh, yes! Christ is
ready. His pardon all ready; His peace
all ready; every thing ready in Christ.
Are you ready for Him?
l notice, in regard to this article of
food, you take it three times day. 1t
is on your table morning, noon and
night; and if it is forgotten, you say:
"Where is the bread?" Just so certain
ly you need Jesus three times day. Oh,
do not start out without Him; do not dare
to go off the front steps without hav-
ing first communed with Him!
Before noon there may be perils
that will destroy body, mind and
soul forever. You can not afford
to do without Him. You will, during
the day, be amidst sharp hoofs and
swift wheels and dangerous scaffold
ings threatening the body, and traps
for the soul who have taken some who
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launch ship they break against the
side of it bottle of wine. That is
sort of superstition among sailors. But
oh, on the launching of every day, that
we might strike against it at least one
earnest prayer for Divine protection!
That would not be supers tition; that
would be Christian.
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plain Gospel that recommend to you.
do not know how some of our minis
ters make it so intricate, and elaborate,
and mysdfying thing. It seems as if
they had a sort of mongrelism in re-
ligion-part humanitarianism, part
spiritualism, part nothingarianism and
sometimes you think they are building
their temple out of the Rock of Ages"
but you find there is no rock in it at all.
1t is stucco. The Gospel is plain. 1t
is bread. There are no fogs lowering
over this River of Life. All the fops
hover over the Marsh of Human Speeu-
lation. If you can not tell when you
hear man preach, whether or not
he believes in the plenary inspiration
of the Scriptures, it is because. he does
not believe in it. If, when you hear a
man preach, you can not tell whether or
not he believes that sin is Unborn, it is
because he does not think it is congen-
ital. If, when you hear man talk in
pulpit or prayer-meeting, you can not
make UP your mind whether Or not he
believes in regeneration. it is because
he does not believe in it. If, when you
hear man speak on religious themes,
you can not make upyour mind whether
or not he thinks the righteous and the
wicked will come out at the same place,
then it is because he really believes
their destinies are conterminous
Do not talk to me about man being
doubtful about the doctrines of grace.
He is not doubtful to me at all. Bread
Is bread, and l know it the moment I
see it. l had corn-feld which I
cultured with my own hand. did not
a * once in the whole summer: rs this
corn?" l did not hunt up the Agricult-
urist to get picture of corn. | was
born in sight of corn-feld and 1 !
know all about it When these
Israelites came to Canaan and
looked off upon the fields, the cry
vas: Corn! Cornr' And if man has
once tasted of this heavenly bread he
Knows it right away. He can tell this
'orn of the Gospel Canaan from ''the
'haff which the wind driveth away" l |
bless God so many have found this Cos
pei corn. 1t is the bread of which if a
nan eats he shall never hunger / set
he gladness of your soul to the tunes
If 'Ariel' and "Antioch." 1 ring the
bells, for Christ and your soul
're married, and there is no power on
'arth or in hell to get out letters of d.
'orcement
rode some thirteen miles to see the |
large steamship that was
cached near Southampton, Long ISL
nd. 1t was splendid vessel. As I |
talked up and down the decks and in |
he cabins 1 said; What pity that |
his vessel should go to pieces, or be
ying here idler' The coast-wreckers had
pent thirty thousand dollars trying to |
ct her off, and they succeeded once; but |
he came back again to the old place.
While / was walking on deck every |
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