The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-12-10

say. " LOltl- HUI ID " nav AihS ~
show me the field and back me up ny
Omnipotent power. Anywhere, any
how, anytime for God" Two men rid
ing on horseback came to trough tC
water the horses While the horses
were drinking, one of the men said to
the other few words about the value
of the soul, and then they rode away,
and in opposite directions But the
words uttered were the salvation OF the
one TO whom they were uttered, and he
became Rev. Mr.. Champion, one OF the
most distinguished missionaries in
heather lands; for years wondering
who did for him the Christian kind
ness, and not finding out until in
bundle of books sent him to
Africa he found the biography
of Brainerd Taylor and pic
ture of him, and the mission
airy recognized the face in that book as
the man who, at the watering-trough
for horses, had said thr thing that saved
his soul. What opportunities you have
had in the past! What opportunities you
have now! What opportunities you will
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hat, oh woman, this afternoon and go
in and comfort that young mother who
lost her babe last summer. Put on your
hat, oh man, and go over and see that
merchant who was compelled yesterday
to make an assignment, and tell him OF
the everlasting riches remaining for all
those who serve the Lord. Can you
sing? Go and sing for that man who can
not get well, and you will help him into
Heaven. Let it be your brain, your
tongue, your eyes, your heart, your
lungs, your hands, your feet, your body,
your mind, your soul, your life, your
death, your time, your eternity
for God, feeling in your soul ito this
end was l born" 1t may be helpful
to some if l recite my own experience
in this regard. 1 started for the law
without asking any Divine direction. ]
consulted my own tastes. | liked law
ycrS, and l rcveled in hearing the Ere
linghuysens and the Bradleys of the
New Jersey bar, and as assistant of the
county clerk, at sixteen years of age,
| searched titles, naturalized foreign
ers, recorded deeds, received the con-
fession of judgments, swOre witnesses
and juries and grand juries, But after
awhile l felt a call to the Gospel min
istry and entered it, and | felt some
satisfaction in the work. But one sum-
mer when | was resting at Sharon
Springs, and while seated in the park
of that village. l said to my
self. eff have an especial work
to do in the world | ought to find it
out now" and with that determination
| prayed as ] had never before prayed,
and got the Divine protection, and wrote
it down in my memorandum book, and
! saw my life work then as plainly as
| see it now. Oh, do not be satisfied
" it'll general directions. Get specific
directions. Do not shoot at random.
Take aim and fire. Concentrate. Ma
poleon's success in battle came from his
theory of breaking through the enemy's
ranks 1T one point, not trying to meet
the whole line of the enemy's force
by n similar force. One reason why he
lost Waterloo was because he did
not work his usual theory, and
spread his force out over a wide range.
Oh, Christian man, oh, Christian
woman, break through somewhere.
Not a general engagement for God, but
particular engagement, and made in
| answer to prayer. If there are one
billion six hundred million people in
the world then there are one billion
| six hundred million different missions
to fulfill, different styles of work to do,
different orbits in which to rcvolve,
| ton there are at least one billion FIVE
hundred and ninety-nine million posi-
bilitics that you will make mistake
On your knees before God get the mat
ter settled SO that you can firmly say:
ITO this end was born"
In the seventeenth century all Eu-
rope was threatened with wave of
Asiatic barbarism, and Vienna was
especially bcsieged. The king and his
court had fled, and nothing could save
the city from being overwhelmed unless
the king of Poland, John Sobleski, to
whom they had sent for help, should
with his army come down for the re-
| lief, and from every roof and tower the
inha bitants of Vienna watched and
waited and hoped until on the morn
ing of September II the rising sun threw
an unusual and unparalleled brill
| fancy. 1t was the reflection on tho
swords and shields and helmets of John
Sobieslii and his army coming down
over the hills to the rescue, and that
day not only Vienna, but Europe, was
saved. Ana see you not, oh ye souls,
besieged with sin and sorrow, that
light breaks in, the swords and the
shields and the helmets of Divine
rescue bathed in the rising sun
of Heavenly deliverance? Let every
thing else go rather than let
Heaven go. What a strange thing it
must be to feel ones self born to an
earthly crown, but you have been born
for throne on which you may reign
after the last monarch of all the earth
shall have gone to dust. invite you to
start now for your own coronation, to
come in and take the title deeds to
your everlasting inherita zee. Through
an impassioned prayer take Heaven
and all of it's raptures What poor
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