The Bossier banner., 1891-09-03
ings; had the best education that one

all the moralities of life, and WIS
self-righteous, and l thought | was
all right before God as l was all
right before men; but the Holy Splr4t
came to me one day and said: You are
sinner the Holy Spirit persuaded me
of the fact. While l had escaped the
sins against the law of the land, had
really committed the worst sin man
ever commits-the driving back OF the
Son of God from my hearts affections.
And I saw that my hands were red with
the blood of the Son of God, and be-
gan to pray and peace came to my heart,
and know by experience that what
you say this morning is true. On Him
the Lord hath laid the iuiquity OF us
allp"
Yonder is man who would say: II
was the worst drunkard in New York;
l went from bad to worse; | destroyed
myself, destroyed my home; my chill
dren covered when entered the house;
when they put up their lips to be kissed
| struck them; when my wife pro
tested against the maltreatment,
| kicked her into the street. | know all
the bruises and all the terrors of
| drunkards woe. went on further from
God until one day got letter saying:
My dear husband: l have tried
every way, done everything, and prayed
earnestly and fervently for your refor-
nation, but it seems of no avil. Since
our little Henry died, with the excep-
tiUn of these few happy weeks whea
you remained sober, my life has been
one of sorrow. Many of the nights
have sat by the window, with my face
bathed in tears, watching for your
coming. ! am broken-hearted, | aW
sick. Mother and father have been
here frequently and begged me to
come home, but my love for you and
my hope for brighter days have always
made me refuse them. That hope seems
now beyond realization, and have re-
turned to them. 1t is hard, and bat
tied long before doing it. May God bless
and preserve you. and take from you
that accursed appetite and hasten the
day when we shall be again living hap
PLY together. This will be my daily
prayer, knowing that He has SAID;
''Come unto me all that labor and are
heavy laden, and | will give you rest.
From you loving wife, MARY
"And so wandered on and wandered
on" says that man, until one nigh!
passed Methodist Westinghouse. and
l said to myself: I'll go in and see what
they are doing and got to the dor,
and they were singing:
All may come, whoever Will,
This Man receives poor sinners stlll.
''And dropped right there where
was and l said, God have mercy, anf
He had mercy on me- My home is re
stored, my wife sings all day long dur
ing work, my children come out long
way to greet me home, and my house
hold is. little Heaven. l will tell yuu
what did all this for me. 1t was the
truth that this dav you proclaim: ''Un
him the Lord hath laid the iniqu ty OF
US all"
Yonder is woman who would say:
81 wandered off from my fathers
house; heard the storm that pelts o.
a lost soul; my feet were blistered on
the hot rocks. l went on and on
thinking that no one cared for my soul.
when one night Jesus met me and said
Poor thing, go home! your father is
waitin~ for you, your mother is waiting
for your, Go home, poor thing;' and
sir, was too weak to pray, and | wa
too weak to repent, but just cried out
| sobbed out my sins and my sorrows
on the shoulders of Him of whom it is
said: The Lord hath laid on Him the
iniquity of us ALL"
There is a young man who woul,. say
Il had a Christian bringing up; cams
from the country to city life; l starte,'
we'll; had good position, "a good com
mercial position, but one night at the
theater l met some young men who die
me no good. They dragged me all
through the sewers of iniquity. and !
lost my morals and / lost my position
and was shabby and wretched. was
going down the street, thinking that
no one cared for me, when q
T young man tapped me on the shoul
der and said: George, come with me
and will do you good l looked at
him to see whether he was joking OF
not saw he was in earnest, and |
said: What do you mean, .sir?' Well,
he replied, 4 mean, if you will come
to the meeting tonight will be very
glad to introduce you will meet you
at the door. Will you Gomez Said
, /, 4 will / went to the place
where was tarrying. l fixed my.
self up as well as l could. | buttoned
my coat over a ragged vest and went to
the door of the church, and the young
man met me, and we went in; and as
went in heard an old man pray ng,
and he looked so much like nv father
sobbed right out, and they were all
around so kind and sympathetic that
just there gave my heart to God, and |
know this morning that what you say
is true; believe it in my own expert
ence. On Him the Lord hath laid the
iniquity of us ALL"
Seated among US during service was
man who came in and said: 81 don't
know that there is any Cod" That
: was on Friday night. ] said: awe
, will kneel down and find out whcth
there is any God" And in the secon
| seat from the nulnit we l-nal+ II.