The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-05-26

oil JIG WOrlQ 10 lOve MIN, IL nc
ashamed to carry bundle OF clothe
up that dark alley to the poor Whic
) OF those young men do you admire tn
; better? The one sham, the other
! prince imperial.
J Oh, do you know anything, m,
, nearer, that is more beautiful to Sc
than a young man start out for Christ
i Here is some one falling; he lifts hin
J up. Here is vagabond boy; he intro
duces him to mission school. Here /
: family freezing to death; he carrie
them scuttle of coal. There ar,
eight hundred millions perishing IL
midnight heather darkness; by al
possible means he tries to send then
the Gospel. He may be laughed at
aud he may be sneered at, and he maj
be caricatured, but he is not ashamed
to go everywhere, saying: 90
am not ashamed Of the Gospe
of Christ. 1t is the power of God
and the wisdom of God unte
salvation" Such a young man can &c
through everything. There is nc
force on earth or in hell that can re.
sist him. show you three spectacles.
Spectacle the first: Napoleon passes
by with the host that went down with
him to Egypt, and up with him
through Russia, and crossed the CONT
nent on the bleeding heart of which
he set his iron heel, and across the
quivering flesh of which he went
grinding the wheels of his gun-car
riages-in his dying moment asking
his attendants to put on his military
boots for him.
Spectacle the second: Voltaire, bright
and learned and witty and eloquent,
with tongue and voice and stratagem
Internal, warning against God and
poisoning whole kingdoms with his
infidelity, yet applauded by the clap
ping hands of thrones and empires and
continents-his last words, in delirium
supposing Christ standing blythe bed
side-his last words: Crush that
wretch"
Spectacle the third: Paul-Paul, in
significant in person, thrust out from
all refined association, scourged, spat
on, bounded like wild beast from city
to city, yet trying to make the world
good and Heaven full; announcing
resurrection to those who mourned at
the barred gates Of the dead, speaking
consultations which light mp the eyes
of widowhood and orphanage and
want with glow of certain and eternal
release; undaunted before those who
could take his life, cheek flushed with
transport and his eye on Heaven;
with one hand shaking defiance at
all the foes of earth and all principals
ties of hell, and with the other hand
reckoning messenger angels to come
and bear him away, as he says: liam
now ready to be offered. and the time
of my departure is at hand; / have
fought the good fight, have finished
my course, I have kept the faith;
henceforth there is laid up for me a
crown of righteousness which the
Lord, the righteous Judge, will give
me-"
Which of the three spectacles do you
most admire? When the wind of
death struck the conquerer and the in
fdeh they were tossed like sea gulls in
a tempest. dreuched of the wave and
torn of the hurricane, their dismal
voices heard through the everlasting
storm; but when the waves and the
wind of death struck Paul, like an al
batross, he made throne of the tenn
pest, and one day foated away into the
calm, clear summer of Heaven, bright
err than the dove, it wings covered with
silver, and its feathers with yellow
gold. Oh, are you not in love with
such religions religion that can do
so much for man while he lives, and |
so much for man when he comes to
die?
That might WOO you to better
life. and that I might show you the
glories with which God clothes His
dear children in Heaven, wish I could |
this morning swing back one of the
twelve gates, that thee might dash |
upon your ear one sh.'at of the tri- |
nmph, that there might flame |
upon your eyes one blaze of the
'plendor. Oh when / speak of that |
good land, you involuntarily think
If some one there that you loved
father, mother. brother. sister, or
lear little child garnered already. You
want to know what they are doing this
l will tell you what they |
ire doing. Singing! You want to know
What they wear. will tell you what |
hey wear. Coronets of triumph |
You wonder why oft they look
o the gate of the temple, and
watch and wait. / will tell why
hey watch and wait and look to the /
rate of the temple. For your comingi
shout upward the news to-day, for
I'M sure some of you will repent and
tart for Heaven. ooh, We bright ones
'efore the throne, your earthly friends
re coming. Angels posing midair,
ry up the name! Gatekeeper of
heaven, send forward the tidings!
Waterman on the battlements celes-
ial, throw the signal"
"Oh," you say, religion 1 am going
o have; it is only question of time
dy brother, am afraid that you NAV
ose Heaven the way Louis Philippe
ost his empire. The Partisan mob
anne around the tulleries The national
'uard stood in defense of the palace,
nd the commander said to Louis
philippe: "Shall fire now? Shall 1
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