The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-12-15

play, ana ne udu
of paper before him, ana tne
king Familiarity looked over his shoulder '
and said: "What are you playlng5 t
I see no music before you. ana 9
Mozart put his hand on his brow as .
TO saw: 81 am improvising" 1t was I
very well for him, but oh, my friends. I
we can not extemporize for Heaven. {
If we do not get prepared IN TINS
world. we will never take part IN the
orchestral harmonies of the saved. On, 4
that we were as wise as the crane anu
the stork, flying away, hylng away
from the tempest
Some of YOU have felt the pinchlnR
frost of sin. You feel it to-day. lou
are not happy. look into your faces
and know you are not happy. There
are voices within your soul that WIZ
not be silenced, telling you tnae you
| are sinners, and hat without the par
don of God you are undone forever.
What are you going to do, my lrienus'
with the accumulated transgres-
sions of a lifetimel VIII you stand
sti,l and let the avalanche tumble over
youo On. that you would 20 away
into the warm heart of Gods mercy.
The southern grove, redelent with
MAGNOLIA and cactus, never waited Ior
northern fiocks, as God has waited 1or
YOU. saving: Il have loved thee WITH an
everlasting love. Come unto me, all
We who are weary and heavy laden,
and will give you rest.
Another frost is bidding you away
} Il ;s the frost of sorrow. Where doyou
live now? "Oh," you say: Il nave
moved" Why did you move. lou
saw: II have moved Why did you
move? You say: II dent want as large
7 a house now as formerly" Why do you
not want as large a house? You say:
r s.My family is not SO large Where
l have they gone to? Eternity! Your
/ mind goes back through that last
q sickness and through the almost
! supernatural effort to keep life, ana
!. through these prayers that seemeo
! unavailing, and through that KISS
;. which received no response, because
:, the lips were ifeless, and hear tne
y bells tollipg and i hear the hearts
Il breaking---yhile speak, / hear them
e break. "A heart! Another heart
IS Alone. alone! Alone! The world
IS which in your girlhood and boyhooo
i was sunshine, is cold now, ana on
a. weary dove, you fly around thu
re world as though you would IKE
n to stay. when the wind and the fros
~ aud the blackening clouds would BIZ
We YOU away into the heart OF an all
TO comforting God. Oh, l have notices
u again and again what botch thu
y world makes of it when it tries to con-
OF fort soul in trouble! 1t says: don
lls crvls How can we help crying whe
a. the hearts treasures are scattered, an
N father is gone. and mother is gone, an
pe COMPANIONS are gone, and the child
ne zone, and everything seems gone. IL
lat no comfort to tell a man not to CT.
OF The world comes up and says: "Oh,
ZEN is only the body of your loved one TN
I'VE YOU have put into the ground! 81
ON there is no comfort in that. That Doc
on is precious. Shall we never put o.
OF hand in that hand again. and shall "
ow never see that sweet face again? AVA
ma with your heartlessness, oh, wori
we But come. Jesus. and tell us that VIII
the the tears fall they fall into Gods bott
ave that the dear bodies of our loved on
yer. shall rise radiant in the resurrectio
ana and all the brealxings down here sh'
ala be fittings up there, and they SIT
ing hunger no mere, neither tnlrst
last more. neither shall the sun light
ave on them nor any heat, for the Lam
ate, which is in the midst of the throl
ing shall lead them to living fountains
tale water. and God shall wipe all the fei
ave from their eyes,"
,aro You may have noticed that when
mar chafinch or the stork or the era
mat starts on its migration, its calls
yet those of it's kind to come too. !
od, tree-tops are full of chirp and whis
aa- and carol and the long roll-call.
hese bird does not start off alone. 1t ga
aah- ers all of it's kind. Oh, that
oe might be as wise in this mig
anu ton to Heaven, and that
n OF might gather all yourfamilies and y
sher friends with you! would that II
torh nah might take Samuel by the ha
ach- and Abraham might take Isaac,
Haoar might take Ishmael. / as
those who sat at your breakfast ia
this morning will sit with you
Heaven? 1 ask you what lnfiuer
Is of you are trying to bring upon TIN
.ause Are you calling them 10 go Win
Won Ave, aye, have you started yoursei
.Ston Start for Heaven and take your
in q dren with you. Come thou and all
c.n house into the ark. Tell your II
ro.r- ones that there are realms of balm
and sweetness for all those who fly in
i has right direction. Swifter than cal
! co stroke, put out for Heaven. Like
hem crane or the stork, stop not
ring nor day until you find the right p
tain, for stopping. Seated to-day in G
land tian service will you be seated in
10 the same glorious service when the b
e out ems have passed away with
, and noise, and the elements have mi
IN oet with fervent heat, and the redet
, thew are gathered around the thron
, their Jesus?
stop n ". S msndsrers come.
about Oh. We benighted souls.
d and Why longer roam?
IL is The Spirit calls to-day,
v,e,..,, Yield to His power;
On. grieve Him not away,
green We marquis hof1r