The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-27


nlrod IL, studied Il. absorbed II set
up 10 your memory TON peruetua1 r,
treatment. and realized the forca An
: magnitude and intensity ~ n
text: s.Bv the breath az 60
frost is given" oh what
God we have! What resources are i'm
piled by the fact that He l. ! HE .to 4
that by the finger of the frost Eft
times in one minute and on . hnrdre,
thousand window panes for thousand
of winters. The great ART galleries =
Venice and Nanies ana nre.dar a.,
carefully guarded and govarnment
protect them. for. once lost. thew "a,
never be Reproduced. Init God sat mn !,
the ROYAL Galleries az the Erost r,;c
lures such as NO human art ever nro
duce, hundreds Of Thousands ~ them
only for four or Ave hours ard thar
rubs them ont. MAKING the nlaca cls.,
for display lust as magpifcent tbs
next MORNING. No one hnt Cod
could afford to do that n wonId h.nlr,
rupt everything Init ;nfn;tv ard or,.
/ Impotence.
Next I speak Of the frost a. a ,,hv.;.
clan. Standing at the gates of New
York harbor autumn before last the
frost drove back the cholera saving.
THUS far shalt thou come and NO FAR
Their" From Memphis and New Or
leans and Jacksonville he smote the fe-
yer plague till it reeled back and de-
parted. The frost is a uhvsician that
doctors cities, nations and continents.
He medicines the world. ou;n;ra for
malaria, sntifebrile for typhoids. sul-
phonal for sleeplessness. antispasmodic
for disturbed nerves. but in ALI
Therapeutics there is no remedy 1;lxa
the small pellets prenared bv tha cold
and no physician so skillfpl or 90
mighty as the frost. Scotland has had
great physicians, but her GREATEST doc-
tors have been the Aberneth,es ana
Abercrombies that have come down
over the highlands horsed on the north
wind. England has had her great phv-
sicians, but her greatest doctors have
been the Andrew Clarkes and the Mac
kenzies who appeared the first night
the fields of England were trimmed
With white. America has had it's
great physicians, but her GREAT
est doctors have been the VIII
lard Parkers and Valentine Motifs who
landed from bleak skies while our
ears tingled with the cold. oh. il is
high time that you add another line
to your liturgy. 1t is high time that
you make an addendum to your pray
ers 1t is high time that you enlarge
the catalogue of your blessings. Thank
God for frost! 1t is the best of all ger
micides. 1t is the only hope in bacte-
riology. 1t is the medicament of I
1t is the salvation of
our temperate zone. 1t is the
best tonic that God ever gave
The human race 1t is the only
strong stimulant that has no reaction.
The best commentary on it | had while
Walking near here one cool morn;ng
With my brother John, who spent the
most of his life as a missionary in
nina, and in that part of it wher.
here are no frosts. He said there was
tingling gladness in his nerves indie
cribable, and an almost intoxica tiop
+ delight from the fact that IL was the
rst time for years he had felt the sem ,
alton of frost We complain of IL. we
cold it, we frown upon it, when we
ught to be stirred by it to gratitude | I
nd hoist it on doxolopv. II
But must go further and small NJ q
he Frost as a ieweler. Az tho snoY, i
frozen rain. SO the frost l. frovsr S
ew. God transforms Il from, . l;o,,;d I
ito crystal. 1t is the dew plor;fed 4
n the thirtv-eiehth charter a. tic. a
,spired drama. the Roolr ~ Joh Cd n
Tvs to the inspired dramat;sts wifi, b
.static interrogation: .s1,ba boa,v {
ost of Heaven. who hath genao-aJ t
?'' God there asks lob r. he Lrn,.s n
le parentape of the frost 10 ;n il
hires about about its ned;grae n i,
Iggests that Job study IN the frost,s q
line. A minnie before d
I'd had asked about the parentaoe Of 7
rain-drop in words that wears sgo q
i've a suggestive text for = sar,non Fl
Hath the rain a fatber9, Rut now Il
e Lord Almighty il catecb;s;ng W
h about the frost. He nr.ct;caIln q
US: do you know it's father2 10 h
u know it's mother? In what cradle a,
the leaves did the wind rock 10 a,
But 1 go a step further and snaaL - D,
e Frost as an evanuelist and = ta~t al
g.. 1850, "AAo eSAo