The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-07-21

wreak upon you its vengeance, and you
be made target for devils to shoot at.
Do you not think Christ knew all about
persecution? Was he not Missed atf
Was He not struck on the cheek? Was
He not pursued all the days of His llfef
Did they not expectorate Upon him?
Or. to put it in Bible language, ''Ihey
spit upon Him." And can not He UNI
derstand what persecution is? Cast
thy burden upon the Lord, and he snail
sustain thee"
Then there are others who carry
great burdens of physical ailments.
When sudden sickness has come, and
fierce choleras and malignant fevers
take the castles of life by storm, we ap- |
peal to God. but in these chronic all
ments which wear out the strength day |
after day, and week after week, and |
wear after wear, how little resorting to |
God for solace! Then people depend
upon their tonics, and their plasters,
| and their cordials, rather than upon
heavenly stimulants.
Oh, how few people there are COM
pletely well! Some of yon. by dlnt OF
perseverance and care, have kept living
to this time, but how you have had to
war against physical ailments! Ante
diluvians, without medical college and
| infirmary and apothecary shop. multi
piled their years by hundreds, but he
who has gone through the gauntlet OF
disease in our time and has come to 70
years of age is a hero worthy OF q
palm.
The world seems to be great hospi-
tai. and you run against rheumatisms
and consumptions and scrofulas and
neuralgias and scores OF old diseases
baptized by new nomenclature. Oh,
how heavy burden sickness is! 1t
takes the color out of the sky, and the
sparkle out of the wave, and the sweet
ness out of the fruit, and the luster out
of the night When the limbs ache,
when the respiration is painful, when
the mouth is hot, when the ear roars
with unhealthy distractions, how hard
it is to be patient and cheerful and as
, siduous!
Cast thy burden upon the Lord. =
Does your head ache? His wore the
thorn. Do your feet hurt? His were
crushed of the spikes. Is your side
painful? His was struck by the spear.
Do you feel like giving way under the
burden? His weakness gave way I'M
der the cross. While you dre in every
possible way to try to restore your
, physical vigor, You are to remember
, that more soothing than any anodyne,
more vitalizing than any stimulant and
: more strengthening than any tonic
+ is the prescription of the text, Cast
thy burden upon the Lord, and He will
sustain thee"
q We hear a great deal of talk now
! about faith cure, and some people say
a il can not be done and it is a failure.
4 do not know but that the chief advance
: of the church is to be in that direction
4 Marvellous things come to me day by
Q day which make me think that II the
v age of miracles is past it is because the
Il faith of miracles is past.
A prominent merchant of New Yorl
q said to member of my family, my
"a mother wants her case mentioned tx
a Mr. Talmage."
g This was the case. He said: m.
a mother had a dreadful abscess, from
: which she had suffered untold agonies
~ and all surgery had been exhausted up
" on her, and worse and worse she grew
a. until we called in a few Christian
% friends and proceeded to pray about il
n We commended her case to God, an
i the abscess began Immediately to
;r cured. She is entirely well now, an
j. without knife and without any surg
n erv.- So that case has come to me
10 and there are a score of other case
~ coming to our ears from all parts c
~ the earth. Oh, aye who are sick, go t
Christ! Oh, We who are worn out wit
=, agonies of body, Cast thy burden VI
"a on the Lord, and he shall sustai
no thee!''
~ Now. the grave is brighter than tn
=. ancient tomb where the lights wei
- perpetually kept burning. The SCARE
- feet of Him who was 1.-THE resurrectio
Nv and the life" are on the broken gray
"a hillock. while the voices of angels rim
ha down the sky at the coronation OF al
other soul come home to glory.
WHY will prodigals live on swine
husks when the robe, and the ring, ar
the fathers welcome are ready? WE
= ro wandering over the great Sahal
:; desert of your sin when you are i
- : vited to the gardens of God, the tree
-. life and the fountain of living waite
~, Why be houseless and homeless forev
81 when you may become the sons al
daughters of the Lord God Almlght
u.s. Laugh.
'e- Learn to laugh. A good laugh
ny better than medicine. Learn how
los tell story. A well-told story is
'ut welcome as a sunbeam in a sick ROO
oo- Learn to keep your own troubles
Yourself The world is too busy
Oh care for your ills and sorrows. Lea
PIC to stop croaking. If you can not
10 any good in the world, keep the bad
lre yourself. Learn to hide your pal
~ and aches under a pleasant smile.
zen one cares to hear whether you have
os' earache, headache or rheumatis
ON Don't cry. Tears do well enough
on Oh, novels, but they are out of place in n
an life. Learn to meet your friends WI
ger a smile. The good-humored man
woman is always welcome, but
list dyspeptic or hypochondriac is I
Tor wanted anywhere, and is nuisance
his well.-Detroit Free Press.