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

wise. When ] think OF God my soui 10
so full of ioy that the notes leap ana Q
dance from INV pen.- wish we might u
all exult melodiously before the LORD. a
with God fer our Father, and Christ |
for our Saviour, and Heaven for our
home. and angels for future compan-
ions. and eternity for lifetime, we
should strike all the notes OF JOY. 20
mo though the wilderness OF tins
world. let us remember that we are on
the wav to the summary cline OF lleav-
on. and from the migratory populations
flying through this amtumnal ar learn
always to keep singing
Children Of the heavenly King,
Asye journey, sweetly sing;
Sing your Saviours worthy praise l
Glorious in His works and ways
We are travelling home to God;
In the way your fathers trod;
They are happy now, and we
Soon their happiness shall see.
The church of God never will be
triumphant church until it becomes a
singing church.
| / 90 further, and remark that the
birds of the air are wiser than we, In
the fact that in their migration they
fv very high During the summer,
when they are in the fields, they often
come within reach of the gun; but
when they start for the annual flight
southwark they take their places MD
heaven and go straight as mark
The longest rifle that was ever
brought to shoulder could not reach
them. Would to God that we
were as wise as the stork and
crane in their fight heavenward! we
fly so low that we are within easy
) range of the world, the flesh and the
devil. We are brought down by
temptations that ought not to come
5 within a mile of reaching us. Oh, Tor
some of the faith of George Muller, OF
: England. and Alfred Goodman, once OF
: the church militant. now of the churcn
4 triumphant. So poor is the type OF
5 piety in the church of God now that
d men actually caricature the idea that
!, there is any such thing as higher lie.
t Moles never did believe in eagles. But,
e nv brethren, because we have NOT
o reached these heights ourselves shall
T. we deride the fact that there are
d any such heights? A man was
G once talking to Brunei, the famous
d engineer, about the length of the rail-
I road from London to Bristol The en-
d pipeer said: 1T is not very great W.
S, shall have. after awhile, a steamer run
W MING from London to New York" The,
~ laughed him to scorn; but we hav'
1T gone so far now that we have ceased t
lie laugh at anything impossible for hu
k man achievement. Then, | ask, is any
I'd thing impossible for the Lord? i do nc
ne believe that God exhausted all Ill
of grace in Paul, and Latimer and ~
OF ward Payson. believe there are h1gi
err points of Christian attainment to |
he reached in the future ages of tn
he Christian world. You tell me thu
OF Paul went up to the tlptop
'ss the Alps of Christian attainment Inc
or I tell YOU that the storlS and crane ha'
ne found above the Alps plenty OF roo
re for free flying. We go out and we co
"a ouer our temptations by the grace
&c, God and lie down. On the MORO
he those temptations rally themselves al
ng attack us and by the grace OF God
lat defeat them again: but, staying all
in time in the old encanpment, we ma
ley the same old battles to fight owe
,rd WHY not whip out our temptations, a.
The then forward march, making one ra
ng- through the enemy's country, stoppi
n.y. not until we break ranks after the Ii
ted victory. Do, my brethren, let us ma
var some novelty of combat, at any ra
Ter by changing, by going on. by MAXI
ave advancement, trading of our st'
nth PRAYERS about sins we ought to ha
ou- quit long ago, going on towa
top a hioher state of Christian ch
asst acter. and routing our sins II
lge! we have never thought OF
on, The fact is, if the church OF co.
ans! if we. as individuals, made rapid
and vancement in the Christian life, tn
liam stereotyed prayers we have been III
see ing for ten or fifteen years would
may inapuropriate TO us as the shoes
sol the hats. and the coats we wore ten
< in fifteen wears ago. Oh, for hig
nted fight in the Christian life, the st
rane and the crane in their migration tea
e OF ing US the lesson.
not Dear Lord, and shall we ever live.
At this poor dying rate
helm Our love so faint, so cold to Thee,
a. And Thine to us so great!
birds Again, i remark, tHdt Vic oiios
than the air are wiser than we, beca
z;nr they know when to start. IL
,usic should go ont now and shout: :
rious storks and cranes. don't be il
) an hurry" they would say: NO, we
lists not stop; last night we heard the r
cary. ing in the woods bidding us away,
pv 90 the shrin flute of the north wind
the sounded the retreat. We must
. the We must CO. So they gather II
elves selves into companies, and tur
down not aside for storm or mount
gives top. or shock of musketry, over
rs ON and sea, straight as an arrow u
thou mark they go. And if you come
Would this morning with sack OF corn
ev in throw it in the fields and try +
our them to stop, they are so far up
re is would hardly see it. They are on
oh of way to the south. You could not
:. and them. Oh, that we were as wise
ntx we the best time to start for God
heavi- Heaven! We say: wait until
r life. little later in the season OF N
h. OF Wait until some OF these
1a.ras of hone are all dried VI