The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-29

come as little children We can not
enter the kingdom Of God God has
chosen the weak things Of the world
to confound the mighty. Zaccheus,
come down. come down.
notice that this tax-gatherer &C.
companied his surrender to Christ
with the restoration of property that
did not belong to him. He says: "It
have taken anything by false accu-
sation, restore four-fold." That is
if have taxed any man for $40, 1000
when he had only five thousand dol
lars worth of property, and put in
my own pocket the tax for the last
five Thousand, | will restore to him
four-fold If took from him $40
will give him $40. If took from him
$40 will give him Slc0.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been Sc mt to Washington during
the past few years US conscience
money" Isuppose that money was
sent by m m who wanted to be Chris.
tians, but found they could not until
they made restitution. There is no
need of our trying to come to Christ
as long as we keep fraudulently
dollar or farthng in our possession
that belongs to another. Suppose
you have not money enough to pay
your debts and for the sake of de-
frauding your creditors you put your
property in your wifes name. You
might cry until the day of Judgment
for pardon, but you would not get it
without first making restitution. In
times of prosperity it is right, against
a rainy day, to assign property to your
wife; but if, in time Of perplexity and
for the sake of defrauding your credi-
tor you make such assignment you
become a culpirt before God,
and you lmay as we'll stop praying
until you have made restitution. Or
suppose one man loans another money
on bond or mortgage, with the under.
standing that the mortgage can lie
quiet for several years but as soon as
the mortgage is given, commences
forclosnre-the sheriff mounts the
auction block, and the property is
struck down to at half price, and the
mortgage buys it in. The mortgage
started to get the property at half
price, and is a thief and robber.
Until he makes restitution, there is no
mercy for him. Suppose you sell
goods by sample, and then afterward
send to your customer an inferior
quality of goods You have committed
a fraud and there is no mercy for you
until you have made restitution. Sup
pose you sell a man handkerchief
for silk, telling him it is all silk and
it is part cotton. No mercy for you
until you have made restitution. Sup
pose You sell man horse, saying
he is sound, and he afterward turns
ont to be spawned and balky.
No mercy for you until you have made
restitution.
; The way being clear, Christ walked
into the house of Zaccheus. He be-
comes a different man: his wife a dit
ferent woman; the children are diff
ferent. Oh! it makes a great change
in any house when Christ comes into
i, it. How many beautiful homes are
represented among you! There are
pictures on the wall, there is music
| in the drawing room; and luxuries II
the wardrobe; and a full supply II
the pantry. Even If you were hal
asleep, there is one word with which
could wake you, and thrill yo,
through and through, and that wore
, is 'home! There are also houses o
suffering represented, in which Their
are neither pictures nor ward
robe, nor adornment-only one room
and plain cot or bunk IN
! corner; yet it is the place where you
t loved ones dwell, and your whcl
| nature tingles with satisfaction whe1
D YOU think of it and call it home
: Though the world may scott atus an
4 pursue US, and all the day we be tosse
l about, at eventide we sail into tn
S harbor at home Though there be
+ rest for us in the busy world, and "
i 90 trudging about, bearing burde1
', that we'll night crush us, there is
r refuge, and it hath an easy chair
g which we may sit, and lounge whe1
+ we may lie, and serenity OF peace
e which we may repose, and that r
II fuge is home.
D Up to forty years men work 4
&c themselves; after that, for their chi
d dreu. Now, what do you propose
Y leave them Nothing but dollar
le Alas! what an inheritance! 1t is mo
1t likely to be a curse than bless'n
1T Your own common sense and observ
2. ton tell you that money, without t
1T divine blessing, is curse. You mu
u. soon leave your children. 70
N shoulders are not so strong as \
,e were, and you know that they y
vi soon have to carry their own burde'
~ Your eyesight is not so clear at AZ
20 thew will soon have to pick out tai
ry own way. Your arm is not 80 Nigh
ey as once; they will soon have to fe
m their own battles Oh! let it not
IN told on Judgment day that you
en- your family start without the OF
vn safecuard-the religion OF ohr'
he Give yourself no rest until W
en- children are the sons and daughters