The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-11-30

idol in your house not yer ucsea y ,
The heather confessed that there was
ore idol OF beaten gold that he couio
not bear to give up After awhile
when that was destroyed. in answer 70
the nraver of the Christian. the SICK
man got well.
MANY man has awakened in his ay-
ing hour to find his sins all ABOUT n'n
They clambered up on the righ' sue =.
the bed: and on the eft side, ana over
the beadboard, aud over the footDoaru'
and HORRIBLY devoured the soul.
Repent. the voice celestiai cries.
Nor longer dare delay;
The wretch that scorns the mandate dies
And meets q fiery day.
AGAIN. we need believing heart
GOOD many years ago a weary one
went mn one of the hills of Asia minor,
and with two logs on His back cried
ont tn all the world. offering to carry |
their sins and sorrows. They pursued |
Him. They slapped Him in the face,
They Knocked Him. When he groaneo
they proaned. They shook their ns1s
at Him. They spat on Him. Ihey
bounded Him as though He were
wild beast. His healing OF the sick,
His siQht-giving to the blind. his
mercy to the outcast, silenced not the
revenge of the world. His prayers
and benedictions were lost IN tbat
| whirlwind of execration: Away Win
Him! Away with HimP
All, it was not merely the two pieces
Of wood that He carried; it was the
transgressions of tho race, the an
puish of the ages, the wrath OF COD,
| the sorrows of hell. the stupendous IN
terests of an unending eternity. NO
wonder His back bent No wonder
the blood started from every pore. NO
wonder that He crouched under tor
ture that made the sun faint, and the
everlasting hills tremble, and the deao
rush up in their winding sheets as lie
, cried: IF it be possible, let TINS
cup pass from me-" But the cup did
not pass None to comfort
|, They have some old wine IN Heaven
I not used except in rare festivities. In
this world, those who are accustomed
: to use wine on great occasions bring
: ont the beverage and say: This wine Is
:, thirty wears DID," or forty years old.
: But the wine of Heaven is more than
eighteen centuries old. 1t was pre-
u nared at the time when Christ trod the
wine-press alone. When such grievous
I sinners as we come back, methinks
~ the chamberlain of Heaven erie!
= ont to the servants: "This is unusua
= Joy! Bring mp from the vaults o
= Heaven that old wine. FIJI all I'M
= tankards- Let all the white-rooe'
- ouests drink to the immortal Heavel
of those newborn sons and daughter
~ of the Lord Almighty" 'Ihere
low in Heaven among the angels Q
u God over one sinner that repenteth;
re and God grant that that one may
= you!
ct Again, to have a right heart it mus
Id be q forgiving heart An old write
IT. saws: 'sTo return good for evil is too
Id like: good for good is man-like; ev
IT for good devil-like." Which OF thes
81. natures have we? Christ will hav
er nothing to do with us as long as "
nd keep any old grudge. We have a
ne been cheated and lied about, There al
~ people who dislike us SO much that
ur we should come down to poverty an
gh disgrace, they would say: GOOD +
At, him, Didn't tell you so?' They
lie. not understand us. Unsanctified h
les man nature says: "Wait till you get
err rood crack at him, and when at La
his Won find him In tight place, give IL
is him. Flay him alive. Noquarter. Lea
uss not a rag of reputation. Jump on NJ
we with both feet. Pay him in his oy
all coin-sarcasm for sarcasm, scorn
ave scorn, abuse for abuse" But,
OF friends, that is not the right kind
the heart. No man ever did so mean
ate thing toward rs as we have done
and ward God. And IL we can not forg
Will others. how can we expect God to
rive usp Thousands of men have be
.ag- kent out of Heaven by an unforgivi
Dor, heart ar
and Here is some one who says: u
.tch forgive that man the wrong he did
,ten about that house and lot; will
eed give that man who overreached me
elp. a bargain; l will forgive that n
per- who sold me a shoddy overcoat;
for rive tbem-all but one That ma
his can not forgive. The william, l
, in hardly keep my hands OF MIN.
ked: my going to Heaven depends
ness my forgiving him, then
sin. STAY out" Wrong feeling. II
into man lie 10 me once, l am
the called to trust him again. 1t a \
Iras. betray me once am not called to
way confidence in him again. But we
have no rest il l could not offer
n to cere prayer for the immortal and e
With. lasting welfare of all men, what'
rem meanness and outrage they have
your ficted upon me. If you want to
you your heart right, strike match
stall burn up all your old grudges,
* of blow the ashes away. 'If you for
IS at not men their trespasses. neither
is In your Heavenly Father forgive
door your trespasses."
,nen An old Christian black woman
with going along the streets OF New
God with basket of apples that she
angel for sale. A rough sailor ran ag'
If her and upset the basket and
aoldv back expecting to hear her
is on frightfully, but she stopped down
mt Of picked up the apples and
n the .'God forgive you, my son.
. fires do" The sailor saw the
vb;ch ness of what he had {
eaven and felt in his pocket for his mt
i. and and insisted that she should ia
on 90 ALL Though she was black, he
# can her mother, and said: Forgive
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