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


mo On our pillow. To have right
Leart. Won need to be filed with this
expectancy. It would make your pr
vations and annoyances more beara Dle.
In the midst of the city OF Paris 3
stands statue Of the good but pro- !,
Josephine. never imag-
ined that marble could be smitten into
such tenderness. 1t seems not lie.
less. If the spirit Of Josephine be dis
entabernacled, the soul OF the en-
press has taken possession OF this
figure. / am not yet satisfied
that it is stone. The pun OF
the dress on the arm seems 10
need but the pressure of the finger to
indent it. The figures at the bottom
of the robe, the ruffle at the neck, the
fur lining on the dress, the embroidery
of the satin. the cluster OF lily. ana
leaf, and rose in her hand, the poise OF
her body as she seems to come sailing
out of the sky, her face calm'
humble. beautiful, but yet sad
attest the genius of the scuip-
tor and the beauty of the heroine
he celebrates. Looking up through
the riffs of the coronet that encircies
her brow, could see the sky beyond,
the great heavens where all womans
wrongs shall be righted, and the story
of endurance and resignation shall DC
told to all ages. The rose and the lily |
in the hand of Josephine will never
drop their petals. Believe not the re-
cent ISLANDERS upon her memory. Inc
children of God, whether they
suffer on earth in palaces or
novels, shall come to that giorl.
GUS rest Oh, Heaven, sweet Heaven!
at thy gate we set down all our
burdens and griefs- The place will De
full. Here there are vacant chairs at
the hearth and at the table. but there
are no vacant chairs in Heaven. Inc
crowns all worn; tho thrones all
mounted. Some talk OF Heaven as
though 1t were very handsome
church. where a few favored spirits
would come in and sit down on nneiy-
, , cushioned seats all by themselves
|. and sing psalms to all eternity. NO,
no. II saw a great multitude that
J no man could number standing
before the throne. He that talked
l with me had golden reed to measure
the CITY, and 1t was twelve Thousand
furlonrs"-that is, fifteen hundred
miles-"in circumference" All! Heav-
: en- is not little colony at one corner
> Of Gods dominion. where mans en-.
= trance depends upon what kino u
I clothes he has on his back, and now
: much money he has In his purse, put 9
vast empire. God grant that the light
II n shine nDOu
: us in our last moment.
. The first time crossed the Atiantie
:, the toughest time we had was at the
mouth of Liverpool harbor. we ar
rived at nightfall, and were obliged e
- lie there till the morning, waiting fol
.r the rising of the tide, before we couie
4. GO mn to the city. How the vesse
n pitched and writhed In the water! 30
90 sometimes. the last illness OF the Chris
ve tan is a struggle. lie is aimos
We through the voyage The waves o
III temptation toss his soul, but he wait
re for the morning. At last the ligh
If dawns, and the tides Of joy rise in nj
nd soul, and he sails up and casts ancho
or within its veil.
do Is thy heart right? What questio
~ can compare with this in Importance
1t is a business question. DO you ne
lst realize that you will soon have to
to out of that store, that you will 500
We have to resign that partnership, thu
i'm soon among all the millions OF dollar
wn worth of goods that are sold You WI
for not have the handling OF a yard OF ciot
my or pound of sugar, or pennywortn
of anything; that soon, if copfagratit
, a should start ut Central park and swe'
to- everything to the Battery, 1t won
i've not disturb you; that soon. ii eve
'or- cashier should abscond, and every !
cen surapce company should fall,
ing would not affect you? VIII
are the questions that stop II
will side of the grave compared wi
me the questions that reach beyo
for it? Are you making losses that are
> in be everlasting? Are you making pr
nan chases for eternity? Are you jobbi
for for time when you might be wholes
In l ing for eternity? What question
can the store Is so broad at the base, a
II so altitudinous. and so overwheimi
on as the question: "Is thy heart RICH
VIII Or Is it a domestic question? II
I a something about father, or mother,
not companion, or son, cor daughter, Il
man YOU think is comparable with t
put question in Importance? Do You
onio realize that by universal and inexc
SIN BILE law all these relations will
ver- broken up? Your father will be &c
ever YOUR mother will be gone, y
In. companion will be gone, y
get child will be gone, you
ana be gone, and then this super
ana question will begin to harvest
give chief gains, or deplore its worst los
VIII roll up into its mightiest magnit'
you or sweep its vast circles What
ference now does 1t make to Napol
~, was III. whether he triumphed or
Aorh rendered at Sedan? whether he 1
na. at the Tuileries or at Chislehr
ains whether he was emperor or e1
'.oou They laid him out in his coffin In
scoiu dress of q field marshal Did
anu give him any better chance
Saio. the next world than il he
; aS been laid out in a plain shroud?
mean soon to us what will be the differe
oohe' whether in this world we rod
ohey, walked, were bowed to or maltres
me ~ were applauded or Missed at, were
'aileu coined in or kicked out, while La
nc hold of every moment OF