The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-06-22

| instantly a Scotch mist enyeloped ana
hid the prosecuted from their persecu-
tors-the promise literally fulfilled:
while they are yet speaking | will
hear"
Have you ever tried the power OF
PRAYER? God says: He is loving and
| faithful and patient" Do you believe
that? You are told that Christ came
to save sinners. Do you believe that?
You are told that all you have to do to
get the pardon of the Gospel is to
ask for it. DO you believe that? Then
come to him and say: "Oh, Lord! |
know thou canst not lie. Thou hast
told me to come for pardon, and l
could get it. l come, Lord. Keep thy
promise, and liberate my captive
soul"
Oh, that you might have an altar in
the parlor, in the kitchen, in the store,
| in the barn, for Christ will be willing
to come again to the manger to hear
PRAYER. He would come to your place
of business, as he confronted Matthew,
the tax commissioner. If measure
should come before congress that you
thought would ruin the nation, how
you would send in petitions and re-
monstrances! And yet there has been
enough sin in your heart to ruin it for
ever, and you never demonstrated or
petitioned againstit. If your physical
health failed, and you had the means.
you would go and spend the summer
in Germany, and the winter in Italy,
and you would think it a very cheap
outlay if you had to go all around the
earth to get back your physical health.
Have you made any effort, any ex-
penditure, any exertion for your i'm
| mortal and spiritual health?
oh, that you might now begin to
seek after God with earnest prayer.
Some of you have been working for
years and years for the support of
your families. Have you given one
half day to the working out of your
salvation with fear and trembling?
You came here with an earnest pur-
pose, take it, as have come hither
with an earnest purpose, and we meet
face to face. and / tell you first of all,
If you want to find the Lord, you must
pray, and pray and pray.
When people are anxious about their
souls, there are those who recommend
good books That is all right But l
want to tell you that the Bible is the
! best book under such circumstances.
Baxter wrote "A Call to the Uncon-
verted," but the Bible is the best call
to the unconverted. Philip Doddridge
wrote 1.-The Rise and Progress of Re-
ligion in the Soul" but the Bible is the
best rise and progress. John Angel
james wrote advice to- the Anxious
Inquirer" but the Bible is the best adj
vice to the anxious inquirer.
oh, the bible is the very book you
need, anxious and inauiring soul! a
dying soldier said to his mate: Com
rade, give me drop!" The comrade
shook up the canteen and said: There
isn't drop of water in the canteen.
s.Oh," said the dying soldier, that's
not what want; feel in my knapsack
for my Bible," and his comrade found
the Bible, and read him a few of the
gracious promises. and the dying
soldier said: "Ah, that's what want.
There's isn't anything like the Bible
for dying soldier, is there, my com
raQeS Ou, DlcSScu uOOh WHilC VIZ
livel Blessed book when we die!
remark again, you must seek the
Lord through Bible study. The Bible
is the newest book in the world "Oh,
, YOU say, lit was made hundreds OF
years ago, and the learned men of King
!, James translated it hundreds of years
ago." / confute that idea by telling
you it is not five minutes old. wher
God, by his blessed spirit, retranslates
it into the heart. If you will, in the
,, seeking of the way of life through
!. Scripture study, implore Gods light t.
! fall upon the page, you will find thai
! these promises are not one second old
and that they drop straight from the
! throne of God into your heart.
!, There are many people to whom The
Bible does not amount to much. L
n they merely look at the outside beauty
/, why it will no more lead them t.
= Christ than Washington's farewell ad
dress or the Koran of Mohammed, o.
! the Shaster of the Hindoos. 1t is thu
: inward light of Gods word you mus
: get went up to the Church of Made
!, leine, in Paris, and looked at tn
doors which were the most wonder
: fully constructed ever saw, and
! could have stayed there for a who'll
: week; but had only little time, s.
!, having glanced at the wonderful cary
:, ing on the doors, l passed in ant
!, looked at the radiant affairs, and tn
sculpturcd dome. Alas, that SO man.
e stop at the outside door of Gods hol
d word, looking at the rhetorical beau
J. ties, instead of going in and lookinI
!. at the affairs of sacrifice and the dom
!. of Gods mercy and salvation tina
1 hovers over penitent and believing
r. souls!
IS Oh, my friends! If you merely wan
is to study the laws of language, do nc
= go to the Bible. 1t was not made to
h that. Take "Howe's Elements c
O Criticism"-it will be better than tn
n Bible for that. If you want to stud
e metaphysics, better than the Bib
e will be the writings of William Hami
n ton. But if you want to know how
d have sin pardoned, and at last gal
|. the blessedness of Heaven. search tn
Scriptures, '.for in them We hav
e eternal life"
N remark again, we must seek Go
1T through church ordinances. what
if say you, cant man be saved withou
re going to church," l reply, there al
y men, suppose, in glory. who hav