The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-01-04

yon tonight? Shall tell you of the {
dignity of human nature7 Shall tell
you of the wonders that our race has
accomplished? 'Oh! no. you say;
tell me the message that came from
God" / will.
If there is any handwriting on tho
wall, it is this lesson: "Repent Ac-
cept of Christ and be savedr' might
talk of great many other things; but
this is the message, and so | declare 1t.
Jesus never flattered those TO whom
He preached. He said to those who
did wrong, and who were offensive In
His sight: rye generation OF vipersl
We whitened sepulchers! how can ye
escape the damnation of hellF Paul,
the apostle, preached before man
who was not ready to hear him
preach What subject did he take?
Did he say: ''Oh! you are good
man, a very fine man, a very NOBLE |
mani" No, he preached OF righteous
ness to man who was unrighteous;
of temperance to q man who was a
victim of bad appetites; OF the 1udg- |
ment to come to man who was unnt
for it. So we must always declare the
message that happens to comes to US
| Daniel must read as 1t is. A minister
preached before James l. OF England,
who was James vi. of Scotland. What
subject did he take? The king
was noted all over the world
for being unsettled and wavering
in his ideas. What did the minister
preach about to this man who was
James /. of Englan nd and James vi. OF
Scotland? lie took for his text James
first and sixth: HE that wavereth is
like wave of the sea driven with the
wind and tossed" Hugh Latiner Of
Tended the king by sermon he
preached; and the king said: "Hugh
Latimer, come and apologize" Il
will" said Hugh Latimer. So the
dav was appointed; and the kings
chapel was full of lords, and
dukes, and the mighty men and
women of the country, for Hugh Lati-
mer was to apologize. He began his
sermon by saying: Hugh Latimer,
bethink theel Thou art in the pres
epce of thine earthly king, who can de-
stroy thy body. Bat bethink thee,
Hugh Latimer, that thou art in the
presence of the King of Heaven and
, earth, who can destroy both body and
soul in hell fire." Then he preached
, with appalling directness at the kings
crimes.
:: Another lesson that comes to us to-
night: There is n great difference be-
: tween the opening of the banquet OF
{ sin and its close. Young man, If you
, had looked in upon the banquet in the
{ first few hours you would have wished
$ YOU had been invited there and
I could sit at the feast. "Oh! the
: grandeur 4 of Belshazzar's feast!'
1 YOU would have said; but you
: look in at the close of the banquet
: and your blood curdles with horror.
). The King of Terrors has there q
q ghastlier banquet; human blood is the
wine, and dying groans are the music
Sin has made itself a king in the earth
y 1t has crowned itself. 1t has spread
q banquet. 1t invites all the world tt
: come to it. 1t has hung in 1T
!. banouetiug hall the spoils .of al
n kingdoms and the banners OF al
h nations. 1t has gathered from all ma
a tions music 1t has strewn. from it.
\ wealth, the tables, and floors, ant
,f arches And yet how often is tina
n banquet broken up; and how horribl
is its end! Ever and anon there is
n handwriting on the wall. A KIM
,s falls. A great culprit is arrested
: The knees of wickedness knock tc
n gcther. Gods Judgment, like a
n armed host, breaks in upon the bar
vs Quot; and that night is Belshazzar, tn
r. king of the Chaldeans. slain.
il Here is young man who says:
,e can not see why they make such fus
~ about the intoxicating cup. Why,
ne is exhilarating! 1t makes me feel well
,o I can talk better, think better, fee
10 better. / can not see why people hav
nc such a prejudice against it." A fe'
n wears pass on, and he wakes up an
Is finds himself in the clutches OF an evl
he habit which he tries to break, but ca
d. not; and he cries out: "Oh. Lord CO.
he help mer' 1t seems as though God woul
he not hear his prayer. and in an agon
nix of body and soul he cries out: -
~ biteth like serpent, and it stinget
nd like an adder" How bright 1T was |
to the start. How black it was at Il
nd last!
ID. I learn further from this subje
ce! that death sometimes breaks in upon
ur banquet. Why did he not go down
ht, the prisons in Babylon? There we
,rd people there that would like to ha
up died. / suppose there were men al
lie. women in torture in that city w
nd would have welcomed death, but
err comes to the palace; and just at I
tic time when the mirth is dashing to t
of tiptop pitch, death breaks in at Il
OF; banquet. We have often seen I
ar, same thing illustrated. Here is
az Young man just come from c
lege. He is kind. He is loving.
the is enthusiastic. He is eloquent.
,m? one spring he may bound to height
OBJ ward which many men have be
SD. struggling for years. He is establish
,rt. in the law. His friends cheer hi
, of Eminent men encourage him. AT
, to awhile you may see him stal
He ing in the American senate.
and moving a popular assemblage
his eloquence. as trees are mo'
TWO in whirlwind. Some night he
hat tires early. A fever is on him. Del
,sal um, like a reckless charioteer, sci
.on. the reins of his intellect Father
| .&nc5 l,r ap1 COO the tides