The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-30

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their sel.-denial, sometimes in their hard
struggles of Christian servlce-God knows
they are queens Ths world does not reeog-
nize then.
Royalty passing in 6isguise. kings without
the crown, conqderor5 without the pa,ms
empresses without the jewel. You saw ner
Yesterday on the streef. You saw notnin6
important in her appearance, put sne ~
regnant over u vast realm OF vlrture ana
goodness-a realm yaster than Jerobohui
ever looked NJ. You went down into the
house OF Gestiiution and waut and SUFFERING.
You saw the story OF trial written on tne
wasted hand OF the mother. on the pale
cheeks of the children. on the empty preao
tray. CD the iire.ess hearth, On tho broken
chair You wouid not have gwen ooiiar
for all the furniture in the house. BUT py
the grace OF God she Is princess. Inc |
overseers OF the poor come there anu o'S ahss
the cause end say, "it's q pauper. Iney
do not realize that God has FURNISHED Tor
her a crown, and that after she has got |
through the iati9uing journey from Iifzai !
to Shiloh and from Shiloh back to T1rzan !
there will be throne oi royalty on which |
size shall rest forever, Glory veAso., Az
fuence hidden. Eternal raptures hushed UP.
queen IN mast. A princess III disguise.
When Won think OF u queen you do rot
think uI Catherine of Russia, or Maria
| Theresa of Germany, or Mary, queen OF
Scots. When YOU think OF queen, you
| think Of i. pain woman Who sat opposite
! YOUR In her Mt the table or waiked with him
| ,.oyu.,he path Of life arm in arm, sometimes
| 10 The THANKSGIVING harc cue, sometimes 10
were. as compared with His lifetime, the
| sparkle OF n freely on II summer night. No
| one knew that the sun in midheayen was
| only the shadow OF His throne. No one knew
| that His crown OF univerat dominion was
| covered up with bunch OF thorns. Omnip-
/ otence SHEATH in human body. Omnis-
| cience hidden in a human eye. Infinite love
heating in a human heart. Everlasting har-
/ monies subiued into n human voice. Roy
| alv en- masque. Grandeurs OF heaven in
earthly disguise.
NV subject also impresses me with how
| people nut on masks and how the Lord tears
them off. 1t was n terrible moment in tbs
| history of this woman OF Tirzah when the
| prophet accosted her, practically saying: 81
| know who you are. You cannot cheat me.
You cannot impose upon me. Why feignest
thou thyself to be another" She had
right to ask for the restoration OF her son;
she had no right TO practice that falsehood.
IT is never right to do wrong. Sometimes
YOU may be able TO conceal an affair. 1t is
not necessary to tell everything. There is a
natural pressure to the lips which seems to
indicate that silence sometimes is right, but
for doubl. dealing, for moral shutting. Tor
counterfeit and for sham God has nothing
but anathema and exposure. He will tear
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He will scatter the ambuscade. There are
people who are Just ready TO be duped.
They seem to be waiting to be deceived.
They beiieve in ghosts. They saw one
themselves once. They heard something
strange in an uninhabited house. Going
!. along the road one night, something ap-
| preached them in white and crossed the
road. They would think it very disastrous
to count the number of carriages at a.
funeral They heard in a neighbor's house
something that portenied death In the
family. They say it is sure sign OF evil II
! u bat fly into the room on summer night
> or they see the moon over the left shoulder.
They would not for the world undertake
any enterprise on Friday. forgetful OF the
fact that if they look over the calendar OF
the world they will see that Friday has been
the most fortunate day in all the history Of
I, the world.
endar OF the worlds history. more grand,
bright, beautiful thugs have happened on
/, Friday than any other day OF the week.
: They would not begin anything on Friday
. They would not for the world go back to the
house for anything after they had onct
started. Such people are re1dy to be duped
Ignorance comes along, perhaps IN the dis
: guise of medical SCIENCE, aad carries then
L captive, for there are always some men. who
!. have found some strange and mysteriou
|. weed in some strange place and piucked 1t IL
. The moonshine, and then they cover the boar.
y fences with the advertisements OF "elixir'
!, and "panaceas" and "Indlan mixtu res" an
! timetable eatapia5ms" and sunfailing dis
. i infectants'' and 'lightning saves" an
= Instantaneous ointments," enough to stu
and scarify and pouitiee AMI kill bali tn
70 race. They are all ready TO be wrought upo
= by such impos tons. All, my friends. do no
y be among such dupes! DO not act the pan
= of such persons as have been describing
! hao IL oil
y position. They who practice such impoSitio
10 Shall be exposed in the day of Gods iniis
a nation. They may rear great fortunes. BIZ
= their dappIe grays will be arrested on th
" road some day, as was the ass by the an2t
Is of God with drawn sword. The light OF tn
Is - last day will shine through all sach subtcl
~ fuges and with voice louder than ths
~ which accos.ed this imposition OF the tex
III s'Come in, thou wife of JerQboam. Wh
feignest thou thyself to be another" Wit
&c voice louder than that God will thundt
8 down into midnight darkness and doom an
u death all two faced men. and all charlatan
+ and all knaves, and all jockeys, and a
= swindiers. Behold how the people put @
u the masks, and behold how the Lord tea
them OFF,
=, Ny subject also impresses me with no
=, preese and accurate and parilcu ar al
W Gods providences. Just at the moment I b
(. woman entered the city the child died. Ju
20 asst was prophesied, SO it turned out, so
!, always turns out. The event occurs, Il
10 death takes place. the Ma ion is born, Il
r.. eespotsln is oyerthrown Mt the appoint'
=, time. God drives the universe with ST
lp rim. Events do no iust happen so. Trims
" do not go slipshod. In all the book OF God
IN provi ieuces there Is not one 'if. God
It. providenees are never caught in dishaDlil
n. To God there are no surprises. ho disal
al pointmenrs and no accidents. The most II
u, significant event flung out in the ages Is Il
ar connecting link between two great chains
OF the cht.in o; eternity past ana the chain
ou eternity to come.
in am no fsaiist, but should Ds complet
* " wretched ii did not feel that all the a
tn fairs OF my life ore in Gods hand and q
np tina. pertains to me and mine. just rs ce
.ra tainly as all the affairs Of this woman OF Il
h text, rs this child Of the text, as this king
r. the iext, were in Gods hand. You may a.
he me q hundred questions cannot answe
-. but shall until ihe day OF my death belie'
that am under the unerring care OF Go
,a and the heavens may fal, and the wor
he may burn, and the Judgment may thunde
ha and eternal ages may roll. but not hair sha
M fall from my head, not shadow shall drop
ON my;path, not sorrow shall transhx my hea
ia without being divnely MISUNDERSTANDING
"a by living. sympathetic Father. He bottl
,st our tears, He catches our sorrows, and
nj the orphan He will be a Father, and 10 Il
wa widow He will be a husband, and TO the on
east He will be home, aud to the most mi
, ), erab.e wretch that this day crawls up out
All mercy He will be an all plrioning God. T.
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