The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-02-04


campaign for God is the self-a bnega'
ton and courage of the men of Sir
Colin Campbell, who, as Lord Bishop
Cowle, of New Zealand, once chaplain
of his army, told me, said to the
troops: Men, no retreat from this
place. Die right here" And they
shouted: Yes, Sir Colin,we will do It,"
And they did,"
Temporary defeats ought not to dis
hearten. What is Bunker Hill mon
ument? Monument of defeat. But
from that bloody mount American In
dependence started for its grandest
achievement, and all the defeats OF
the cause of God are incipient victory.
The saints in all this glorious wGr
Shall conquer. though the die.
They the triumph from afar
And seize it with their eye.
And now, standing as l do, in this
national capital, let me say that what
we want in the senate and house OF
representatives and the supreme court
is u pcntecostal blessing that will
shake the continent with Divine
mercy. There recently came into my
hands the records of two congressional
prayer meetings, on the rolls of which
were the names of the most eminent
senators and representatives who
then controlled the destinies of this
republic-the one congressional prayer
meeting in 1857 and the other IN
1866. The record is in the hand
writing Of the philanthropist, Will
liop han IA
gress. There are now more Christian
men in the national legislature than
ever before. Why will they not band
together in a religious movement
which, before the Inauguration OF the
next president, shall enthrone Christ
in the hearts of this nation? They
have the brain, they have the elo-
quence, they have the influence. God
grant them the grace sufficient. Who
in congressional circles will establish
the capitoline prayer meeting in 1897?
Let the evening of the last decade of
this century be irradiated with such a
religious splendor. There are the OPP
portunities for national and interna-
tional charge, all bridled and saddled.
Where are the riders to mount them?
Here, also, are opportunities all
ready for those who would enter the
Kingdom of God. Christ said that the
Kingdom of Heaven was to be taken
by violence. BY one fash you may
| enter. Quicker than any equestrian
ever dashed through castle gate you
may pass into the pardon and hope of
the Gospel. AS quickly as you can
think Yes" or No, as quickly as you
can make a choice, SO quickly may
you decide the question Of eternal
destiny. No one was ever slowly
converted. He may have been think
of progress did he make until the mo-
ment of assent, the very second in
which he said II will" That instant
decided all. Bring out the worst 1000
mon in all the earth, and here are 1000
opportunities OF immediate and eter-
nal salvation. II will deliver thee
1000 horses If thou be able to set
riders upon them"
The cavalry suggests speed. When
once the reins are gathered into the
hands of the soldierly horseman, and
| the spurs are struck into the TANKS,
you hear the rataplan of the hoofs.
'Velocity' is the word that describes
| the Observation-Disclosures momen-
tum-and " hat we want in getting into
the kingdom of God is celebrity. You see,
| the years are so swift, and the weeks
are so swift, and the days are SO
swift, and the hours are SO swift, and
the minutes are SO swift, we need to
be swift. For lack of this appropriate
speed many do not get into Heaven at
all. Here we are In the last Sab
bath of the year. Did you ever
know twelfth month quicker
to be gomez. The golden rod
of autumn speaks to the golden
rod of the next autumn, and the GRO
Gus of one springtime to the crocus of
another springtime, and the snow
banks of adjoining years almost reach
each other in unbroken curve. We are
in too much hurry about must things.
Business men in too much hurry rush
into speculations that ruin them and
ruin others. People move from place to
place in too great haste, and they wear
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hearts action. But the only thing In
which they are afraid of being too
hasty is the matter of the souls saliva.
ton. Yet did anyone ever get dam.
aged by too quick repentance or toe
quick pardon or too quick emancipa
ton? The Bible recommends tardi-
ness, elaboration and snail-like
movement in some things, as
when it enjoins us to be slow
to speak, and slow to wrath, and slow
to do evil, but 1t tells us: THE Kings
business requireth'haste," and that our
days are as the flight of a weaver.
shuttle, and calculates: Escape fol
thy life. Look not behind thee
} neither stay thou in all the plain.
Other troops may fall back, but
mounted years never retreat They
are always going ahead, not on an easy
canter, but at full run. Other regi
, ments hear the command of "Halt!'
: and pitch their tents for the night
The regiments Of the years never heal
the command of Haiti" and never
pitch tent for the night.
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