The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-08

the pound. You get apparei cneap Des
cause you pay cash; they pay dear be-
cause they have to get trusted And
the Bible was right when it said, The
destruction of the poor is their pow
erty."
Then, there are those who made q
mistake in early life, and that over
shadows all their days, DO you not
know that that man was once in pris-
on" is whispered Or DO you know
that that man once attempted sui
cide?' Or, "Do you known that that
man once abscOnded?' Or, 'Do you
know that that man was once dis
charged for dishonesty?' Perhaps
there was only one wrong deed in the
mans life, and that one act haunts the
subsequent half century of his ex.
tstcnce.
others have Unfortunate predolni-
nance of some mental faculty, and
their rashress throws them into wild
enterprises, or their trepidation makes
them decline great opportunity, or
there is vein of melancholy in their
disposition that defeats them, or they
have an endowment or overmirth that
causes the impression of insincerity.
Others have mighty obstacle in
their personal appearance, for which
they are not responsible. They forget
that God fashioned their features, and
their complexion and their stature, the
size of their nose and IN outh and hands
| and feet, and gave them their gait and
their general appearance, and they for
! get that much of the worlds best work
and the church's best work has been
done by homely people, and that Paul
! the Apostle is said to have been hump
backed and his eyesight weakened by
ophthalmia. while many of the finest
in appearance have passed their time
before hattering looking glasses or in
studying killing attitudes and in dis
playing the richness OF wardrobes-
not one ribbon or vest or sack or
| glove or button or shoes tring of which
they have had brains to earn for them
selves
Others had wrong proclivities from
the start. They were born wrong, and
that sticks to one even after he is born
again. They have a natural crapki-
ness that is 275 years old. 1t came
over with their great grandfathers
from Scotland, or Wales, or Fran ce.
1t was born on the banks of the
Thames, or the Clyde, or the Tiber, or
the Rhine, and has survived all the
plaques and epidemics of many gen.
erations, and is living to-day on the
banks of the Potomac, or the Hudson,
or the Androscoggin, or the Savannah
or the La Plata. And when a Min
tries to stop this evil ance. t al procliv
ity he is like a man on a rock in The
rop:ds of n iagara, holding on with a
grip from which the swift currents arc
t,ying to sweep him into the abys!
besond.
o., this world is an overburdenec
world, an overworlled world. 1t is ar
awfully tired world. 1t is a dread :ully
unfortunate world. Scientists are try
ing to find out the cause of these earth
quakes in all lands, cisatlantic ant
!, transatlantic. Some say this and SOM
say that. | have taken the diagnos
of what is the matter with the earth
1t has SO many burdens on it and 81
many fires within it, it has a fit.
|
and such a diameter. Some new Cote
} paxi or Stromboli or Vesuvius will
: open, and then all will be at peace fo
. the natural world. But what abou
: the moral woes of the world that hav
raclSed all nations, and for 6, 900 year
science proposes nothing but know
r edge, and many people who know tn
/ most are the most uncontrolled?
: In the way of practical relief for a
: disadvantages and all woes the onl
| voice that is worth listening to on TIL
l subject is the voice of Christianity
t which is the voice of Almighty Goo
! Whether | have mentioned the parti
= ular disadvantage under which yo
f la Dor or not, l distinctly declare, i
r the name of my God, that here is
i. way out and and way up for all {
= YOU You can not be any worse o
l than that Christian young woma
), who was in the Penn mberton mills whe
T they fell some years ago, and from III
# der the fallen timbers she was hea,
v singing, II am going home to die I
Il more
d An ancient warrior saw an OverpOy
n ering host come down upon his sma
company of armed men, and mountir
e his horse he threw handful of sand
a the air, crying, Let their faces be CO
d cred with confusion" A nd both armi
C heard his voice, and history says
e seemed as though the dust thrown
'r the air had become SO many angels
e supernatural deliverance, and Il
I, weak overcame the mighty, and Il
IS immense host fell back. and the sms
t mum Der marched on. Have faith
,r God, and, though all the allied forces
IF encouragement seem to come again
II you in battle array and their laugh of d
d fance and contemp pit resounds throue
l. all the valleys and noun tains, "
l might by faith in God and importuna
k prayer pick up handful OF the We
20 dust of your humiliation and throw
l. into the air, and it shall become ange
er of victory over all the armies OF ear
d and hell. The voices Of your adv
ID saries, human and satanic, shall
ID covered with confusion, while y
w shall be not only conqueror, but mo
to than conqueror, through that gra
l. IL e.