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

the 1sraelites escaped from Egypt
$4,000 cavalrymen rode through the
parted Red Sea. Three hundred and
seveuty-one years before Christ, Epa-
minondas headed his troops at full gal
lcp. Alexander. on q horse that no
other man could ride, led his mounted
troops. Seven thousand horsemen de-
cided the struggle at Arbela. AL
though saddles were not invented un.
til the time of Constantine, and stir
rups were unknown until about $50
years after Christ, you hear the neigh
ing and snorting Of war-chargers III
the greatest battle of the ages. Aus
terlitz, and Marengo, and Solferino
were decided by the cavalry. The
mounted Cossacks REINFORCED the Rus
sian snow storms in the obliteration of
the French army. Napoleon said If
he had only had sufficient cavalry at
Bautzen and Lutzen his wars would
have triumphantly ended. l do not
wonder that the duke of Wellington
had his old war horse Copenhagen
turned out in best pasture, and that
the duchess of Wellington wore
one drop Of my blood but tingles as l
look at the arched neck and paving
hoof and painting nostril of Jobs cav
airy horse: Hast thou clothed his
his neck with thunder2 He paweth in
the valley; he goeth on to meet the
armed men. The culver rattleth
against him, the glittering spear and
the shield. He saith among the trum-
pets, la. ha; and he Smelleth the bat
tie afar off, the thunder of the cap
tains. and the shouting."
think it Is the cavalry of the Chris
tian hosts, the grand men and women
who, with bold dash and holy reckless
ness and spurred-on energies, are to
take the world for God. To this army
of Christian service belong the evangel-
| lists. 1t ought to be the business of
the regular churches to multiply
them, to support them, to cheer them,
to clear the way for them. Some Of
them you will like, some Of them you
do not like. You say some are too
sensational, and some of them are not
enough learned, and some of them are
erratic, and some of them are too
vehement, and some of them pray too
loud! Oh, fold up your criticism and
let them do that which we, the pas
tors, can never do. | like all the
evangelists have ever seen or heard.
every day of the week While we, the
pastors, serve God by holding the
fortress of Righteousness and drilling
the Christian soldiery, and by marshal
ing anthems and sermons and
ordinances on the right side, they are
out fighting the forces of darkness
hip and thigh, with great slaughter"
All success to them! The faster they
gallop, the better likeit> The keener
the lances they fling, the more ad.
mire them. We care not what conven-
tionality they infract if they only gain
the victory. Moody, and Chapman,
and. Mills, land Jones, and Harrison,
and Munhall, and Maj. Cole, and Crit
tenden, and a hundred others are now
making the cavalry charge, and they
are this moment taking New York and
Philadelphia and Cincinnati for God,
and l wish they might take our ma
tion's capital.
Hear the tremendous facts: There
are now in this country nearly 16o, 0O
church congregations, with nearly 2l '.
600, 900 communicates and seating ca
pacity in church for more than 43, 600.
600 people; in other words, room Ill
the churches for three-fourths of the
} population Of this country, and about
one-third Of the population of this
country already Christian. In other
words, we will have only to average
bringing two souls to God during the
) next three years and our country Is
redeemed. Who can not, under the
power of the Holy Ghost, bring two
| souls to God in three years? And sc
many will bring hundreds and thou
sands to God, most of you have tc
bring only one soul to God and the
Gospel campaign for this continent
( will be ended. If you can not bring
: one soul to God, or two souls, or three
, souls, in three years, you are no Chris
, tian, and deserve yourself to be shut
l out of Heaven. The religious pes
simists of this country are all the time
depicting the obstacles as SO great
l and our forces as SO small that we hal:
of the time feel that we are attempt
l ing an impossibility. Take out Of your
prayers and preaching some of YOU
stut1ing Of groans and put in some
, thing of reclamation and triumph, ant
/ the United States will be gospel
: lied, and If the United States b,
: gospelized America will be gospelized
1 and America gospelized, we will TAX,
= Asia from the Pacific beach, and Eu
+ rope from the Atlantic beach, and no
. far from now the lost star we live OF
3 will take its place among the constel
| lations that never fell Let the NOR,
4 than 81 600 900 communicate, as the,
J lift the sacramental cup to their lips
e take oath that they will not rest unit
r the other 100000 are saved Th
t opportunities are all saddled and bri
8 died. Where are the men and wome,
5 to guide them? II will deliver thee 2. 90
/ horses, if thou be able to set rider
s upon them" What two men can do TO
: good or evil is impressed upon me b,
i the fact that two Scotchmen, goin,
S to California, each took something tina