The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-09-22

hcdit.l ldlteu at the same time.
They came prematurely to the
staff. Their hand trembled with
incipicnt paralysis. They never
saw well day since the hour when
they called their creditors together for
| compromise. II such men are i'm
patient, and peculiar, and irritable, ex-
cuse them. They had two troubles,
either one of which they could have
met successfully. If, when the health
| went, the fortune had been retained,
| it would not have been SO bad The
| man could have bought the very best
medical advice, and he could have had
| the very best attendance, and long
| lines of carriages would have stopped
at the front door to inquire as to his
welfare. But poverty on the one side
and sickness on the other are Bozez and
ows, and drop them upon the poor
mans way. God help him. There
was sharp rock on the one side, and
a sharp rock on the other side"
| Now, what is such a man to do? In
the name of Almighty God, will tell
him what to do. Do as Jonathan did
climb; climb up into the sunlight of
Gods favor and consolation. | can go
through the churches, and show you
men who lost fortune and health at the
same time, and yet who sing all day
and dream Of Heaven all night. II you
have any idea that sound digestion,
and steady nerves, and clear eycsight
and good hearing, and plenty Of friends
are necessary to make a man happy,
you have miscalculated. l suppose
that these overhanging rocks only
made Jonathan scramble the harder
and the faster to get up and out into
the sunlight; and this combined shadow
of invalidism, and financial embarrass-
ment has often sent a man up the
quicker into the sunlight of Gods favor
and the monday of His glorious
promises.
1t is difficult thing for a man tc
feel his dependence upon God when he
has $40, 900 in bank and S5O.OOO in gov.
ernment securities, and a block OF
stores and three ships. "Well,' the
man says to himself, lit is silly for me
to pray, give me this day my daily
bread, when my pantry is full, anG
the canals from the west are crowded
with breadstuffs destined for my store
houses. Oh. my friend, if the com
bined misfortunes and disasters of life
have made you climb up into the arm!
of a sympathetic and compassionate
God, through all eternity you will bless
Him that in this world there was ;
sharp rock on the side. and a SHARP
rock on the other side"
Again, that man is in the crisis OF
the text who has home troubles ant
outside persecution at the same time
The world treats man well just as
long as it pays to treat him well. A!
: long as it can manufacture success ou,
} of his bone and brain and muscle i
favors him. The world fattens th
horse it wants to drive. But let a MAJ
see it his duty to cross the track Of tn.
world, then every bush is full of horns
and tusl.s thrust at him. They will b.
little him. They will caricature him
They will call his generosity selfag
grandiZemcnt, and his piety sane
: timoniousncss. The very worst persecu
tion will sometimes come upon hin
from those who profess to be Chris
/ tians.
, John MiltoE-great and good Joh
, Milton-so far forgot himself as t
, pray. in SO many words, that his enc
, mics might be etcrnally thrown dow
{ into the darkest and deepest gulf O
hell, and b. the undernost and mos
detected, and the lowest down vassal
, of perdition, And Martin Luther SO ia
forgot himself as to say,in regard to hi
theological opponents: Put them i
whichever sauce you please, roasted
{ or fried. or baked, or stewed, G
boiled, or hashed, they are moth
, ing but asses" All. my friends
if John Milton or Martin Luthc
icould come down to such scurriIity
3 what may you not expected from les
A.. elevated opponents: Now. sometime
, the world takes after them: publ
4 opinion takes after them; and the III
$ fortunate man is lied about until a
, the dictionary of Billingssate is c!
4 hausted on him You often see ma
V whom you know to be good and pu,
and honest, set upon by the world, an
maulcd by whole communities, Will
t vicious men take on a supercilious a
/ in condemnation of him; as thoug
t Lord Jeffreys should write an essay G
0 gentleness. or Henry VIII. talk abo,
S purity, or King Herod take to blessin
a little children.
e Again, that woman stands in Il
{ crisis of the text who has bereavemel
:. and a struggle for livelihood at Il
j. same time. Without mentionir
c names speak from observation. A
e it is hard thing for woman to NAL
s an honest living, even when her hea
e is not troubled, and she has n ia
e cheek, and the magnetism of an e
e quisitc presence. But now the hu
band, or the father, is dead The e
: penscs of the obsequis have absorbt
J. all that was left in the saviags ban
It and, wan and wasted with weepiI
is and watching, she goes forth
n grave. a hearsc. coffin behind her
8 to contend for her existence and Il
4 existence OF ner children. When | S
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