The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-06-09
cheus, or a home in which Jesus dwells,

nto the domestic circle. will overthrow
al jealousies, all janglings: and peace,
and order, and holiness will take pos
session of the home.
Again: Christianity will produce a
revolution in commercial circles. Find
Inc so merchants, and you will find that
they have so standards of what is right
and wrong. You say to some one
bout a merchant: is he HONESTY
"Oh, yes" the man says, "he is honest;
but he grinds the faces Of his clerks.
lie is honest; but he exagg crates the |
value of his goods. He is honest; but |
with the understanding that the mort |
gage can lie quiet for ten years, but as
soon as he gets the mortgage he
records it and begins foreclosure suit
and the sheriff. writ comes down, and
the day of sale arrives, and away goes
the homestead. aud creditor buys it in
at half price Honest? When he
loaned the money he knew that he
would get the homestead at half price.
Honest? But he goes to the insurance
office to get a policy on his life, and
tells the doctor that he is we'll, when
he knows that for ten years he had had
but one lung. Honest? though he sells
property by the map, forgetting to tell
the purchaser that the ground is all
under water; but it is generous in him
to do that, for he throws the water
into the bargain.
Ah! my friends, there is but one
standard of the everlasting right and
of the everlasting wrong, and that is
the Bible; and when that principle
shall get it's pry under our commercial
houses, believe that one-half of them
will go over. The ruin will begin at
one end of the street, and it will be
crash! crash! crash! all the way down
to the docks. ''What is the matter?
Has there been fall in gold:" "Oh,
no. Has there been new tariff
No" Has there been failure in
crops?" No" Has there been an un-
accountable panic?" NO This is
the secret: The. Lord God has set up
His throne of judgment in the ex-
change. He has summoned the right
eous and the wicked to come before
Him. What was 1887? A day of judg
! lnent! What was 1857? A day Of
! Judgment! What was the extreme de-
preston of two years ago? A day of
| Judgment! Do you think that God is
| going to wait until He has burned the
world up before He rights these
wrongs? l tell you, nay! Every day
is a day Of Judgment.
| The fraudulent man piles up his
gains, bond above bond, United States
security above United States security,
emolument above emolument, until his
property has become great pyramid;
and as he stands looking at it, he
thinks it never can be destroyed. but
the Lord God comes and with his little
finger pushes it all over.
You build a house, and you put
into it rotten beam. A mechanic
standing by says: ''It will never do to
put that beam in; it will ruin your
whole building" But you put it in.
The house is completed. Soon it be.
gins to rock. You call in the me-
chanic and ask: what is the matter
with this door? What is the matter
with this wall? Everything seems tt
be giving out" Says the mechanic
"You put rotten beam into tha
structure, and the whole thing has go
to come down. Here is an estate tina
seems to be all right now. 1t has beer
building a great many years. But l.
years ago there was dishonest trans
, action in that commercial house. Tha
one dishonest transaction will keep OF
working ruin in the whole structure
until down the estate will come il
wreck and ruin about the possessor'
. ears-one dishonest dollar in the es
tate demolishing all his possessions.
have seen it again and again; and S
have you.
Here is your money-safe. The MANI
facturer and yourself only know no,
it can be opened. You have the key
You touch the lock, and the ponderou
, door swings back. But let me tell yo
that, however firmly barred and bolte
+ your mon oney-safe may be, you can no
, keep God out He will come, some da.
g into your countlng-room, and He wi
, demand: "Wherc did that note {
n hand come from? How do you accour
i for this security? Where did yo
/ get that mortgaged from? What dot
\ this mean?' If it is all right, God wi
\ say: "Well done, good and falthf'
h servant. BE prospered in this worl
! Be happy in the world to come If
l. is all wrong He will say: Depart, J
f cursed. b. miserable for your iniqu
r ties in this life, and then go down al
$ spend your eternity with thieves, al
r. horse jockeys and pickpockets.
h You have an old photograph of IL
,e signs on your street. Why have tho
e signs nearly all changed within t
r last 20 years? Does the passing aw'
III of generation account for it? Oh, Il
IS Does the fact that there are hundre
ar of honest men who go down every We
s account for it? Oh, no. This is t
ed secret: The Lord God has been wal
I'd ing through the commercial streets
r. our great cities; and lie has been q
er justing things according to the pr
or ciples of eternal rectitue.
a The time will come when. throu
a the revolutionary power Of this Gosp
a. | a falSahOod instead of being called