The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-04
SOON BE FORGOTTEN.
The Fatigues of Earth Forgotten in
the Heavenly Rest.
The Worn and Weary With the Burdens
of Earthly Existence Shall Soon Re-'
Kecupcr,te III Gods Heaven
ly Paradise.

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Rev. r. Dewitt Talmage, in the fol-
lowing sermon, contrasts the toiling !
| and fatisues of this life and the blissful |
existence for Gods people in the life to
come. The text is:
Arise We and depart. for this is not your rest
Micah. H., TO-
This was the drum-beat of a prophet
who wanted to arouse his people from
| their oppressed and sinful condition; but
| it may just as properly be uttered now
as then. Bells, by long exposure and
much ringing, lose their clearness of
tone; but this rousing bell OF the Cos
pei strikes in just as clear tone as
| when it first rang on the air.
| AS far as l can see. your great want
| and mine is rest From the time we
enter life, great many veXations and
| annoyances take after us. We have
our holidays and our seasons of recrea-
ton and quiet, but where is the man in
this world who has found entire rest!
The fact is that God did not make this
world to rest in. A ship might as well
go down off Cape Hatteras to find
smooth water as a man in this world
to find quiet. From the way that God
has strewn the thorns, and hung the
clouds. and sharpened the tus(ls; from
the colds that distress US, and the heats
that smite us, and the pleurisies that
stab us. and the fevers that consume
US, ! know that He did not make
this world as a place to loitcr in.
God does everything successfully: and
L., Il H., Il
world if it were intended for us to
lounge in. 1t does right well for Il few
years. Indeed. it is magnificent. Moth
ing but infinite wisdom and goodness
could have mixed this beverage Of
t water, or hung up these brackets of
stars, or trained these voices of rill,
and bird and Occan-so that God has
but to lift His hand, and the whole
| world breaks into orchestra. But after
all 1t is only the splcndors of kings
highway. over which we are to march
] on to eternal conquests.
q You and have seen men who tried
D to rest here. They builded them selves
e great stores. They gathered arou nd
them the patronage OF merchant
princes. The voice of their bid shook
the money markets. They mad stock
r | in most of the successful railroads, and
in safe deposit vaults great rolls of
q government securities They had en-
e blazoncd carriages, high mcttled
( steeds, footmen. plate that cOnfounded
lords and senators who sat at their ta-
4 BILE tapestry on which floated the rich
est designs Of foreign looms, splendor
of canvas on the wall, exquisitencss of
:, music rising among pedastals OF
:, bronze, and dropping, soft as light, on
= snow of SCULPTURE Here let them rest.
y Put back the embroidered curtain, and
- shake up the pillows of down. Turn
- out the lights 1t is II O'Clock at nigh
Let slumbcr drop upon the cyelids,
; and the air float through the half
. opened lattice, drowsy with midsum-
mer perfume. Stand back, all care
1t anxiety and trouble. But no! they
. will not stand back. They rattle the
y lattice. They look under the canopy
i With rough touch they startle his
5 pulses. They cry out at II o'clock al
night: "Awakc, man; how can yo'
sleep when things are so uncertain
$ What about those stocks? liar,1 to TIN
70 tap of that ire bell; it is your district
~ How if YOU should die soon? Awake
man! Think Of it. Who will get you
:. property when you arc gone: Wha
, will they do with it? Wake up. Richie
i sometimes take wings, How if yol
should get poor? Wake up Eisin
on one elbow. the man of fortune look
out into the darkness of the room, a2'
is wipes the dampness from his forehead
nc and says: ALAS. For all this seem
of wealth and magniiiccncc rest.
Dix | passed down Il street OF city wit
III n merchant. He knew all the fines
&c houses on the street. He said: ''Thcr
- is something the matter in all thes
houses. In that one it is con jugal il
felicity. In that one a dissipatcd Sol
In that, a dissolute father. In that, a
idiot child. In that, the prospect {
bankruptcy. This worlds wealth ca
give no permanent satisfaction. Th
is not your rest.
You and | have seen men try in al
other direction. a man says: IF
could only rise to such and such pla'
of renown; if | could gain that offic
if could only get the stand, and ha,
| nv sentiments IueL Wild one ROS
round of handclapping applause; if
\ could only write a book that wou
WI live, or make a speech that would thrill
or do an action that would resound
The tide turns in his favor. His nan
is on 10000 lips. He is bowed to. al
sought after, and advanced. Men drir
his health at great dinners At his tiel
words the multitudes huzza. From e;
leries of beauty they throw garland
From housetops, as he passes in lol
D" procession, they shake out the nation
standards. Here let him rest. 1t is
sA o'clock at night. On pillows stuff
with a nations praise let hi
lie down. Hush! all disturba
n, voices. In his dream let the
be. be hoistcd throne, and aero
it march Il coronation. Hush. Hus
10 "Wake up. says rough voice. II
nc litical sentiment is changing. How
YOU should lose this place of lout