The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-03-30
FOR THE DRUMMERS.
= ralmage breaches to the Army
f Commercial Travellers.
.. Them to start Right ON
Journcys Work
an the Sabbath-Tbc Duty
of Employers.
Copyright, 1899

."rs,ers and tells of their safeguards
ii their opportunities; text, Nahum
"a .sThe chariots shall rage in the
..,..ts. they shall justle one against
.rotber in the broad ways; they shall
S. ..~m like torches; they shall run like
ihe lightnings.'
II has been found out that many of
a. arts and discoveries which we sup
,osad we're peculiar to our own age are
merely the restoration of the arts and
discoveries of thousands of years ago.
suppose that the past centuries have
torcotten more than the present CEN
,ury knows. 1t seems to me that they
! must have known thousands OF years
40 in the days of Nineveh. of the uses
!. Il steam and its application to swift
! trsytl. In my text l hear the rush of
] ,he rail train. the clang of the wheels
and the jamming of the car couplings.
The ehariots shall rage in the streets;
they shall justle one against another i'll
,he broad ways: they shall seem like
tarches: they shall run like the light
lipgs.'
Have you ever taken your position in
the night far away from a depot along
! lie track waiting to see the rail train
come at full speed? At first you heard
IN the distance rumbling like the COM
ing of storm; then you saw the flash
q tie headlight of the locomotive as it
turned the curve; then you saw the
wilder glare of the fiery eye of the
Hain as it came plunging toward you;
then you heard the shrek OF the whis-
tle that frenZied all the echoes; then
you saw the hurricane dash of cinders:
then you felt the jar of the passing
earthquake aud you saw the shot thun-
derboh of the express train. Well, it
ieems that we can hear the passing of
midnight express train in my text.
.The chariots shall rage in the streets:
they shall justle one against another
ID the broad ways; they shall seem like
stoFches; they shall run like the light
nings.'
halt the train long enought to get on
board. and | go through the cars. and l
sfnd three-fourths of the passengers are
commercial travellers. They are a folk
PECULIAR to themselves. easily recog-
ni1ed. at home on all the trains, not
Estartled by the sudden dropping of the
brakes, familiar with all the railroad
Sklsnals. can te.' you what is the next
station, how long the train will stop,
xaat place the passengers take lunch
ton At, can give you information on al
most any subject, are cosmopolitan. at
home everywhere from Halifax to San
francisco. They are on the eight
selock morning train, on the noon
train, on the midnight train. You take
berth in a sleeping car, and either
aeose you or beneath you is one of these
ktatlemen. There are 100, 900 professed
cammercial travellers in the United
tsates. but SOC, 900 would not include all
sseose who are sometimes engaged in
nls service. They spend millions of
sollars every day in the hotels and in
s'fe rail trains. They have their official
1sSspaper organ. They have their
aufuai benefit association, about 1900
nsmes on the rolls, and have already
3aastributed more than 100000 among
1ae Families of deceased members.
tnes are ubiquitous, unique and tre-
hendous for good or evil. All the ten
0neies OF merchandise are toward
'aeir multiplication. The house that
sands back on its dignity and waits
VI customers to come instead of going
g seek bargain makers will Eave more
elo more unstable goods on the shelf
aad will gradually lose its control of
'.ae markets, while the great, enterpris-
mg and successful houses will have
aaear agents on all the trains, and
lhsar chario;s will rage in the streets.
snsy shall justie one against another
y me broad ways; they shall seem like
Aofenes; they shall run like the light
lings."
! tnlnk commercial travellers can
Aand sermon of warm hearted SYM
ps'ay If you have any words of good
saeer Tor them, you had better utter
.asm. II you have any good, honest
eesers in their behalf, they will be
ysaily obliged to you. | never knew
!. nan yet who did notlike to be prayed
.sl ! never knew man yet that did
!. ~ hke TO be helped. 1t seems TO me
ssis sermon is timely At this season
4 q sae year there are tens of thousands
81 men going out to gather the spring
asue The months of February and
!. 1stch IN all our commercial estab-
4 .saa'nents are very busy months. In a
u aays pur national perpleNities will
8 settied, and then look out for the
J niest ten years of national prosper
sv which this country has ever wit
AL our astute commercial men
- tnat We are standing at the opening
~ q wonderful prosperity. Let the
J. .1snnfacturers put the bands ON
lit wheels. and the merchants open a
q q 3 IS OF account books in place of
= hilsd with long columns Of bad
We. Let us start on new CONNER
Palgn, Let us drop the old tune