The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-05-04
LAST HOUROF CHRIST
,...ons Of Comfort in the Scenes
Found by Dr.. Talnage.
Brightest Crown" Snail
Aa.rn the Brows Of Those VINO
mar Life's Burdens with
Christian FOrtitude.

rrom the pathetic scene OF Chrlst's
$. hcur Of suffering DR.. Talmadge in
-. ~ sermon draws lessons of comfort
J j, \. neopfs in trouble; text, John 1880:
=. sst.r Jesus therefore had received the
=" a. brigands of Jerusalem had done
tl.irwork. Itwas almost sundown, and
m Lam, was dying. Persons in crucifixion
.f,,n fingered on from day to Gay, cry
,,s begging, cursing, but Christ had
h.sn exhausted by years of maltreat-
reut, Pillowless, poorly fed, logged,
:. lent over and tied to low post his
~ back was infamed with the
sourges intersticed with pieces OF
l..d and bone, and now for whole hours
m weight of his body hung on delicate
t,ndops, and, according to custom. a
,;ol,nt stroke under the armpits had
hen given by the executioner. Dizzy,
s.nxeated. feyerish, world of agony is
nmpressed in the two words: II
shirst!. Oh, skies of Judea, let drop
4 rain strike on His burning tongue!
Oh, world, with rolling rivers and
,parkling lakes and spraying fountains,
sise Jesus something to drink! If
there be any pity in earth or Heaven or
iell, let it now be demonstrated in be-
ialf Of this royal sufferer.
The wealthy women of Jerusalem
ssed to have fund of money with
which they provided wine for those
eeople who died in crucifixion-a pow
srful opiate to deaden the pain-but
Christ would not take it. He wanted to
1Ie sober, and so he refused the wine.
Bat afterward they go to a cup of vim
eur and soak sponge and put it on
dick Of hyssop and then press it against
lie hot lips of Christ. You say the wine
~Sas an anaesthetic and intended to re-
ftve or deadcn the pain. But the vine-
farwas an insult.
In some lives the saccharine seems to
predominate. Life is sunshine on a
lank Of flowers. A thousand hands to
elsp approval. In December or in jan
my, looking across their table. they
~ all their family present. Health
nblcund, skies flamboyant, days re-
silent. Bnt in great many cases there
sare not so many sugars as acids. The
salnoyances and the vexations, and the
lisappointments of life oveTpower the
ssccesses. There is gravel in almost
stsefy shoe. An Arabian legend says
0nt there was a worm in Solomon's S
shf gnawing its strength away. and
( iaeFe 4 a weak spot in every earthly
IMPORT that man leans on. King
eufge OF England forgot all the
andeurs ofhis throne because one day
90 interview Beau Brummel called
- BY his first name and addressed
IN as servant, crying: George, ring
g bell!" Miss Langdon, honored all
zae world over for her poetic genius, is
= worried over the evil reports set
loat regarding her that she is found
- With an empty bottle of prussic
~ tn her hand. Goldsmith said that
! Ute was wretched being. and that
nat want and contempt could bring
y had been brought, and cries out /:
va, then, is there formidable in a
" Correggio's fine painting is hung
'ef . tavern sign. Hogarth cannot
~ nls best painting except through a
ID Andrea del Sarto makes the
seet fresco in the Church of the An
sheiata at Florence and gets for pay
S. mex OF corn. and there are annoy
ees and vexations in high places as
W e N low places. showing that in a
ssat many lives are the sours greater
ssen the sweets. "When Jesus there
n aad received the vinegar"
$ Is absurd to suppose that man
s.eo mas always been well can sympa.
sta4e with those who are sick. or that
ID VINO has always been honored can
pfeciate the sorrow of those who are
sed, or that one who has been born
great fortune can understand the
i aess and the straits of those who are
.tafe. The fact that Christ Himself
- tne vinegar makes Him able to
= 1lnize to-day and forever with all
whose cup is filed with the sharp
s ef this life. He took the vine.
81 e me first place, there was the sour.
@ betrayal. The treachery, OF
IN - = nurt Christ's feelings more than
sae Irsendship of His disciples die
ASz ood. You have had many friends
aaefe was one friend upon whom
st special stress. You feasted
i on loaned him money. You be.
saea MN in the dark passes of life
1 ne especially needed a friend
afd, he turned upon you. and h,
sasantage of your former intima
ne wrote against you. He talkee
asl you. He microscopized YOU,
80 ne hung contempt at you. wher
s9nt to have received nothing bu1
u At first you could not sleer
Then you went about with /;
]. having been stung. That diff
WI never be healed. for though
ss friends may arbitrate in tn,
~ s., untli you shall shake hands
80 s soroiaiity will never come back
! sommend to all such tt e sympa
I = betrayed Christ. Why. the,
3 1 aor less than our $40. They al
= Him and fed. They cut Him /,