The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-08-24
FRAMING AT GNATS.
Is ralmage breaches on Human
Inconsistency.

-. Ma. of an Ancient Epigram to
Ess s..,-.4,etc the Folly of Mankind
& r,..e to Magnify Small Things.
needless of the Great.
trorvright, Louis Klopsch, 1872
Washington,
s ..;s a;scourse, founded on an an
|. -. :. .r;pram repeated by Christ, DIR.
~,.,age 8 illustrates the folly of being
- IS. particular about insignificant
{ .s..g. ~ while neglectful OF vast con-
..r,s The text in Matthew 23:24, fe
aiud guides, which STRAIN at q gna'
"a swallow camel.
4 proverb is compact WISDOM knowl-
! a. in chunks, library in sentence,
/. .as electricity of many clouds dis
/ .ssrged in ono bolt, a river put through
u. NH race. When Christ quotes the
|z,.rverb of the text, He means to set
st,rth the ludicrous behavior OF those
Svlo make d great buster about small
81. and have no appreciation of great
! ss,pe4 In my text small insect and a
Lrs, ouadruped are brought into COM
,ar;.on-a gnat and camel. You
Esve IN museum or on the desert seen
3 lAe latter, a great awkward, sprawl
- creature, with back two stories
4 Nh and stomach having collection
{ = reseryoirs for desert travel, an ami
Ii forbidden to the Jews as food, and
Il many literatures entitled 1.-The ship
4 The desert The gnat spoken OF in
iae text is in the grub form. 1t is born
Il pool or pond, after few weeks be-
/ Ssnes . chrysalis, and then after few
I'm becomes the gnat as we recognize
q & But the insect spoken of in the text
/ ! n its very smallest shape, and it yet
/ habits the water, for my text is mis-
nint, and ought to read "strain out q
eaat.n
Nv text shows you the prince of in
eoasistencies. A man, after long OBJ
ssrsstion, who has formed the suspi-
I eion that in cupful of water he is
abeut to drink, there is grub or the
srandparent of a gnat. He goes and
kets sieve or strainer. He takes the
Mter and pours it through the sieve in
tae broad light. He says: Il would
rather do anything almost than drink
this water until this larva be extir-
patea" This water is brought under
inquisition. The experiment is sue
Eseeazful. The water rnshes through the
aiese and leaves against the side of the
1iese the grub or gnat. Then The mar
eorefully removes the insect and drinks
y water in placidity. But going out
~ day, aud hungry, he devours .
hip Of the desert" the camel, which
" Jews were forbidden to cat. Ths
astronomer has no compunctions oi
QDascience. He suffers from no indi
n estion. He puts the lower jaw under
tae camel's forefoot, and his upper jaw
sFer the hump of the camel's back, ant
fses one swallow and the dromedary
eisappears forever. He strained out 1
nat, he swallowed a camel.
M While Christ's audience was ye
M niling At the appositeness and wit o
iIlnatration-for smile they did, un
~ they were too stupid to understand
Il hyperbole- Christ practically sait
IN them: That is you." Punctiliou
eeut small things; reckless about at
g of great magnitude. No subjec
WINGED under surgeons knit,
e bitterly than did the Pharisee
- Christ's scalpel of truth. AS al
afomist will take human body t,
~ and put the pieces under mi
cope for examination. SO Chris
g His way to the heart of the dea,
z atisee and cuts it ont and puts i
the glass of inspection for al
ezations to examine. Those Phari
thought that Christ would fiatte
and compliment them, and hoy
must have writhed under the red
words as He said: I'VE fools, v
..sed sePulchers, We blind guides
nlch strain out gnat and swallow
nel."
aneIe are in our day great man
ts strained out and a great man
els swallowed, ard it is the obiec
ne sermon to sketch a few person
8 are extensively engaged in tha
iss, remark that all those mini.
q the Gospel who are very scrupl
g about the conventionalities of r,
lon, but put no particular stress VI
matters OF vast Importance, ar
iaphed in the text. Church ser,
ought to be grave and solemn
y NO room for frivolity in r,
wv convocation, but there are j
aons, and there are hyperbole
.aat OF Christ in the text that wi
'ate with smiles any intelliger
Z. There are men like thos
guides Of the text who advocad
noee things in religious servie
-. dfaW the corners of the mout
and denounce all those thing
ease = tendency to draw the CO
the mouth up, and these me
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