The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-12-16

business, you might woIIy nrol,
health. you might hurt them as mucn
az they hurt you; but, after all; IL IS
not worth while. You only have nurt
tound. Better be of for the Upper sara
mac. into which the mountains OF you
eternal strength look down and moor tnelr =
shadows. As for your physical DISORDERS
the worst strychnine you can take Is iret-
snlness and the best medicine Is religion.
I know people who were only little as
ordered, yet have iretted themselves in.o
complete valetudlnarianism, while OTHERS
mt their trust In God and came up from
pha yarv shadow of death and have lived
comfortably twenty-five years with ohiy
ono lung. man with one lung, but Gou
with him. Is better off than goddess man
| With two lungs. Some OF you have peeh
| for long time sailing around cape rear
| when YOU ought to have Deen saiiins
around Cape Good Hope. Do not turn
hact hut 90 ahead. The deer Will accom-
nIisI, more with its swift feet than with It's
horns.
There are whole chains Of lakes in the |
| Adlrondacks aud from one height you oau
see thirty lakes. and there are saiS " 20
over 800 in the great wilderness. 80 nea.
ara thew to each other that your mountain
| gnide nichs up and carries the boat from
Iaks to lake. the small distance between
them for that reason called carry.
And tie realm of Gods word - one lonS
chain OF bright, refreshing lakes, eaca
nromisa n lake. and a very short carry pe-
tween them. and, though for ages the
nursued have been drinking out Oh tuoul'
thew are full up to the top OF the gIeen
thanks. and the same ID avid describes tneui,
md tbav seem SO near together that IN
tbres different places he speaks OF them
az a continuous river, saying, "There Is
r1var tho of Rams whereof shall make giau
ths c,tv of God" "Thou shalt make them
drink OF the rivers OF thy pleasures,
. ssTbou greatly enrichest 1t Win tno 1NoA
L., ttrlt nj
9 Rut many OF YOU have turned yonr pacA
I On that supply and confronted your trouo-
la and Won are soured with your circuiu,
stances. and YOU are fighting society, anu
you are fighting pursuing WoIlt, a .ha
troubles, instead OF orvlnR ~ aua made
Won stop and turn round and lower your
} head and 1t Is simply antler against TOOTH.
. 7 do not blame you. Probably under tno
t same circumstances l would nave ool'9
? worse. But you are All wrong. lou noo
t to do as the reindeer does in FEBRUARY anu
r Warch-it sheds It's horns. The Haopinical
y writers allude to this resignation OF ahtiers
bv the stag when they say OF man VINO
Is ventures his money in risky enterprises 10
3, has hung 1t on the stays norhS, anu Pr
n rarh in fhe far east tells n man who mas
8, fooiishly lost his fortune to go and ilno
II where the deer has shed his horns. NY
10 brother. quit the antagonism OF your CIR
p eumstances, quit misanthropy, quit com,
"a plant, quit pitching into your pursaer. % -,
ID M wise as next spring will be tho oeer VI
le the Adirondacks. Shed your horns.
m But very many OF you who are wronged
:. Of the Woodland il in any assembly DC.
10 tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans IL
r. 70 were asked that all who had peeh pau
ue treated should raise both their nanos, anu
80 full response should be made, there wounu
Tn ha vice az MANY hands lifted as persons
!. nresent-I say many OF you would declare,
ne HWe have ALWAYS done the best we could
~ and tried to be useful, and why we peca'no
ne the victims OF malignment or invalidism OF
~ mishap Is inscrutable." why, 90 you no'
ny know that the finer a deer and the more
Ia elegant it's proportions and the more
, see beautiful its bearing the more anxious IN.
~ hunters and the hounds are to capture II
III Had that roebuck a ragged fur an'
'nse broken hoofs and an obliterated eye ana ,
for lmping gait the hunters would nave s", y;
19l "Pshawl Don't let us waste our ammuni
ne tion on a sick deer" And the houno
are would have given few shifts OF the track
ow and them darted off In another directio
car %. for better game. But when they see oe )
NJ with antlers lifted in mighty chaiiense !
az earth and sky and the sleek hide looks a
nto If il had been smoothed by invisible hand!
way and the fat sides inclose the richest pas
H. ure that could be nibbled from the nahk =
ike rills so clear they seem to have dropPe
~ out of heaven, and the stamp OF It's 1901 ~, a.
" fies the lack shooting lantern ana me TN
us the horn and the hound, that deer they WI
on have II they must needs break their nee
OK ,, in the rapids. So IL there were no mop
20 stuff In your make up, II you were y
~, furcated nothing, II you. were 10
ELI Torn iaiIulo, yo h,t the fact that I'll
rel 81. Whole pack is In full cry after you Is pro-
us nositiye that you are splendid game an
anu worth capturing. Therefore sarcas
ora, draws on you its ''fnest bead;'' THEREFOR
its the world goes cunning iof you M M,nhe
t,ai compliment is 1t to your talent or yo'
,Ny;; virtue or your usefulness. You will pc a
- sailed In proportion to your great acniev
'un- ments. The best and the mightiest Bell
an,S the world ever saw had SET atteI nun =.
ems the hounds. terrestrial and diaboiic, al
Oh thew lapped his blood after the Caivaret
up, massacre. The world paid nothing to
wiul Redeemer but a bramble, four spikes ano
the cross.
q in But what Is a relief for all those pursu
,lete Of trouble and annoyance and pain ana
and reavement2 My text gives IL 70 you ~
,hed word OF three letters, but each letter Il
oiny chariot II YOU would triumph, or n thro
20 at II you want to be crowned. or q lake II
r. its would Stake your thirst-yea, cnaih
,ner. three Iakes-G-o-d, the one Tor wn(
the David longed and the one whom DAY
,lv n found. You might as we'll meet 81
Ia at which after its sixth mile OF running
ture. the topmost speed through thicket q
,ent gorge and with the breath OF the &c
eke,s on his heels. has come In full signt
and Schroon lake and try to cool its projectl
the :. and bIistered tongue with drop OF q
,me. from a blade OF grass as to attempt
with satisfy an immortal soul, when flying II
eves trouble aud sin, with anything less az
from and high and broad and immense ana
NJ re-. finite and eternal than God. His conn
from why. it embosoms all distress: his
Cod it wrenches off all bondage. HIS nan
ords. it wipes away all tears. His Chri'
water atoneme EMIT makes US all right Win
zee q mast. and all right with the future, ana
right with G od, and all right with man;
,,,nc all right forever. :,
nv or On. when some of you get there 1t vii
r the like what a hunter tells OF when ne
male pushing his canoe far up north In the
wise ter and amid the ice foes and hupo
,rions miles. as he thought, from any OF
The human beings. ne WAS sler &c .an,
hap as he heard a stepping on the Ice, an,
now. cooked the rifle, ready to meet anyti
.barn that came near. He found man,
u IA. footed and insane from long expos
have annroachiug him. Taking him into
them. canoe and kinoiins nroS hara
l Won he restored him, found out where
n and had lived and took him to his u
ached and found all the village In great ex
, Wall ment. A hundred men were searching
them. this lost man, and his family and I'll
nd in rushed out to meet him, and, as had
pbting agreed at his first appearance. bells
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