The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-03-17

! 'Aidii men, >-tsl t,nAItCanC men. 0S tu6I
we're Gants in those days. Who can cal
,ulate - soul havoc of Rousseau, 60
ing N with a very cEthCsiasm OF in
guilty, with fiery imagination seizlnt
| 1pon all the impulsive natures OF hi
layi Or David Hume. who employed
his life as spider employs Its sum
mer, in spinning out sIlken webs to ira!
he unwary? Or VoltaIre. the most Learned
man OF his day, marshaling great host o
skeptics and leading them out in the darl
land ofinf1delity? Or Gibbon, who showed
an uncomfortable grudge against religion
in his history OF one OF the most fascinat
Ing periods Of the worlds existence-th(
I'D ecline and Fall OF the Roman Empire
"a book in which, with all the splendors
of his genius. he magnilied the errors oi
Christian disciples, while with a sparse.
ness OF notice that never can be forgiven
be treated Of the Christian heroes OF whom
the world was not worthy?
Oh. men Of stout physical health. men ol
! great mental stature, men OF high social
!! position, men OF great power ct any sort,
fTant you to understand your power and
| Want you to know that that power devoted
| TO God will be a crown on earth, to you
typical OF /. crown In heaven, but misgufd.
ed, bedraggled in sin, administrative =
evil, God will thunder against you with Hia
condemnation In the day when millionaire
subject shall stand side by side In the judg.
men and money bags and Judicial crime
and royal robe shall be riven with the
lightnings.
Behold also how giant nay be slain OF
woman. Delilah started the train OF cir.
cumstances that pulled down the temple OF
Dagon about Samson's ears. And tens OF
thousands OF giants have gone down to
death and bell through tho same fascina.
f{opc coarnc IN ma thar " IA HIGH time
that pulpit and platform and printing
press speak out against the impurities OF
MODERN society. Fastidiousnsss and p1ud.
cry say, Better not speak; you wilirouse
up adverse criticism; you will make worse
what you want to make better; better deal
in glittering generailties; the subject Is too
delicate Tor polite ears" But there comes
voice from heaven overpowerlns the
mincing sentimentalitfeS OF the day. say.
ing, "Cry aloud, spare no5, lift up thy voice
like a trumpet, and show Mypeople their
transgressions and tho house OF Jacob their
sins.''
The trouble Is that when people write OF
speak upon this theme theNare apt to cover
1t up with the grnces OF bellies lettres, &C
that the crime is made attractive instead
OF repulsive. Lord Byron, in Don JuaIs
adcrns this criCle until 1t smiles like May
queen. Michelet, the great French writer.
covers II up WIN DeWltcnlDB InetoEIc CGIiI
It glows like tie rising sun, when 1t oug u
to be mads loathsome as smallpox ho
pital. There are to-day influences abroa
which, If unresisted by the pulpit and II
printing press, will turn our modern citi
into Sodoms and Gomorrahs, fit only
the storm of fire and birthstone Thy
whelmed the cities Of the plain.
II, then, we are to be compelled to
out OF the world, where are we to 60
This body and soul must soon part. W
shall he the destiny OF the former knC
dust to dust. But what shall be the
tiny OF the latter? Shall it rise into
companionship OF the white robbed, VI
sins Christ has slain. or will 1t go d0
among the unbelieving, who tried to gat3
the world and save their souls, but wei
swindled ont OF both7 Blessed be e.
We have Champion! He Is SO styi
the Bible: A Champion who has co
death and hell. and he is ready to