The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-07-19
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NO. 21.

than Edwards saw in Northampton
have often heard my father tell OF the
fact that in the early part of the CEN
tury there broke out revival ct Som s
erville, N. j., and some people were !.
very much agitated about it. They
said: "You are going to bring too !.
many people into the church at once"
and they sent down to oNewBrunswislEto
get John Livingston to stop the revival.
Well, there was NO better soul In all
the world than John Livingston. He
went and looked at the revival. They
wanted him to stop it. He stoodin the
pulpit on the Lords day and looked
over the solemn auditory, and he said:
This, brethren, is in reality the work
Of God. Beware how you stopit." And
he was an old man, leaning heavily on
his staff-a very old man. And he
lifted that staff and took hold of the
small end of that staff and'began to let
it fall slowly through between the I'm
ger and the thumb, and he said: "Oh.
thou impenitent, thou art falling now
falling from life, falling away from
peace and Heaven, falling as certainly
as that cane is falling through my
hand-falling certainly, though per-
haps falling slowly!" And the cane
kept ON falling through John Living
ston's hand. The religious emotion In
the audience was overpowering, and
men saw type of their doom ~ the
cane kept falling and falling, until the
knob of the cane struck Mr.. Living
ston's hand, and he clasped it stoutly
and said: "But the grace Of God can
stop you as stopped that cane" and
then there was gladness all through
the house at the fact Of pardon and
peace and salvation. "Well," said the
people. after the service, II guess you
had better send Livingson home. He
is making the revival worse" Oh. tor
gales from Heaven to sweep all the con-
tinents! The danger Of the church Of
God is not in revivals.
i Again, my subject impressed me
with the fact that Jesus was God and
man in the same being. Here He II
in the back part Of the boat. Oh, how
tired He looksi What sad dreams He
must have! Look at His countenance;
He must be thinking Of the cross to
!. come. Look at Him; He IL man
bone OF our bone, flesh Of our flesh.
:, Tired, He falls asleep; He II . man.
! But then find Christ at the PROV Of
the boat; hear Him say: "Peace, BE-
: STILL" and see the storm kneeling at
/ His feet and the tempests folding
] their wings in His presence; He - =
: God. If have sorrow and trouble
) and want sympathy, I 60 and kneel
+ down at the back part Of the boat and
: say: 30 Christ, weary One Of Gen
: nesaret, sympathize with AL my sor-
> rowl Man Of Nazareth! Man Of the
r Cross!" A Man, Mani But IL !
3 want to conquer my spiritual foes, 4
? I want to get the victory over sin,
e death and hell, come to the front Of
r the boat, and kneel down, and I say:
u 20 Lord Jesus Christ. Thou who dfdst
r hush the tempest, hush al my grief.
e hush all my sin!"
! 1 learn once more from this subject
b that Christ can hush tempest. Il
did seem as If everything must 60 "a
b ruin. The disciples had given mp the
8 idea Of managing the ship; the Grew
e were entirely demoralized; yet Christ
k rises, and the storm crouches at Hia
= feet. Oh, yes; Christ can hush thu
!: tempest! You have had trouble. Per
= haps it was the little child talk0t
70 away from you-the sweetest child q
t. the household, the one who asked ths
e most curious questions and stoo(
+ around you with the greatest fond
IS ness, and the spade cut down through
f. your bleeding heart. Perhaps It VA
=, an only son, and your heart has evel
d since been like desolated castle; til
rs owls Of the night hooting among tn
e fallen arches and crumbling stair
o ways. Or all your property swep
:" away, you said: II had 30 much banl
f. stock; I had so many government se
i'd curities; had 20 many houses; ha'
is SO many farms-all gone, all gone.
st Why, sir, all the storms that eva
3 trampled with their thunders. III u
It shipwrecks, have not been worse tha,
to this to you. Yet you have not bee
N completely overthrow. Why? Chris
es SAYS: 81 have that little one in N
lg keeping. I can care for him - wei
in as you can, better than you can, Q b
m reaved mother!" Hushing the ten
i" pest. When your property went avs,
er God said: ''There are treasures
be Heaven in banks that never break.
70 Jesus hushing the tempest.
On There is one storm into which y
no will all have to run. The mcmer
g. when we let go Of this world and tt
lls to take hold Of the next, we win war
A.. all the grace possible. Yonder ! y
rs Christian soul rocking on the surge
ne of ueath. All the powers Of darknel
ne ne seem let out against that soul-tl
u swirling wave, the thunder of the s1E
TO the shrek Of the wind, all seem
we unite together. But that soul II q
'er troubled. There il no signing, the
'n' are no tears; plenty Of tears in Il
re room at the departure, but he wee
ess no tears-calm. satisfied and peas
me full; all is well. By the fash Of &