The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-09-20

tenth of them? No. Decide for your.
self. The impression is abroad some
how that charity can consecrafe in-
iquitous gains and that if man give
to God portion of an unrighteous
bargain then the Lord will forgive
him the rest. The secretary Of a ben
evolent society came to me and said:
''Mr. So-and-So has given large
of money to the missionary
mentioning the sum. ! said:
II can't believe it," de said: "It il
so." Well, went home, staggered
and confounded. never knew the
man to give anything. But alter
awhile I found out that he had been
engaged in the most infamous kind
of swindle, and then he promised to
compromise the matter with the Lord,
saying: 'Now, here is so much for
thee. Lord. Please to let me Off"
I want to tell you that the church
of God il not a shop for receiving
stolen goods and that If you have
taken anything from your fellows you
had better return it to the men to
whom it belongs. In drug store II
Philadelphia young man was told
that he must sell backing on tho
Lords day. He said to the head man
of the firm: II can't possibly do that.
am willing to sell medicines on the
Lords day, for think that is right
and necessary, but I can't sell this
patent backing" He was discharged
from the place. A Christian man hear
ing Of it took him into his employ,
and he went on from one success to
another until he was known all over
the land for his faith in God and his
good works as for his worldly success.
When a man has sacrificed any tenn
poral, financial good for the sake Of
his spiritual interests the Lord ID on
his side, and one with God is . major
ity.
But II you have been much among
the cities you have also noticed that
they are full Of temptations Of . polit-
ical character. It is not so more in
one city than in oil the cities. Hun
dreds of men going down in our cities
every year through the pressure Of
q
come out in sort of missionary spirit
and say: II am going into politics
now to reform them, and / am going
to reform the ballot box, and I am go
ing to reform all the people come in
contact with" That man in the fear
and love of God goes into politics with
that idea and with the resolution that
ho vril1 couoo ont uunou q mi - %nN end
as good as when he went in. But gem
orally the case il when . man steps
into politics many Of the newspapers
try to blacken his character and to
distort all his past history, and after
a little while has gone by instead Of
considering himself an honorable citi-
zen he is lost in contemplation and IN
admiration Of the fact that he has %
long been kept out Of Jail! II man
shall go into politics to reform politics
and with tine right spirit, he will come
out with the right spirit and unhurt.
That was Theodore Frelinghuysen, Of
New Jersey. That was George Briggs.
Of Massachusetts,. That was Judge Mo
Lean. of Ohio.
Then look around and see the III
lurements to dissipated life. Bad
books, unknown to father and mother,
vile as the reptiles Of Egypt, crawling
into some of the best families Of the
community; and boys read them whilo
the teacher is looking the other way.
or at recess, or on the corner Of the
street when the groups are gathered.
These books are read late ct night.
Satan finds them a smooth plank on
which he can slide down into perdl-
tion some of your sons and daughters.
Reading bad books-one never gets
over it. The books may be burned,
but there is not enough power in I'll
the apothecary's preparations to wash
out the stain from the soul. Fathers
hands, mothers hands, sisters hands
will not wash it out; none but the
hand Of the Lord can wash II out.
stood one day at Niagara falls. and
I saw what you may have seen there
six rainbows bending over that tree
mendous plunge. I never saw any
thing like it before or since. Six
beautiful rainbows arching that great
cataract! And so over the rapids and
angry precipices Of sin, where 20
many have been dashed down, Gods
beautiful admonitions hover, warn
ing arching each peril-six Of them.
so Of them, 1000 Of them. Beware,
beware. beware!
Young men, while you have time to
reflect upon these things and before
the duties of the Office and the sf0rA