The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-09-27


the marigold creep1 On the hills Of
Heaven will not the amaranth bloomf
On the amethystine walls Of Heaven
will not the jasmine climb? my be-
loved 10 come down into his garden to
gather lilies" No flowers in Heaven1 !
Where, then, do they get their gar.
lands for the brows of the righteous?
Christ is glorious to our souls now.
but how much grander our apprecia-
tion after awhile! A conqueror comes
back after the battle. He has been
fighting for us. He comes upon the
platform. He has one arm in . sling.
and the other arm holds . crutch. A.
he mounts the Platform, oh, the en-
thusiasm of the audiencel They say:
THAT man fought for us and imper.
He'd his life for u.s." and how wild tho
huzza that follows huzza! When the
Lord Jesus Christ shall at last stand
out before the multitudes Of the re-
deemed of Heaven and we meet Him
face TO face and feel that He was
wounded in the head and wounded In
the hands and wounded in the feet and
wounded in the side for us, methinks
we will be overwhelmed. We will sit
some time gazing in silence until some
leader amid the white-robed choir shall
lift the baton of light and give the sig
nal that it is time to wake the song
OF jubilee, and all Heaven then will
break forth into "Hosanna, hosanna!
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"
I calculate further the value Of the
soul BY the price that has been paid
for 1t. In st. Petersburg there 10
diamond that the government paid
100000 for. "Well," you say, 1T
must have been very valuable or the
government would not have paid $780,.
600 for it." I want to see what my
soul is worth and what your soul Il
worth by seeing what has been paid
for it. For that immortal soul tho
richest blood that was ever shed. the
deepest groan that was ever uttered,
all the griefs Of earth compressed into
one tear, all the sufferings Of earth
gathered into one rapier Of pain and
struck through His holy heart. Does
1t not imply tremendous valuef
/ argue also the value Of the soul
from the home that has been fitted
up for it in the future. One would
have thought that street Of adar
mant would have done. No; II IL .
street Of gold. One would have
thought that wall Of granite would
have done. No; it is the flame of sar-
donyx mingling with the green of
emerald. One would have thought
that an occasional doxology would
have done. No; it IL perpetual song.
If the ages Of Heaven marched In
straight line, some day the last regi-
ment, perhaps. might pass out Of
sight; but, no, the ages OF Heaven
do not march in a straight line, but IN
q circle around about the throne Of
God. Forever. forever, tramp, trampi
A soul SO bought, so equipped, 10 pro-
vided for, must be priceless soul. .
majestic soul. a tremendous soul.
was reading lately OF sailor who
had just got ashore and was telling
about his last experience at sea. He
said: '"The last time crossed the
ocean we had a terrific time. After
we had been out three or four days
the machinery got disarranged,. and
the steam began to escape, and the
captain, gathering the people and the
crew on deck. said: Unless some .one
will go down and shut OF that steam
and arrange that machinery at the
peril of his life we must all be de-
stroyed.' He was not willing to 90
down himself. No one seemed WILL
ing to go. The passengers gathered
at one end Of the steamer waiting for
their fate. The captain said: I giye
you last warning. II there is no one
here willing to imperil his life Ind 60
down and fix that machinery we must
all be lost A plain sailor said: I'll
go, SIR and he wrapped himself in ;
coarse piece Of canvas and went down
and was gone but . few moments
when the escaping steam stopped
and the machinery was adjusted. The
captain cried to the passengers: sAll
saved! Let us go down below and see
what has become Of the poor fellow
yhey went down. There he lay dead
vicsrious suffering! i Died for AM
Oh. do you suppose that those people
on the ship ever forgot, ever can for
get, that poor fellow? mo" they
say; '.it was through his sacrifice that
got ashore" The time came when
our whole race must die unless some
one should endure torture and sorrow
and shame. Who shall come to the
rescue7 Shall it be one Of the sers-
phim7 Not one. Shall il be one -
The cherubim? Not one. Shall il be
On inhabitant Of some pure and un-
fallen world? Not one. Then Christ
said: 10, come to do thy viii, Q
God" and He went down tho dark
stairs Of our sin and wretchedneSs
and misery and woe, and He stopped
the peril, and He died That you and
/ might be free. Oh, the love; Oh,
the endurance; oh, the horrors Of ths
sacrifice! Shall mot our souls 60 ont
toward Him, saying: Lord Jesus
Christ, take my soul. Thou art
worthy to have it. Thou hast died -
save it2''