The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-11-03


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learned Professions IN Ga nen,,,. wa .an .'o
| tell what instiGcation !, viii read v1,n
| tbe det;n;t;ons. ..Ir.ti,;co NV ;s ,n,rr, .
forensic oct the net Of g, :nG,a s;.,i,,', :,
the forum. in which the >,Eron,n En,rr
and .Judge who - ocrount ,I'c +, nn,c
ard no al,na i.,ovs tho ,o1,,,,,. :, ,,.i;,.r
the ends Of Ills universal roTnrnsnt ,~, ne '.9 ron
host Le oht,inod racron. tho+ ,,.L;ch va
done bv he snhstitutc in thr aam'n man
ner a. If il had been done bv tho, Who
believe in the substitute and ,,ure,, on
account of this or,r;ous method M ra,,..
oniner Grant, them tho inn r.,,i..;a, =
their sins
Now. y,.,ct is iust;foatio,a VIII f.
Won what ,n-ttncat,sr 1s-vheo a SHINE,
| believes. Cod let's him of One s,mme,
in Connecticut | went TO n large factory
| and I saw over the door written ,he
words. "No Admttance" T entered and
aaw over the next door NO Aduittaace, !"
OF course 7 entered cot inside and
found it pin factory. ard they were
making pms rerv serviceahle, fine and
useful pins. 80 th" spirit Of esclusvrncse
has practically written over the outside
doo" az n'anv church. ''No A1mittanec."
And IT the stranger enters he finds prncii
cal'y writ over The second door. "No
Adr'tfanca." while The minister stands
IN tHH pu'Dit hammering ont his little
nico les of belief pounding ont The techni-
caNtjes of religion. mating pins.
n the most practical. common sonse
wav and laviNr ode the non essentials
! and the hard definitions Of religion 60 out
on the God given mission telling The nco.
nle what they need and when and how
thrv can get IT,
Comparatively li.i'e effort 90 vet has
| hcen made to save that large class of ncr-
sons in our midst called slcpticS. and he
who goes to work here will not be build
ing upon another mans foundation There
is large number of them. They are
afraid of us and our churches for the rea-
son we do not know how to treat them
Owe Of this class met Christ and heard
with what tenderness and pathos and
beauty and success Christ dealt with him:
''Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
AL thy heart. and with all thv soul, and
| with all thv mind. and with all thy
strength This 10 the first and great
commandment, and the second is like unto
it-namclv. 1nou shalt love thy neghhor
M thrself There 10 none othor COM.
manament greater Than these 9" And the
scribe said to Him "WeIl M,s.er Thou
hast said the truth for there ;s ono Cod
and TO love Him With all the heart. and
Understanding and
and all tne strength IA more than whole
hi,rnt OFFERINGS an1 sacr;6ca.o And whom
.Tesrs cav, tbat bo onsr.oroa I;soroetI,, ia
said unto Him "'Tbn art not far from
the kingdom Of Cod )" So .|,ent;c was
saved in one ;ntarv;ev Rut few Chris.
tian neon,a treat tbe skeu,c in that way.
Instead of taking hold Of him with The
him with thc n;ncbers of cccles;ast;c;sm
You would not hs o. ronoh On tbot M,
If Won knew how he lost his faitb-in Chris.
t;anitv I have known men skentical from
The fact tbot they vrew IN in houses where
reryon 9 over';,ne sunday was the
most awful day in the week. They had
religion driven into them with trip ham,
mer: thev were surfejtcd with PRAYER
meetings: thev we're stnffed and choked
With catechisns. they were often tod
that they were tho worst hoys the parents
ever knew because they liked to ride down
hil, better than 70 read Bunvan's "Pil,
orim's Progress
Whenever father and mother talked Of
religion thew drew down the corners of
their mouth and rolled up their ewes. If
anv one thing will send bov or girl to
had such father and mother I fear
should have been an infdel
The first word that children learn is
reneralIv mana or mamma. T think The
first word 7 ever uttered was "whv" 7
know what + ;s TO hive a hundred mid
nights nonr their darkness into one hour.
On skentic,sm is a dark land, There
are men who would give thousand |
worlds If thev nossessed them. to get |
back to the placid faith of their fathers
and mothers and Il is our place to help |
them. and we NAV HELM them. never |
through their heads but always through |
their hearts.
These skentics. when brought to Jesus,
will be nightly effective. far more 50 than |
those who never examined the evidences |
of Christianity. Thomas Chalmers was |
once a skeptic. Robert Hall skeptic,
Robert Newton skeptic, Christian Evans
skeptic. But when once with strong
hand they took hold Of the chariot of the
gospel they rolled it on with what mo-
mentumi
IF address such men and women TODAY
] throw out no scof. J implead them bv
the memory Of the good Old days when at
their mothers knee thev said. low /
Law me down to sleep" and by those days
and nights Of scarlet fever in which she
watched Won. giving you the medicine in
inst the RIGHT time and turning your nil
low when 4 waa hot and with hands that
many years AGO tnrnc6 To dust .oothcd
away your main and with voice that you
viii never hear arain. unless YOU ioin her
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