The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-02-17

ub,.c<. pillars OF SIM oke-Trian OF Arut" Z
Exures.ed with q biblical Symbol
The suffering Of THO Caurc', OF God
Powerfully Set Forth. IL
rcopyrisht, Louis Kiopsch. 1871
w.su,xaroy. D. C.-The trials throngn
vhicb the truth has struggled are ey Dt.
Palm n Ga here set forth under Bible SYM
boi of great suggestiveness and power;
ext, Solomon's Song, ILL.,. 8, whol IS i ,.m
that cometh out OF the WILDERNESS
pillars OF smoker
arous. whether God with His niger
curyes It into a cloud. or rounds IL INTO
dome, or points 1t In epre. v1
spreads 1t in q wing, or. as In tns liz:
hoists 1t in q pillar. Watch II wina,hs
up from the country farmhouse Tho nas.
toral industries have begun, or see IL
ascending from the chimneys OF tn'
ritv. telling OF the homes fed, the lag
tories turning out valuable fabrics, the
printing presses preparing BOOK anu
newspaper and oil the lo,ooo whee,s
vanor spoken of mounts with such buoy,
ancy. and spreads such deiicate Vol,
across the sky, and traces such graceful
| lines OF circle and semicircie, am w.
and losses and sinks and scars ana scasteiSs
| with such affiuence OF shape and Color anu
suggestiveness that IL you nave no, ~, h;s
Heed It, YOU are like man who mas an MS
| life lived in Paris and yet never seen tue
luxembourg. or all his life in Rome ana
| nevar seen the Vatican, or all his lie at
T.ockport and never seen Niagara. Forty
four times the Biblo speaks OF the smoAo,
and Il Is about time that SOMEBODY
nreache3 sermon recognizing TINS
Strange weird. beautiful, elastic, charm-
inc terriflc and fascinating vapor.. across
ths Bible sky floats the smoke OF SINAI, tuo
smoka of Sodon. the smoke OF Al, TUG
smoke of the pit, the smoke OF the soicanic
| hills when God touches them, ana Ia my
text the glorious church OF Goa coming VI
on. OF The wilderness like pillars OF smo.e
Tn The first place, these pillnrs OF smoke
In INV text indicate the suffering tue
church of God has endured. What Go
, mean nv the church? mean not punu-
D Ing. not a sect, but those who In an @ ns
a and all lands aud OF all beliefs Iovo uou
and are trying to do right FOR h Iu With
turles the heavens have been piacx WI
: The smoke OF martyrdom. II set slae py
sida Won could girdle the e,rth with tue
o Grrs nj Observation-Disclosures Iayioi
l. burned Mt Hadieigh, Latimer puunea a
Oxford. John Rogers burned ct Smtth1etu
John Hooper burned at Giouceste,, .uu'
l. Huss burned at Constance, Aaw.euc
ls Saunders bnrned at CoSen'Hy' wv"
pro,astants have represented Cathoilc
ma having a monopoly OF prosecutors, ou
both Protestant aud Cathoiic nave Prno
ticed infamous cruelties. me CaIu9l rs
during the reign OF hunner!e We." ~ 20
testants put to the wors. toriures, str;ppss
of their clothing, hotsted IN tne "'I .
n, nnllevs with weights suspended from tue
- fact then let down, aud ears auu ~
IA nose and tongue were amputated. uuu =. Is
AZ hot plates OF iron were put against 'no 20
ur derest part OF their bodies.
N
Tho STATE OF Maryland: "In the land wal
Ny Catholics had opened to Prote5tanIs mn
ess might not be said publicly, no GAZING
wv nriest or bishop might utter his Iai.h IN
W. rroice OF persuasion, no Catholic ing
a. teach the young. II a waywara cnnA
n papjst woulj become an aposta.o, ;.
- law wrested for him from his parents,
Az on"ra ~ their property. Such were
& methods adopted to prevent tue grown
ms! popery." p-otastanti:
has hail its martyrs. 1t does seon !"
when apy one sect got complete 40 nlu'.
on in any land the devil OF perseou,'o"r
, 81 cruelty took possession OF tn le sect.
10 saa thc f,atnoljcs after the Hnguenots.
re- the geniiles after the Jews In Tonra
of rvhere n great pit was dug AMI nre i,sn
at tho bottom of the pit. and l6n jewish
Tins were consumed. Seethe F,esoy.e'
the parliament OF England, more tytau"
"Of 10 their treatment OF opponenprs s. .uam
It been the criminal COLI. .naotjsts.
get aga'ts, Of the established Church aga
tba Methodist Church, persecution "s q
the Ouakers, persecution ngainsI .ue =
ouio hyterians. Under Emperor Diocie
he's IL 600 Christians were massacred.
she 700 600 more OF them dieo ifon '"
Tor an w,tness the sufferings Of the Valdez
ughs =, W tha SIbirens es, OF the HISTORIANS;
ness 81. Bartholomew massacre. w
:: the Duke OF Alva driving OUT. o. nIo I.
- Christians. Witness Herou "nI No..
, I'll Decius and HlIdebrand and Torquen
.rmit and Earl OF Montfort ana Lofu ron.s
fetal house. VINO. Mnen a .J said. 81 ha'
, you ac ced ~ nccount to man. and as for
your will take Him In my own MINUS. -.
line rms through the churcn h';.o
1900 years, n line OF pioou. ~ NJ III,
hundreds OF thousands but py tue m y
nnst we count those slain for Christ's
- M Monder Jonn Milton put the grol
- ~ t M martyrs to an immortal tune, WI
WI, Avence. O Lord, Thy slaughtered
whose bones .,.,,. rnou,
De- Lie scattered on the Aipiuo o"
lction cold.
ne re- Tho smoke OF mnrIIyrsu mn All At
Intend martyrs .r uoe ecIinsea the MONDAY su
t'rned he brightest day the world ev
of q into midnight. "Who IS tn M
( the cometh up ous u
q - lars OF smoker" Al. that
spins man who Is trying to be OnrIstaa
a rad store or factory. where from morn
mn, nicht he IS the butt OF oil the mea
Inc t,.isnos of unbelieving employees. a.
, other via whose husband makes ner 10
era in Ter the house OF God and even ne
ino drawer by the bedside derisl
'oo1oJ "a no more at for her holy compan
pump tsa nu q on fiitby crow would be At com
0 ham for a robin or a golden oriole. Y
;or ~ rnise with the world and surrenoer
en- the conven.l1n Ion ,.,,i live codly In Chris
by the must suffer persecution. Bea theatr
on why card playing, wine drinking, rouno
:. +hot christian and you may escape
and social pressure. But DC an
Is 40 down. out and out follower OF Unl
lite re- worldling will wink to worldhnf
raason sneaks YOUR name, and you Will D
:. MANY q doggerel and snubpea
'aso /" not worthy to biacken your oides
,wledge WIN When the bridge at Aslitabuia be-
On Sat- let down the most Of the carionu
eenpers to instant death. MI. +.
was seated on one side OF tne aIs
ear writing down Christian 81.
he was composing, and on tue ~
n that group OF men were piayiDe
Whose landing place in eternity
'aratlVe- nrefer-that OF r. P. Bliss. the gos
SO great rr. or of the card pIayers9
Accord | great complaint comes ifon