The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-04-21
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/! to crawl ever the pillow IN the sight Of tn
delicious patient showed what was thu
/ matter with him. You, the aged Christian
man, walked along by that unhappy one
until you came to the golden pillar OF the
Christian life. You went 90 the right; he
went to the left. That Is all the difference
between you. oh. II this religion is pro-
test against all forms OF dissipation then It
Il an fllustrloas friend OF longevity "With
long life will satisfy him."
Again, religion IL friend OF longevity in
the fact that 1t takes the worry out OF our
temporalities. It is not work that kills
men; 1t Is worry. When man becomes a
genuine Christian, he makes over TO God
not only his affections, but his family, his
business, his reputation, his body, bis
mind. his soul-everythinR. Industrious
he will be, but mover worrying, because
God Is managing his affairs. How can he
worry about business when tn answer to
his prayers God tells him when to buy and
when to sell, and, II he gain, that is best
and, Il he lose, that is bsst?
Suppose you had q superna .urai neighbor
who came in aud said: "Sir, want you to
cnll on mo In every exigency. ! am your
fast friend. could fall back on eco. 000.-
600. hold the controlling stock In thirty
of the best monetary Institutions OF this
cocntry. Whenever you are In any trouble
cali on me, and will help you, You can
have my money, and you can have my In
fiuence. Here is my hand in pledge OF IT,"
How much would you worry about bust
ness9 Why, you would say. "I'll do the
best can, and then I'll depend on my
friends generosity for the rest"
Now, more than that is promised to
every Christian business man. God says
to him: II own New York and London and
st. Petersburg and Pekln, and Australia
and California are Nine. can foresee
panic 1000 years. have all the resources
OF the universe, and am your fast friend.
When you get IN business trouble or any
other trouble, call on Me, and will help.
Here is My hand in pledge Of omnipotent
deiiverance;" How much w sneu ma, t ,,;Ii
dare to put his paw on that Daniel? IL
there not rest In this9 Is there not an
eternal vacation in this?
"Oh," you say. "here is man who asked
God for blessing In certain enterprise.
and ne lost $4,000 in 1t. Explain that" 81
will. Yonder fs a factory, and one wheel
Is going north and the other wheel Is 60
ing south, and one wheel lateraliy and the
other plays vertically. / 80 to the manu-
fncturer, and I say: "Oh, manufactures.
your machinery Is contradiction. Why
do you not make all the wheels 60 one
wayf" "Well," he says, II made them to
go In opposite directions on purpose, and
they produces the right result. You go
down stairs and examine the carpets we
are turning out Ia this establishment and
you will see." go down on the other
floor, and I see the carpets, and l am
obliged to confess that though the wheels
they turn out q beautiful result, and while
am standing there looking at the exquis-
lite fabric an old Scripture passage comes
into my mind-."All things work together
for good to them who love God" Isthere
not rest Ia that? Is there not tonic IN
that? Is there not longevity In that2
Suppose man Is all the time worried
about his reputation: One man says he lies.
another says he Is stupid, another says he
Is dishonest, and hall n dozen printing es-
Establishments attack him, and he Is In
great state Of excitement and worry and
fume and cannot sleep, but religion comes
to him and says: "Man, God Is on your
side; He will take care Of your reputation.
II God be for your, who can be against
you?" How much should that man worry
about hfs reputation Not much. II that
broker who some years ago In Wall street,
after he HAD lost money, sat down and
wrote farewell letter to his wife before
he blew his brains out; II instead OF taking
out OF his pocket pistol he had taken out
q well read New Testament, there would
have been one less suicide. Oh, nervous and
feverlsh people Of the world, try this al
mighty sedative! You will live twenty-five
years longer under its soothing power. 1t
10 not choral that you want or morphine
that you want; 1t Is the gospel OF Jesus
Christ. "With long life will satisfy him."
Again, practical religion is a friend OF
longevity In the fact that 1t removes all
corroding care about q future existence.
Every man wants to know what is to be-
come OF him. II you get on board rail
train, you want to know at what depot It
Is going to stop. II you get on board
it is going to run, and II you should tell
me you have no interest IN what is to be
your future destiny 1 would In as polite
a way as I know how tell you did not be-
lIeve you. Before had this matter settled
with reference to my future existence, the
question almost worried me into ruined
health. The anxieties men have upon this
subject put together would mako a martyr.
dom. This Is etate OF awful unhealthi-
ness. There are people who fret them
selves to death for fear OF dying.
Accept that sacrifice and quit worrying.
Take the tonic, the inspiration, the long.
evity OF this truth. Religion is sunshine;
that Is health. Religion Is fresh air and
pure water; they are healthy. Religion is
that Ia healthy. Ask all the doc
tors, and they will tell you that q quiet
iygienfc. offer you perfect peace now
and hereafter.
Well, you defeat me In my three expert.
nents. have only one more to make, and
< you defeat me In thnt am exhausted.
mighty one on knoll back OF Jerusalem
,ne day, the skies filled with forked light
,ings and the earth with volcanic disturb
snces, turned His pale and agonized face
oward the heavens and said: II take the
inns and SORROWS OF the ages into My own
leart. I am the exptation. Witness earth
Ind heaven and hell, am the explation."
And the hammer struck Him and the spears
Him, and heaven Numbered,
The wages of sin Is deatb!" "The soul
hat sinneth It shall die!'' II will by
10 means clear the guilty." Then
he lightnings were drawn back into the
cabbard OF the sky and the earth ceased
o CULVER and all the colors OF the sky be-
ian to shift themselves. into a rainbow
yoven ont OF the falling tears OF Jesus, and
here was red "a OF the bloodshedding, and
here was blue as of the bruisfng, and there
vas green as OF the heavenly foliage, aud
here was orange as Of the day dawn. And
long the line OF the blue saw the words.
I was bruised for their iniquities." Aud
liong the line OF the red saw the words,
The blood OF Jesus Christ cleanseth from
Ill SIM" And Along the line OF the green
saw the words, 1.-THE leaves Of the tree OF
ife for the healing OF the nations" And
llong the line OF the orange I saw the
yords, "The day spring from on high hath
'lsited u.s."
What do you want in the future worldp
rell me, and you shall have II. Orchards2
There are the trees with twelve manner of
ruits, yielding fruit every month, Water