The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-08-09

violats, they toss their white surf in
the spiraea-enough for every child's
hand a fower-enough to make for
every brow chaplet, enough with
beauty to cover up the ghastliness of
all the grave.
Does Jesus provide redemption? 1t
is not a little salvation for this one, a
little for that and little for the other,
but enough for all. "Whosoever will,
let him come" Each man an ocean full
for himself. Promises for the young,
promises for the old, promises for the
lowly, promises for the blind, for the
halt, for the outcast, for the aban-
doned. Pardon for all, mercy for all,
Heaven for all. Not merely a cupful
of Gospel supply, but 13O gallons. Aye,
the tears of Cody repentanceareg gath
cred up into Gods bottle, and some day,
standing before the throne, we will lift
our cup of delight and ask that it be
filled with the wine of Heaven, and
Jesus, from that bottle of tears, will
begin to pour in the cup, and we will
cry: "Stop, Jesus! We do not want
to drink our own tears!" And Jesus
will say: 'Know ye not that the tears
of earth are the wine of Heaven?" Sor-
row may endure for night, but joy
cometh in the morning.
l remark, further, Jesus does not
shadow the joys of others with His
own griefs. He might have sat down in
that wedding and said: Il have so
much trouble, SO much poverty, so
ing. shall not rejoice, and the gloom
of my face and of my sorrows shall be
cast over all this group" So said not
Jesus. He said to Himself: Here are
two persons starting out in married
life. Let it be joyful occasion. Twill
hide my own griefs. will kindle their
joy" There are many not so wise as
that. l knew household where there
are many little children, where for two
years the musical instrument has been
kept shut because there has been trou-
BILE in the house. Alas for the folly!
Parents saying: eve will have no
Christmas tree this coming holiday be-
cause there has been trouble in the
house. Hush that laughing upstairs!
How can there be any joy when there
has been so much trouble?" And so
they make everything consistently
doleful and send their sons and daugh-
ters to ruin with the gloom they throw
around them.
Oh, my dear friends, do you not
know those children will have trouble
enough of their own after awhile +?
Be glad they cannot appreciate all
yours. Keep back the cup of bitter
ness from yonr daughters lips. When
your head Is down in the grass of the
tomb, poverty may come to her, be-
trayal to her, bereavement to her.
Keep back the sorrows as long as you
can. Do you not know that that son
may after awhile have his heart brok-
en-? Stand between MIN and all harm.
You may not fight his battles long.
Fight them while you may. Throw
not the chill Of your own dependency
over his soul. Rather, be like Jesus,
who came to the wedding hiding His
own grief and kindling the joys OF
others. So I have seen the sun on q
dark day, struggling amidst clouds,
black, ragged and portentous, but
after awhile the sun, with golden pry,
heaved back the blackness. And the
sun laughed to the lake, and the lake
laughed to the sun, and from horizon
to horizon, urder the saffron sky, the
water was all turned into wine.
/ learn front the miracle that Christ
is not impatient with the luxuries OF
life. 1t was not necessary that they
should have that wine. Hundreds Of
people have been married without any
wine. We do not read that any of the
other provisions fell short. When
Christ made the wine, it was. not a ne
cessity, but a positive luxury. dc
| not believe that He wants us to eat
bread and sleep on hard mattresse.
unless we like them the best. / think
| if circumstances will allow, we have 8
| right to the Injuries of dress, the lux
uries of diet and the luxuries of resi-
dence. There is no more religion il
an old coat than in new one. We car
| SERVE oOO uld"A ny SoAuCA PA0IOu hoA
ness as certainly as when we gt
afoot. Jesus Christ will dwell with u!
under fine ceiling as well as under ,
thatcLed roof,
| What is the difference between ,
| Chinese mud hovel and an America,
home? What is the difference be
tween the rough bear skins of the Rus
sian boor and the outfit Of an Ameri
can gentleman? No difference, ex
cept that which the Gospel of Christ
directly or indirectly, has caused
When Christ shall have vanquished al
the world, suppose every house viii
be mansion and every garment
robe and every horse an arch necke'
courser and every carriage glitterin,
vehicle and every man king an
every woman a queen and the Who'll
earth a Paradise, the glories of tn
natural world harmonizing with tn
glories Of the material world until tn
very bells of the horses shall jingle th
praises of the Lord.
Ilearn, further, from this miracle tina
Christ has no impotence with fests
inv: otherwise he would not have al