The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-05-02

In InlS discourse DI. lalLHdSe Suo"S
the Messianic sacrifices for the say
ing of all nations and speaks of
Gethsemane as it appeared to him;
text, /. Corinthians 6:aO: "Ye are
bought with a price
Your friend takes you through his
valuable house. You examine the
arches, the frescoes, the grass plots,
the fish ponds, the conservatories,
the parks of deer, and you say with
in yourself or you say aloud: What
did all this cost?" You see costly
diamond flashing in an earring, or
you hear a costly dress rustllng
across the drawing-room, or you see
a high mettled span of horses har-
messed with silver and gold, and you
begin to make an estimate of the
value.
The man who owns large estate
cannot instantly tell you all it is
worth. He says: Il will estimate
so much for the house SO much for
| the furniture, so much for laying out
| the grounds, so much for the stock,
so much for the barn, so much for
the equipage, adding up in all max
| ing this aggregate"
| Well, my friends, hear so much
about our mansion in Heaven, about
its furniture and the grand surround
ings, that I want to know how much
| it is all worth and what has actually
been paid for it. I cannot complete
| in a month nor year the magnifi-
cent calculation, but before I get
through to-day I hope to give you
the figures. aye are bought with a
price, ..l
The first installment paid for the
clearance of our souls was the igno-
minious birth of Christ in Bethle-
hem. Though we may never be care
fully looked after afterward, our ad-
vent into the world is carefully guard
ed We came into the world amid
kindly attentions. Privacy and 81
lence are afforded when God launches
Even the toughest of men know
enough to stand back. But I have to
tell you that in the village on the
side of the hill there was very bed
lam of uproar when Jesus was born.
In village capable of accommodate
ing only a few hundred people many
thousand people were crowded, and
amid hostlers and muleteers and cam
el drivers yelling at stupid beasts OF
burden the Messiah appeared. No 81
Ience. No privacy. A better adapted
place hath the eaglet in the eyrie
hath the whelp in the lions lair. The
exile of Heaven lieth down upor
straw. The first night out from the
palace of Heaven spent in an out
house. One hour after laying aside
the robes of Heaven dressed in {
wrapper of coarse linen. One would
have supposed that Christ would have
made more gradual descent, com
7 ing from Heaven first to a half-wa,
: world of great magnitude, then t.
[ Caesars palace, then to a merchant
t palace in Galilee, then to privat
t home in Bethany, then to fisher
r mans hut and last of all to stable
: No! 1t was one leap from the to
l to the bottom.
: Let us open the door of the caravan
s sary in Bethlehem and drive away tn
q camels. Pass on through the group o
idlers and loungers. What, o Mary, n
: light? "No light" she says, "save tha
:, which comes through the door" What
Y Mary, no food? "None," she says
l. "only that which was brought in tn
sack on the journey" Let the Bethle
+ hem woman who has come in here wit
l. kindly attentions put back the cover
41so Ill lot J<>o
n upon it. Look! Look! Uncover you
J. head. Let us kneel. Let all voices b
v hushed Son of Mary! Son of God
IS Child of day! Monarch of eternity
= In that eye the glance of God. On
t impotence sheathed in that Babe
l. arm. That voice to be changed frol
Q the feeble plant to the tone that sha
wake the dead. Hosanna! Hosanna
Glory to God that Jesus came frol
throne to manger that we might ris
g from manger to throne, and that a
7, the gates are open, and that the doc
e of Heaven that once swung this wa
e, to let Jesus out now swings the otht
le way to let us in.
L The second installment paid for OIL
1
IL antania, a mountainous region, full
10 caverns, where are to-day panthel
and wild beasts of all sorts, so tn;
you must now go there armed wit
!. knife or gun or pistol. 1t was the:
" that Jesus went to think and to pra
70 and it was there that this monster
= hel-more sly, more terrible, tn;
~ anything that prowled in that count.
Satan himself, met Christ.
- The rose in the cheek of Christ
that Publius Lentullus, in his letter
y the Roman senate, ascribed to Jesus
that rose had scattered it's petals. A
stinence from food had thrown hi
into emaciation. A long abstinen
y. from food recorded in profane b
tory is that of the crew OF t
ship Juao. For 20 days they had not