The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-03-01

arms, the groanS OF UylnS men aAo VIZ
| the withdrawal of the scene into complete
| silence. These shepherds and travellers
| repeated in the neighboring towns what
| they heard, and large numbers Of people,
expecting that ali was a deception, went
| out on the following night, and they heard
| the same uproar and tumu!t in the heaV-
ens-the two armies in battle, The KING,
hearing of this seeming combat in the
! heavens, sent ambassadors to inquire into
the mystery. In the night they also heard
the conflict and came back to the king
and took solemn oath as to this mysterious
occurrence.
Whether those shepherds and travellers
and ambassadors Of the ling were in de-
lusion cannot say, but this inow--taat
TIE forces of God and the forces OF Satan
are now in combat, the heavens as well as
this world for blessedness or woe, and, as
the armies of God are mightier than the
armies diabolic, we know who viii
triumph, and we have right to shout the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The King of Kings, the Lord Of Hosts,
the God of Joshua and Eavelock, leads IN
the conflict. / have no fear about the tre'
mcndous issue. My only fear is3that we
will rot be found in the ranks and fully
armed to do our part in this campaign OF
the eternities.
Again, l remark that the month Of Jam
uary has seen many of the most stupcn-
Gous events in the worlds history and
rocking of cradles and the digging OF
graves that have affected nations. In this
month American independence was &C.
cared, followed by Lexington and Bunker
Hill and Monmouth and Valley Forge and
Yorktown. January saw the proclamatlon
that. abolished American slavery, Though
st the time there were two mighty opin-
ions aud they were exactly opposed-those
who liked the document and those who dis
liked it-there is but one opinion now, and
if it were put to vote III al the states OF
The South, Shall SLAYER" be reinstated".
there would be en- overwhelming vote OF
mol" The pen with which tao document
was signed and the inkstand that con-
tanned the ink are relics as sacred and val
liable as the original Declaration of hide
nendence, with all its erasures and inter-
!neatioas. The institution which for sew
enty or eighty years kept the nation in
angry controversy has disappeared, and
nothing is left to fight about. The North
and tho South to-day are in as complete
esme orchestra.
The North has built its factories on the
banks of the Chattalloochee and the Roa-
ooke, and the South has sent many OF Its
abies attorneys into our northern court
houses, its most sAilful physicians into our
sick roorcs, its wiacst bankers into our
exchanges, its most consecratad ministers
into our pulpits-cll this the result OF the
proclamation OF January J, 1865.
Furthermore, ] notice that January has
been honorcd with the natirity of some
Of the greatest among the nations. Ed
r1und Burke was born this month, the
marvel and glory @; the legal world; Fene-
on Of the religious world, Ben amin Frank
In OF thc piiiosoph;c world. William II.
Prescott os the historic world. Sir John
Moore CT the military world, Robert burns
of the poetic word, Poiycarp OF the mar
tyr world, Peter the Great OF tie kingly
world.
But cannot read the epitaphs of one out
of hundred illustriors graves in this first
month CT the year. Many Ct those we'll
known gained hall their renown and did
half their work through the help OF those
OF whom We know little or nothing. LORD
Rerschel is known all the world over and
will +, known through all tine, bnt little
is said of her who was born this fist
month of the year, and without whose
help be never could have been what he
was--his sister, Caroline Lucretia Augls-
ia. She helped him hunt the worlds.
She repaired and adjusted his telescopes.
She ciphered cut his astronomical prob.
!eIns She was his amanuensis. She
Planned ior him his work. She discovered
seven comets and made "a Catalogue of
of January introduced her to the observa-
tories, but she has never been properly in
troduced to the world.
Cultivate faith in God and the feeling
that He will do for you that which is best,
and you VIII be ready for either sunshine
or shadow. The other eleven months Of
the year 1902 will not all be made up Of
gladness or OF grief. The cup that ia all
made up Of sweetness is insipid.
Between these just opened gates of the
year and tho closing Of those gates there
win be many times when you will want
God. You will have questions TO decide
which will need supernatural impulse.
There may be illnesses of the body or per.
peS!tis. o. n,a d or spiritual eTLaustaps
ened. During the remaining twenty-six
days ct this month lay in supply of faith
and hope and courage for all the days OF
tne eleven months. Start right, and you
will tie apt to keep right.
Before the ship captain gets out of the
New York Narrows he makes up his mind
what sea loute be wi,l take. While you
your mind which way You will sail and
ttnroll your chart and set your compass
and have the iifeboats we'll placed on the
davits ard be ready for smooth voyage all
the way acros;; OF the swoop of Carib-
bean whirlwind.
Rev. Solomon Spaulding was for some /
time in poor health, and to while away the
time he wrote preposterous religious ro-
rance. One Joseph Smith somehow got |
hold Of that book before it was printed |
ard published it as revelation Of heaven, |
calling it the "Dools Of Mormon" and |
from that publication came Mornonism,
the monster abomination Of the earth. |
Few. Solomon Spaulding might have been |
better engaged than writing that book Of |
faisahoods. However much time we have,
we never have time to do wrong. Harness |
January for usefulness, and it will take the |
folio 1irg months il its train. Oh, how !
Iouth you may do for God between now |
and the 3lst Of next Decemberi
The beautiful weeping willow" tree |
was introduced by Alexander Pope into
England frem twis which the poet found |
in Turkish basket Of figs. He planted |
that twig, and from it came all the weep
ing willows of England and America, and |
YOUR smallest planting of good many un-
der God become an influence continental
and international.
Now that the train of months has |
started, let it pass, January followed by
February, with longer days. and March,
with its aerce winds; md April, with its
Sudden showers; and May, with its bios
soming orchards; and June, with its car
nival Of flowers; and July, with its ha-
vests; and August, with its swelte:ing