The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-08-13
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SERMONS
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Text. THE name OF his wife was As.s
gail '-Sam. XIV,
The story of Abigail owes its charm
to its nneXpectednesS like Il virw
y0n get from Il car window through
the trees. The Bible is full of heroic
female characters Mollie Pitchers,
Lydia Darraghs. Barl,ara Erietehies
of that day-bnt Abigail is the most
feminine character III the hook This
is the story: NabaI was sheep own
er In Maon. II few miles south of He
bron. immensely rich. largest Hooks
and farm, in the country Every year
rowing tribes of sheep stealing philis
tines came into the region and scoop
ed up many OF his sheep. He had
married a slip Of a girl named Abigail.
bright. fresh and mighty pretty the
Bible tells u.s. She had married. I'm
afraid. for money and was badly tax
en- in OH the man He was a drunken
sot-bnt that's another story Ahont
this time David and his band of 40n.
fleeing from the big armies of King
Sanl. sought refuge near Nahafs pas.
tnre hills. For whole year they
We're sort Of volunteer protection
and patroIling police, They kept the
Philistines away from Nalml-s h0ck,
cae,.e aeli;
Soon it was sheep shearing time. n
sort of harvest home. always big ban
quet. Presents weie ,sent IT, relatives
the neighbors and the poor David
waited with his mouth watering for q,
taste of mutton. but no neighborly
present came Then lie sent !; tactfu!
message limiting for taste Of fresh
meat. Nahal had 1900 sheep and 1910
goats. but he was also ungrateful. stingy
and hot tempered So he sent back an
TELL David to go hang" If the neigh
bOrly relations were all to his. good.
that WAS to his gain. Not having made
IA bargain will, David, that was the lat
ter's loss. David's humble little re
quest for some food received cold
words and Il cold shoulder. but no cold
meat He banged the door in the ines
senger's face. How lifelike these hi
bic portraits are. can Imagine | have
lived next door to Nabal Maybe
have. And David? He was mad clean
through and through. Smash went his
good resolutions to be model next
door neighbor Bugles are blown. his
4On have their swords on. and in the
language of a cowboy he says, Lets
go down and wipe 'em out!'' Now
comes Abigail. She has seen the whole
incident and has put up with such
things dozens of times herself tod
help the woman who marries IL crouch!
She must save her home and her hus-
band. Saying nothing 10 her drunken.
stupid lord. she hurries ont to meet Da-
vid with a hountifui. well cooked din
ner and Il beautiful little speech. She
stoops to conquer. filings herself on her
knees and makes her plea Tears are
stronger than spears. The deWtlroI
CtOFS Il Sll .Abi.itii W nc
the day. Ten, days later Nabal dies in
drunken apoplexy. One day there are
wedding bells and orange blossoms for
David and Abigail. don't know any
other Old Testament wedding Wanld
rather have attended
Loadstones and Millstones
kipling says i'll kim that there are
two kinds of women Those who Take
strength out Of Il man and those who
put it back. Sometimes the tombstone
and the milestone are the same In a
mad headStrong hour of infattiafion
IL young man lays more than pearls III
the feet of his charmer. only tn rue il
in lifelong. bitter repentance For
love. support. position. she colifers
beauty. talents. cold kisses. but Ia love,
Another woman draws IL lilah tn her.
and the love is ennobling and beanti
full. leading to the heights. 4 woman's
club III DALLAS, Tex. was yawllin2 over
browning and Chopin One woman
said. Il know something we can al
understand !" What is it2' The
town is swarniiig with mosquitoes
We can buy IL lot of oil and pour on
the pools. They begin to do it. The,
enlisted the school children. They've
done it every summer since. Dallas is
proud of its wUinefl's club
Lighted Candles.
Any woman may rise who has Abb
gals Willingness She may help her
husband and save herself Ii She has
no husband The European snci;ll nr
de, resembles the STRATA of earth. each
one holding the one beneath it down
Our American society is like the waves
of the sea. where the lowest drop may
rise and glisten OH the tophost wave
little maid. daughter of II piano tuner
named Frenstad went To- work In u
Kitchen for 50 a week In Minneapolis
Ia 1881. Az she scrubbed he floors
she sang and dreamed her dream hi
our land. where dreams come tr;,p
Today you and or our wives pay nj
least 50 apiece to hear Nine Anna
Olive Fremstad sing She was one OF
the iowly drops in the bed ut society :
. big ocean. Now she glistens Oh tlnt
sopmost wave Mrs HANNAH, L. Mon
fas,le. a thrifty housewife in Troy
n. Y. made Il detachable collar To
day 10000 persons are making them
in that city. When +. e. DM!d died
he left his widow a waste of chap
paral in Texas. She looked ont ON :..,5
acres of wild cactus producing land
and saw something What: On:0ns