The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-10-15
SATURDAY NIGHT
SERMONS
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LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE.

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One is Gods number. 1t signifies
unity. God is one The Bible begins
with God Jesus said. Il am Alpha
that is the beginning, the first letter Of
the Greek alphabet. Number one" in
the world is self. Taking care Of
number one" is taking care Of self.
Usually means looking out for self and
selfish interests. having good time,
gratifying the five senses. And why
shouldn't wei
AS walked by myself | talked with my
self
And myself said this unto me:
Look out for myself. take care Of myself
Or no one will take care of thee,
Surely! There il only one God and
there is only one you. Preserve that
individuality The charm Of childhood
Is natllr;ness But before we know 1t
the artless. unaffected life which we
like so much has become artificial
The stiff requirements of education
and society are taken on Alteration
Of speech. manner. dress and charac
ter greet us on every side, Genilis
attracts hundreds Of imitatorS. The
great lawyer has a score of copyists
The great preacher has many echoes
Imitation is the death Of originality
Re yourself The rose does not copy
the aster, nor the violet the sunflower
All Scripture teaching is to take care
CT ''n,hnbcr one But number one
is compound creature of body. mind
and spirit
Number Ones Body.
The first duty is to be II first class
animal Now and then there Is gen
JUS who seems to be able to do his
work no matter what the bodily condi
ton, but 1t is only relative. What 1t
might have been may only be Judged
by what it is. 1t Is hard to row with
an anchor out There is vast differ
ence between taking care of number
one and gratifying number one" Ii
mental and spiritual condition. time
and eternity. depend so largely Oh the
body no one but an idiot would neglect
number ones body. wish that were
true. There would he less sickness.
fewer early deaths. practically no pau
perism. In spite of all our selflshnesS
we do not take care of self. We abuse
ourselves Then after few years na
ture presents her little bill and Is Il
veritabie Shylnck in her demands. Last
week on lecture tour a well pre-
served man of eighty jumped off the
wagon at the station. How spry you
are!'' Il am living on the capital Of a
We'll spent youth" As pastor In dis
trict where must be brought into con
tact with hundreds of human wrecks
can testify that the grace Of God gives
new heart. but not new body. Let
q young man make his body whisky
Jug or a beer keg. abuse his body till
the fiber is burned outs smoke poisoned
cigarettes till his yellow fingers tren
BILE. is black under the eyes and bis
cheeks fall in and then at some church
seek religion. He cannot hinder the
process of broken laws. Suicide is not
rare Fortunately or unfortunately
tombstones do not tell the whole truth
Number Ones Mind.
The mind is photographers chest
in which he stores negatives. The pic
ture of FIVE or ten years ago is repro
duced. only that the photographers may
move or quit business and the plates
are lost or destroyed But you cannot
move away from yourself. All that
you see and hear goes into the recesscs
Of your soul to make pictures for the
future You will have them with you
till the judgment day. Taking care of
number one implies education. &C
QUESTION Of useful knowledge, the cul
tivation of the intellectual powers You
must not only work industrially at
your trade. be economical and provi
dent in your expenditures. but you
must also read-you must avail your
self of the many opportunities which
you are offered by a cheap press and
many public libraries History. travel.
art, science. literature. are yours. New
err before was 1t so true that .'knowl
edge is power" Never before were
there SO many open doors for advance
ment. Those doors may open ut any
moment. Only he who Is prepared
may step in. Now is the time to stock
the mind. The chances are that If
number one" is ignorant now he vii!
he ignorant for life
Number Ones Soul.
Ii We could only profit by experience
Remember Kipling's lines.
If only myself could talk 10 myself
AS | knew him year ago.
could tell him a lot
That would save him n lot
OF things he ought TO know
In nothing do we rob ourselves as III
spiritual things We are dual beings
Man has body. lie Is u soul Hc is u
creature of two worlds. This world
Is Il place of preparation, Ones grea,
business Is the salvation of ones soul
Strange to say. however. If you think
Of that only yon may lose the very
thing you seek. HE that seekcth his
life shall lose II" While He that
loseth his life for my sake shall lind
it" said Christ BY looking out for
number two" the nther fellow, By
the roadside of life. we are going on in
self forgetfulness-fina the gate Of
heaven is reached. .Chorea.' is