The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-19
SATURDAY NIGHT
SERMONS
,W-A@ BY
- REVSAMUEL
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THE OBSCURE WORKER.

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lodged there do not know. The bust
ness was extremely obnoxious to tbs
Jews as unclean because it required
contact with dead animals. wife
could claim divorce if her husband
was a tanner and had kept the fact
secret before marriage. The authorl-
ties made tanners live away from
town. hence Simon was over ut the
seashnre from JOppa. Peter was sure
ly welcome guest and was showing
that Christ is no respecter of persons. |
I've been pastor where they did not |
believe that He was also preparing |
himself for his experience with Corne-
Illus and bursting bonds Of narrowness.
Most Of all. it was the recognition by
a great big man of the humble. OBJ
scure worker How anxious We are TO
get away from the common herd.
Be careful which side you get on. Re
member Herod and John BAPTIST.
Dives and Lazarus. PLATE and the
prisoner before BIN 1t is a rare art to
see time. place. persons and occnpa-
tons In their true light. Christ was
born i'm a manger and was the friend
of pnblicans and sinners.
Nothing Is Common.
Men talk of common places. but what
is common place? A cottage? How
about that in Bethany which Christ
transfgured into little corner Of
heaven? Unattractive city house2
Il So ..rIN sc dau fS-S
ton come to this house The country?
Urban folks like to cartoon country
neighbors Ont from country has come
orr greatest men, and there Christ
worked his mightiest works. ear
penter shop? The NaZarene glOrifad
one There are no common places
from nursery to throne. from village
store to lecture platform. from black
smith shop to office Of iron king. from
| farm 70 White Hanse No common oc-
cupations either The men who have
saved cities. founded empires. extend
| ed the kingdom of God. We're common
place and came from commonplace
homes Time, place. birth, circuil-
| stance are scatfnlding that death will
| pull down some day. revealing just
what you have built.
| A Living Dog or Dead Lion?
How do we feel toward dntyf In my
neighhoring city there was a police
man. Not now He lost his star re-
Gently on charge OF cowardice. failure
to arrest a murderer who shot mp a
| ~, n
rather be IL live coward than n dead
hero | don't take chances of being
shot on STA month I'm not afraid
of any man living If ! can get an even
break. but I'm not stopping murderers
when they've got the drop on me. It's
Here he liesr" good many people
will sympathize with him. OF course
he has no business on the police force
Rnt his fault lies not so much In being
Il coward rs in being a philosopher
Philosophy and physical prowess are
not often welded Your skiiful think
or is no hero. The fellows who pro
claim war or have guns and miitar;
supplies or embalmed beef for sale dt
not take up guns. Not they. The,
get ont a band, wave the flag. talk pa
triotism and push half grown boys int
the ranks. They stay at home and ge
rich. The policeman's case makes on,
suspect thinkers are no heroes. Plat,
would have made bad cop. Raipi
Waldo Emerson wouldn't likely MAKE
a daring fire chief The real hero o
today is the man trying to support |
family on $40 to So q week. He doe
not get much time to philosopbize
Suppose he should sit down and thin
it over. Do You know what wonl,
happen?
The Wire In the Cable.
somehow feel God sees and use
t these unknown workman in churc
: and state On my desk is one Of thos
3 motto calendars SO widely know
D throughout the world. The man VIII
J Issued them was a Quaker In Phil;
t delphia Mt the head of a large mani
!! featuring business For twenty-five
years he Issued the calendars. Wit
that Of 1908 his own Iife's caIenda
closed His family have issued thel
since as memorial Millions wer
!. published and blest a nation anon,
nously. Shall | tell you his name
\ Not for the world 1t would hurt b
J glorified spirit Ny mind harks bac
o to the Titanic Some passenger
n mostly first cabin were saved; all tt
q officers except two. few seamen
permitted to 60 as oars,nen WEI
J. saved All the engineers save one. !,
% the stokers and coal passers WEI
/, | down. Al knew the peril Not OF
= made effort to get away II the bar
i played as they went down that ";
o tbriiling!y spectacular But those Il
Il lows in overails. griiny faces. hi
% naked bodies. faced death for fol
o. hours. but not one Hinched No OF
II wrote poems about them Their pi
le lures were not in the papers But q.
ID saw them There's praise for those {
r. ficers in uniform and gold lace t
re brave Astor. noble Stead. plenty
Of tears over Strauss and his faithf
go wife. but those naked. sweaty. unse
a. toilers-who sang of them? WI
snoi)s we mortals be!