The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-04-30
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The BIBLES BIGGEST PROMISE.

More causes are ruined from within
than without. Many worthy enter
prise fails through the pertiness of its
supporters. Many decisive battle
has been lost through the jealousies of
its officers. Christianity, the religion
OF love. has suffered many defeat
through the bitter partisinship and
sectarian luminosity of those who
ought to he one. The little church at
Corinth was torn with contention
Some had espo,sed Christianity under
Paul. some under Apollos. others under
Peter. and each was boastins not of
Christ. but Of his individual leader.
Paul tries to correct not by reviewing
the relative claims of each. but by
giving them Il larger view of them
selves and Of their Christ "Yon do not
belong to partisan schools, opinions.
teachers and leaders; they belong to
you. And all other things are yours;
of the world. life. death, things pres.
ent. things to cOme--all are yours, and
We are Christ's, and Christ is Gods
have planted. sowed the first seed in
Corinth. Apollos watered. came after
me and cultivated He that plaAtetb
and he that watereth are one God
alone gave the Increase" Paul, with
all his logic and learning: Apoilos with
his sweet persuasive power, and Peter
or Cephas. with great endurance and
holy fervor. are naugb, without God
All Are One
Many a little community like CorInth
must surely cause the crucifled one
fresh grief II ain Of Paul. tue logical
preacher. am Presbyterian Il
am of ApOilOs the eloquent am
Methodist" II am of Cephas. au,
thority. apostolic succession 1 am ali
Episcopalian' Yes you surely are
ants of Jesus Christ: These earth
bound distinctions do not stand before
heaven Possibly the message of the
twenty eighth century to the world
will be the elimination of denomina
tional differences Christian EndeavOr
has done much: interchurch fedora
ton may do more Our intellectual
crecls must yield before the great
heart of humanity. Not many are
drawn Christward through their heads,
music and singing frequently reach
where sermons do not, Time tears off
the tags we put On men Luther is no
longer Lutheran. or Wesley Wesleyan
Nor does it matter If Nearer. My God.
to Thee" was written by Unitarian;
lead. Kindly Light by a Catholic:
Rock of Ages by an Episcopalian. or
"Jesus Lover of My Soul" by Metho-
dist. They all belong TO MS by a right
of inheritance. ancestral relationship
a kind of blood affinity. kindred link
and tie. The worlds ministry. brave.
noble conscientious. self sacrificing.
belongs to humanity and. in times of
crises. fire. food. panic. famine. pesti-
lence. have proved themselves so.
"The World Is Mine"
That early church was poor. Many
were slaves: had scarcely anything:
not even their bodies were their own
Paul had nothing. nor had his CO.
fraters. Early Christianity was COM
munistie the only kind of communism
that seems to work. THE world is
yours. said Paul We have belted the
equator. put flags on the poles. mapped
the waters of the globe. chained the
lsy1,t r,s, no 4.
Whether we came out of the earth by,
special process of creation or by slow
evolution. we are its products and all
that it is is reflected in us And 1t is
divided in almost equal shares. The
difference between rich and poor is
not SO great We count man rich
who can show title deed to more red
earth than his feet can occupy We
may eat three meals day, wear one
suit Of clothes ut time. have one
shelter over our heads Who can do
more? We may stand out under even
ing sky aud gaze on the bright worlds
In their march across the heavens We
may walk the fields and breathe the
air heavy laden with perfume The
landscape smiles on us. and the brook
sings Its TIE Deum
The Two Worlds.
The treasures OF our eve senses are
ours Pictures. books. scenery. music,
belong to us Life itself belongs to us.
as it does not to the worldly Il am
come that they might have life" says
Christ. Not fash Of earthly splen
dor. hut II fOregleam of Immortality
This higher inner life makes death Il
blessing. Death is ours. Precious in
the sighr of the Lord il the death of
his saints" ''ro live is Christ. to die is
gain" We do not grasp all possibly.
nor does the seed understand the glory
ct the flower nor the winter the mag
nificenee of the spring day. Only that
which is spiritual Is mine permanently.
My books have dead mems names in
them. and another's will he there after
| am gone. Other men have stood in
the pulpit | call mine, and others will
afterward. That only is mine which
death cannot tear from me Say, you
or furrowed brow and restless heart,
let others look al this world through
microscope. magnifying that which is
small. and ut the world which is to
come through the wrong end of a tele-
scope. which makes small all that
which is great. Do yon view that
which now is and that which is to
come as belonging to God and you his
spiritual heir: That which owns us
We own. My country. It's Of thee"
"Nfy Jesus, love thee So Christ il