The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-04
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/ SERMONS
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j nxa'uuW PuRynll
A SLOW WHEELED CHARIOT.

3. W.
The human mind is audacious. some
times even blasphemous. Kemembe
that senten'e of Charles Kingsley to
one of the. leaders of the Chartist
movement! TRY to be patient with
Cod The woman in the next Is
type of humanity. waiting. The moth.
er of Sisera is looking out the window
and crying through the lattice. Her
son Is the commanding general Of the
vast army Of the Canaanites. He is
allied with many tributary kings and
has 300 iron chariots OF war. Weap.
ons CLEAN, banners fly, trumpets blare,
horses prance-surely no army would
dare face such formidable host But
downtrotlden Israel. groaning under
the intolcrable. insufferable Jabin, king
Of Canaan. has listened to the prophet
ess Deborah, u veritable goddess Of
liberty. and has got together an in
significant army of 10000 On the
slopes OF Mount Tabor they take their
stand Heaven pity them. they're
marked for extermination. But. no: at
the command of Deborah they charge
in very torrent of courage and fury
and SWEEP, down those slopes like an
avalanche. The book says. THE very
stars in their courses fought against
Sisera." His army was demoralized.
and he fled to suffer death later on In
bis tent ut the hand OF Jael Sisera's
mother sat with wild beating heart at
the window Why does not his chariot
come: She's type Of grief wrung.
anxious. impatient hearts. watching at
the windows Of a world toward God
whose chariot is so long In coming.
A Thousand Years-a Day.
Sometimes men are perplexed at the
seeming. inactivity Of God As
stratcgist his policy is Fabian-he de-
lays so often. The last message of
Revelation was. II come quickly"
Weeks. months. whole year. went
by, and he didn't come. Was that
quickly? Two years. five. decade.
century. a Thousand YEARS, nearly 1000
years, and he hasn't come yet: Some,
times his works seem slow, sometimes
fast The planets whirI their orbits
glistenins black diamonds in your
kitchen coal scuttle is the imprint OF
a delicate maiden hair fern. It lived
before Adam and Eve gazed with raw
ished eyes on the purple hills of para-
disc. realize that. while God seems
to require thousand years for one
step. mt times he takes a step OF d thou
sand years in Il day. Mans years are
three score and ten: Gods years are
hOuntlless eternities He could speak
ont of the thunder to men, but he
doesn't There's Il syllable to day and
another tomorrow. He pitches his tent
close to the tents Of men, be leads by
pillars Of fire. he appears in altar
flame. There are visions and ideals,
warnings and sacrifices. prophets and
priests. Men say, How long. o Lord:
how long?" Then the heavens open
The angel choirs sing. GLORY to God
in the highest" That day was as
thousand years, and thousand years
of Christs coming was as but day.
"lf Were God"
What things | would do IL | were
God! said an impa tient critic. So
would We Why doesn't Cod abolish
intemperance7 1t is the evil of all
evils. the curse Of oil curses: the pre-.
disposing cause. as physician would
say, OF nearly all crime, pauperism,
sickness. unhappiness. Few would de
rend this towering mountain Of evil
that has cast It's dark shadow across
the world. 1t is the enemy OF home,
helpless childhood. education. com
merce and the sworn enemy Of the
church. Why does an omnipotent God
permit it! Is not his message, Peace
on earth: good will to menY" Yet he
beheld nations staggering under the
burden of preparation He saw tho
launching of mighty super Dread
noughts and malicious submarines. He
witnessed the blood lusting armies 20
forth: cavalry. infantry, artillery and
aeropiane corps go forth to their hor
rid work Of butchery. Earth. sky and |
sea are red with carnage Where is |
the Prince Of Peace? We know the |
answer. He's waiting for our rcndi |
ness! Gods chariot wheels have been |
retarded by our own lack of readiness |
he planted flowers. and mans hand |
p!ucked them up. God sent the solu
ton of all human problems with his |
blessings and men nailed that Blessing
to the cross!
Gods Merciful Slownes,.
Yes. God is slow-"slow to anger"
The human judgments are often slow.
Murder drags out its Redeemed form
through months or years through the
laws delays. 1t IS some time before
drunkenness reddens the eyes and
slavers' the lips. or gluttony makes hes.
tfal the face expression DISSIPATION
goes on in darkness a long while be
fore the body shows 1t In the light.
Some sins take years to mature. Final
~ what man sows he reaps. .'Chick
ems come home to roost" is only m.
other way OF saying BE sure your
sins will find you out" God is in no |
hurry Down in our hearts we know
why. 1t Is to give us time to repent
That Is why Jehovah did not strike
Aclian dead when the lust OF loor over.
came him at Al The wedge OF gold.
the heap of silver, the Rabylonish gar
ment buried under the shcepskin in his
tent were voices calling him to con. |
Tess. DO Gods revelations of himself
seem slow: Well. you wouldn't fell a /
rhl'd at once every thing you know or
that You intended he should know.
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