The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-25
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4 SERMONS
BY
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a SLOW WHEELED CHARIOT

MSMauHM .PURyEQl
a SLOW WHEELED CHARIOT
Text. why is his chariot so long .s
| ,oming?"-Judg. v. 2s
The human mind is audacious some.
times even blasphemous Remember
that sentence Of Charles Kingsley to
| one of the leaders of the Chartist
movement? TRY to be patient with
God" The woman In the next is II
| type of humanity. waiting. The moth
" Of Sisera is looking out the window
and crying through the lattice. Her
son Is the commanding general of the
vast army Of the Guarantees. He is
allied with many tributary kings and
has 300 iron chariotS of war Weap-
onS CLEAN. banners fly. trumpets blare.
horses prance-surcly no army would
| dare face such formidable host But
| downtrodden. Israel. grooming under
the intolerable. insufferable Iabin. king
Of Canaan. has listened to the prophet
ess Deborah. a vcritable 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 determination. 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
Siser:t." His army was demoralized.
and he fed to suffer death later on in
his tent Mt 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 Il God
whose chariot is 50 long in coming.
A Thousand Years-a Day.
Sometimes men are perplexed at the
seeming inactivity Of God. AS a
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. a decade. IL
century. a thousand years. nearly 1000
years. and he hasn't come yet: Some
times his works seem slow. sometimes
fast, The planets whir their orbits
in incalculable speed On one Of the
glistening black diamonds in your
kitchen coal scuttle is the imprint of
a delicate maiden hair fern. 1t 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, ut times he takes step OF thou
sand years In u day Mans years are
| three score and ten: Gods years are
bOuntlless eternities He could speak
ont of the thunder to men. but be
doesn't There's Il syllable to day and
| another tomorrow. He pitches his tent
close to the tents of men, he 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 a
thousand years, and a thousand years
or Christ's coming was as but a day
IF I Were God"
What things l would do if | were
God!" said an impatient critic. So
would we. Why doesn't God abolish
intemperance? 1t is the evil Of all
evils. the curse Of all curses; the pre-
dlsposing cause. as Il physician would
say. of nearly all crime, pauperism
sickness, unhappiness. Few would de
fend this towering mountain OF evil
that has cast its 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 mem" Yet he
bei'eid nations staggering under the
burden Of preparation. He saw the
launching OF mighty super Dread.
nouShts and malicious submarines He
witnessed the blood lusting armies 20
forth: cavalry. infantry. artillery and
aeroplane corps go forth to their hor
rid work Of butchery. Earth. sky ana
sen are red with carnage Where Is
the Prince Of Peace: We know the
answer. He's waiting for our readi
| ness! Gods chariot wheels have been
retarded by our own lack of readiness
he planted flowers. and mans hand
pucked them up. God sent the solu
ton of all human problems with his
blessings and men nailed that Blessing
to the cross!
Gods Mereifui Siowness.
Yes. God Is slow-'siow 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 bes
tial the face expression. Dissipation
goes on In darkness a long while be
fore the body shows it in the light
Some sins take years to mature. Final
" what man sows he reaps Chick
ems come home to rUost' is only nm
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
Achan dead when the lust of loot over
came him at Al The wedge OF gold
the heap of silver. the Babylonish gar
ment buried under the sheerskin in his
tent were voices calling him to con
TESS. Do Gods revelations Of himself
seem slow: Well. you wouldn't tell !;
rhild Mt once every thing you know or
that you intended he should know