The Red Cloud chief., 1879-12-18

III if"f u HtEl lbElfuGSh ire YOU
+, hari headed ma;eIis,is,ic minded matte
2: let thIrsiers who hre manly - the,
/. senses, Ia their eyes, nose, rail,e. ar.
, hin-crt'ps, iDErr and higher faculties
{ the pcneiT,.a and c~elsuiil cfih.ir soul
are cvcs opened 10 the light Of the -p..
1t ~olll-lkere i, u golden med "a
however bctween the mere ~yszaIie~ q
fancy, and dir, thinkcrs.-Da W. are Ct
from our tack.
la the times whcTeofI speak, woislir
attending church services. auirny a Ger
tain class, wa a mere cercrlouy-a dur,
OF Ioyaiity, rather than " pie.y, dlc {,
the state rather than 10 their maker
The bible which va. very rare-ya.
book OF charms rather than 0: ins,ruc,;o,
AMI dcvotlor-a tool Of the par-ou to b.
used 1."ng with tie book Of c,mrao:
pTarcr IN preparing dying people tor peo
pc ia the dying hour fer the othcI
world. The larson was 4 jolly fellow
to visit tie People at thor. h.mes auJ
ueet thcu in the evening at the Gre.il.
Of The Ian, tell the news" 10 then
anlse them With s'rInfe tales, marry the
young-baptize the babies-ax up tie
Old and the dying for tie long journey
and meanwhile be q hail fellow well met,
with the squire, IN fox hunting, IN fast.
ting, grace being said. and wine bibing
and card playing, &c, &c.
\ parson being oncc called 10 y:.i. an
Old farmer on his sick bed TO read the
service for the sick" 70 hun. ven,
thIthcr accompanied with his clerk carry
:ng the requisite books in a green bag
At the door they were met b. the old
lady, who asked the c,elk, 'Thomle
What have you got in that green tas?''
The bible and tie common PRAYER
book was the reply. The bible"
TciClncd the old lady, ''aul you have the
bIb.e there, wiily0u let ma see i.?' re
lucsted she. "Of course" said he. and
taking 1t out Ofthe bag he hanlcd it to
her. liking it into her hands she turn
ed 1t over and looked over It carefully
opened it and turned over a few leaves.
Ishe could not read a word of it, well
well said she 'aai this il the bible. |
have never seen it before 1t has never
b,en IN this hOusc-we base never need
dcd 1t before, and | hope well never
need it again"
Her idea was tia. its sole use was, for
sickness and death.
Another farmer was moro f,rtupat,
than his nciebo.s. lie had a CODY Of the
bible, which he never read, h.wever. |,
lay on a shelf covered with dus. ike
many Of the bibles in Nebraska.
But one day one of his csws took sick
very sick with the cole. lie tried
every remedy he couil think of. but to
no avail. But at last a bright idea
struck iim-'the Bible, the Bible
why did mt he think oft baeore-He ran
into the house for the book, came on,
with II and read a chapter out Of it to the
sick cow-whether she recovered or no.
| rever heard. lWhy about 80 year,
ago, a member Of a church Of mlnc in
Ohio,-ah old Englishman-- n GOOD
harmless piOus old, oh s,ul, of whom |
expected letter things, was telling me
one day that his COW was very sick. Ga
my asking him what he had done iGrher,
he said, Wall, c tried mony o tie 30
tent Remedies va caa'l them, and tina
did her ia gowd-at las, a kneeiel Il WI
alang side o hern an, prayed over her"
Another Old flrmcr on his sick bed.
given up to die by the physician sent for
the rector of the parish to Gt him for
the great crisis. The rarspn having gone
through all the prayers, lessons, &c.
came at last to the passage which rpaur
es the sick oi the dying person, if he has
enemies, TO forgive them al, on pains Of
having the gates of paradise shut in his
teeth when he arrives at them. The old
farmer foud it comparatively e,sy to for
give all his enemies but one-a near
neighbor, and this vas a heriiitary CT
mity-an old family fcui that hrl exis-
ted between the two families from time
immemorial, and handed down from faith
er TO son for my generations NV Of
such feuds or grudges, the u.tic popr-
iation Of Britain are very tencinus,-
and they consider themselves piously
bound to keep them ur.-"Ynur flthcr
was the w,rst enemy of my faith AMI I'll
pay You the old gruice." Many of
them had taken their rise from the civil
wars of England.
The old farmer earnestly beSousht the
parson to let him sip without forg,ving
that ''ouli rascal" But the parson AS
sured him it WAS impossible The law
Twas such ana be could not alter it. The
old farmer must forgive all or be kept
Of the kept. The old farmer sQuirmcd,
He turned on his bed, ana croanad,
lie was in a terrible ''strair bs:wixt two"
4 far greater great than that of the Apes
tie. Then he kept still along TIM, pom
dcring the Difficult, problem-.A, last he
found a solution for it, Turning round
and booking VI at the parson. be said
slowly aud hesi,a,ineiy, well since your
reverence is so sure | cannoi enter with
out tor-rving him.-(oh, the old scamp
| suppose | must forgive .him.-bu,,"
turning TO his son who stood by the post
at the foot Of the bel, he said, John DO
you be sure to remember him."
But thank God. through the labors Of
the 1i>culters and m~cthodists of Eng
land, this state OF moral benightmcnt hiss
-