The Red Cloud chief., 1881-03-03
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ChzHB-ls II patCr. aa1 s0A1faE ifuf =
Il. .easoa. Ia The uiu~sE s~~saa fasa
% 1, saii hat the nsh'~-as shall asaF-
i.h like The Y.lm srrr. snd sal srs-
Ike = ecdsf IN i~bAheB Isaiah ,E-Aks
20 those whom the Lssnd hSs redeemed
~ tire. oiTrghssuss~ lee past
ing 81 the inrdN' IN fh- >ersasm "n
The Noun; jesa. Lkeas bal men 10 49,
Fuyi trecs ,bs, srAT cad trud- Ani
Jude oouaparrs ths rtckci Ia tres that
have heen rluca ed ap by lhs TcS~ Asa
The fruit % which has wtsksF.L II yua
have over walked thruagh n lArEv tss-
esl q have discovery that there arr
n great msny dissrsss kinas VI ,rorH
And ih-sc disrrn, kinds 20 is~cs "a
gest the differences We $50 Ia ssen
They may be sad - scpFvseai ohsrsN
ter.
There - the elder. ior eNanp.c. Noa
see u growing along The frnccS Is
looks iii. quito . strSpg inr sisa q
grows large. bat ~hen yea eat through
the trunk of stalk you end thS. u 3.
hollow. You would hardly ~ant tp
take i, Cor a eane and lean YOUR weigh,
upon II II YOU w,rv lame. IL would "
very apt Ia break aud give YOU = fall
Now. men or boys who are no, con
trolled by principle ar. like these sstsr
trees. You can't dcpend upnn ttssz1
They arc unrriiable. Ihey MAY look
well. but IL win lTiss do IA trui tAcm
There Is n hollow sIot in their eharac-
ter. Ike the hollow hear; ~ IN. elder
tree.
Sometimes. when you ~ out for =
walks Ia The country. y.u como - 1T
lie stream u water; and atoag L. banks
you lind perhapsa gTrst many bashes
or trccs vita slender yellow t~iss We
call thsm wtisovs.s ityou sas- |. OF
these twigs in your hand. even qate a
large oncs ma Ind hAtjr yiett , yoar
slightest iodrh. lou can bcnd aud
twist i, with perfect ease Aud some
BOYS are like these willow twlgs. They
are plant They are essly tmned
aside from the right path. They yield
to very slight temrtsiioi. 10 Is hard
for them Ia say MOI when sinners en-
tic. them. and TO stand az for the truth
in th. fare of oppositson. We say OF
such boys that they have NJ moral
strength. no backbone. Ihey arc like
willow twigs
tine variety 81 the trees hat line the
sidewalks In some IL our citi-s y called
the ailanthus. II !. n native 81 China.
I believe. but has bern uapsplantad
from it, far-of Eastern home into En-
gland aI.d Scotland and America some
people admire IT,, but II the blossoms "a
the ailanihus are a. d~isagrccablc 10 YOU
n they are to me. you would rather 90
out 81 your WAY n block or two than to
get the strong. sickening oior. let ms
tell YOU who these ailanihu. trees Ia the
time Of blossoms remind me of. They
max. me think 81 boys who have
formed filthy aud disgusting habits; Of
those who dstle their mouths. and soil
their Hrs with the Juice 81 tctysrro. ~
with strong drink; al who smoke poor
cigars or dirty pipes until they become
offensive 10 people who AT neat and
words, the unnisiakatdc index of . BAL
heart hope thsi M isd who rrsds
this will consent o become n moral
ailanthns.
Then. asay on IN MAT Eastern world
from which the aJanthus comes. there
grows another tree II which Won have
all read. II which you may have read
some thisxs :baa ere not true N does
not grow w ChsaA, bss, tn skc sosshr a
it. In the Sunda AMI Philippine isl-
ands. II is called the upa-tTce. -Upas
Is the Malay sosd for poison. Uom
the juice of this tree the Malays pre-
pare n poison in which they dip the
points of their arrows A wound infict-
ed by one Of these poisoned arrows 10
generally fata,.
The story OF = poison sa.iey In the
Island Of Java. into which IL is danger
ous 10 venture because of the odor nj
the upas-tree. is mere fable. There
Isl narrow yslhy in Java in which
neither ssipai rxH vegetable lie can
subsisi; bot this h owing Ia great guam
Titles of@eeresuis @ia sss ecesstsnfly
escaping 6cOn3ho ortks4ne Reseore
Of whfskke. Asasssfhe staAsress
10 any oth2 xEhe rsal RTss. vssh sas
poisonous JUICE. may BE safd 10 repre-
sent evil m~n md bad boys, who's In
iueBce Is hnrtfui and poisonous. Sol
ONION warns ~ againsa them in tbs
Book ~ Proverbs He avs walk
not thou in the way with them. Refrain
thy foot from fheir path" We ouyhs
10 avoid them n we woald the upas-
trees il they really gave out aporsnsus
and deadly odor.
But there Are other tree. which rep.
rcsen charss1s ID n nobisg 0r. I
want 10 speak % t~o or thfec-pf these.
Did roo eva siIpp the lsadspa IA
the dg tsoef News nay hws -
ticed. 81 oasy pu66kG DARK sysrsnas
tree with = handsome, oons-shAped top.
IL Is comm0niy called the cedar.
though / believe IN night name IL the
FIR. Now these Or ireey often grow in
clusters. sometimes mary acres IN ex-
tent. And one peculiarly tha; they
have - thzf sof QDwmg~uBreeIAss a
rocky le~dees~Aeve Mere I. very Hssh
soil One wonld think thai the barren.
ness of many Of these places would dis
couraSe ~ tree bas Is j. I've, here
thu; IL ~ acS <ros~in Nthe 9sezAuo
P~roiusion and perfection God has
made them. il would seem. on purpose
20 sdorn and beautify these waste
places L-scmesnber( once corveussz
with 3 couple Of bright young Enylis6.
men On the deck Of n Hsdsos River
steamboat. who could hardly Be coz
WINGED that the beautiful and shapely fr
trees that We aw on rocky ledge on
the vest hanks not far Shove Se~4unrh.
lust ~ God made them grow.
They EnpPssed that some one bad
trimmed and cultivated them DO YOU
NOT NOW soDs people Who ere ike
these fr-some vholve ia plain homes.
whose ideis yeyy loSiy,- wAo make No
noise IN We asosA. oAoss - I'D
one, ut Who so y orn ,se humble
home, and cheer and bless the lives that
are being lived around them. that Won
cannot helP sseiisx. sospstov. thss God
put them where they xre for shas very
Purpcses They bc.usify ana brighten
what would Otherwise be . barren
waste Remember that however ob.
scure your lie may Be. o can MAKE 4
beautiful with tAs beauty IL the Lord
Jesus Chris, and can help 10 make
some bona thst would osher.iseb Be bald
md. snafinetive . bright and hspps
place
How nasy lkfie hsads have been
busy this fal gathering the golden. OF
russell, OF bright red products OF the