The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-09
WHAT is LIFE?
An Important Question Ofs.p sadly Neg
Iect-d-uow 1t May AID should E~
N.t,.f

An important tus-Iir.l IKE ~S'hN
I-ct-d-How 1t May a"d should E-
SAWED.
iu, there i, one problem which Meet,
Us all. Turn whore We w Ii N the VA
rious paths q! lie. We are con
fruntcd with the question OF life Itself.
VIA, Is l.ic?: Why do We live. and Tor
what do We live? Can We so live that
We snail Secur the great end OF lie
AT III first one of moral CONSCIOUS
he such questions stag, up. They r.
cur aoaIg and ag.tn - W. Journey IN.
Compared with them al other uurs-
lions are Ieiat. vciy uu.mpprt.nt. Il
matters little wheeler We u = successful
or unsuccessful n Ike it our lie lt-"li =
4 failure. Nay. the great r our tempo
rarg and cmlng success lie >iGdcr the
final catastrophe.
And vet how irw there are who give
earnest attention II tins problem.
Wien it !, thrown before them they do
not met Il u they meet MINOR on">.
1nry DO II II study IL IL tucy study how
l. make money or >ccurr reputation or
en- loyncnl. The stranC" sat fact VIII ch
me i us on every 81 : that men are
ear a, - IL REGARD 10 trI.c> and nd II =
cnt IN regard To the chief end %. their
be- 10. I.c. are k a .~atOr wno
should b. careful nrcgart 10 everything
about IN, ship, Vet gives no attention 10
ia" course ou whlca II l. sailing or the
port o. IL destination. Here aye mui-
II;ulcS who W. ii freely adm tthat this ie
J. but Il vapor. They fully believe IN
IN endless HE bryond. lhcy can Mt
doubt or deny that our destiny IN II
must depend upon our character and
contuc; icrc. Lie in the true scn>c
and meaning of thc word i not tArcc-
s~corc-anl-tcn years upon the earth 1t
j. iIumor,a ". We begin To i've when
We are born. but W. do not cci,c to
live when W. die. What We call death
l. >impy gong from 4 state Oh prona-
ton INTO :: tate OF ictr4butIon. We
are here ior = tide Will" 10 -; ready
for an cn.c>, future. And tina future.
with lis imucIsuraUlr poS> b~iItic>. n
i"ctS. cvcs and anon. It's long shadow
across or path. There come, upon
Us - W. enter INTO The shallow a >ci-
Sol 90 moral tlo:-nttalnc,S. But We
do % .o.r the shadow. We long Tor
the >Uusn ue Oh though less mirth.
Or of worldly activity. We resist the
invitation to- stud, the conditions oil
spiritual | f. and to solve the pro.icm
o! our DESTINY. And hence 1t comes 10
pass tina. the world Is iUli oi buy men
and but TIE great bu>invs,
for which ley Were created i almost
wholly ignored. can we explain tin,
strange auomuly?
Some seem 10 think that the lie
problem Will solve Itself. An cmincut
German writer SAID: Il have been sue
crS>iul in tins world. and | hope To be-
equally - III Any DINER word in wh!cI
God may place me. "a he lived wholly
for success here. and put away from
In III al Thought or anxiety ia regard TO
the lu,urc. He had manv invI al IN
Iu; he knew Very well, and 80 Jot.ey.
that We do not 20 into the future j n
we came mo this. We enter il with
characters formed. and if those chara
tiers are noi in harmony with the new
cund I ons. we can 10; be prosperous
and happy. l. 1t not the part Of Wis
dom. then. Ia try TO learn something
aGou. the future and to make prcpara
ton for it? That shadow which fail,
upon our path i east there 10y 4 great
fact. IL admonI>hes rs Of the existence
OF IN NV iplc bat real world That
world must enter Is "A controlling factor
in the wornIn. out of ihe prob EN- q.
! f.. We have he revelation OF II Tor
orr admonition and our instruction.
W. know thai We shall live on when
tie Iody cyumules. We know thai, 10
the world OF spirits we shall meet our
Ma>er face 10 face. We know that WI
shall there he judged according TO the
deeds done in the body. W. know that
e. drift into future b!essedue>> j. is IN
possible As To Drift into larnnC or
wealth on the earth. IL : ;he seekers
who ind. Ii Is they. and they only.
who set themselves III earnss; to work
out any problem who succeed In reach
i'm the true solution.
Then he VINO wonld not make = sad
and d~!>-race!ul failure must realize.
hr>t ~ all. mat the grs.; problem re-
forc him that OF life. H. = 20 live on
after the word has been burned UP.
Were and how shall be live? To ihis
question. when he meets Is fairly. God
rs gwen Hih q i".i Az 1Fa4 fSP'H>t-
" ha. h. can not know ~ himself the
Aul-wi,e Will teach him What be- can
o do Tor himself the Almighty VII 60
for him. or help HIN tn do II he will
irv 10 wCrS out his salvation with
fear AMI trembling. God Will work n
HIM To will arsi 10 do The solution.
then. though u r-4u rs time and
though; aud p:i ence anu IA n. : nu
hard :, md .>o one ever sought Il
diligently and failei Blu; the Cvca;
trouble is We lcA,. ,hsi which ,hosld
lee Ii first problem for tee at. and
many never reach ; ST all We nessec;
this yrca, prvblem for = thousand hi,!e
ones. and MANY die wiihou, having
ever ,on6e.cd ,hc question; For WHIST
oughi We 20 liyee-Chlo6Io IntoI1r.