Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-14

writer's mountains brought all their
gems, and the seas All their pearls, and
the gardens all their fr|ankincensc, and
the spring all its blossoms. and the
haryests al their wealth. and heaven
all its grandeur, and eternity all lis
sTCPENpoUs REALITIES:
and that since then poets. and orators,
and rhctoricians have been drinking
from exhausted fountains, and search
ing for diamonds in a realm utterly
rillcd and ransacked.
This book is the hive of all sweet
ness. 1t is the armory OF all well-tem-
pered weapons. 1t is Tho 'p,ger con-
tanning the crown Jew is Of the uni
verse. 1t is the lam that Sindles all
other lights. 1t is the home Of all ma
~iesties and s~plendors. 1t is the mar
riage ring that unites the celestial and
the terrestrial, while all the clustering
white-robed denizens of the sky hover
ing round rejoice at the nuptials. This
book-it is the wreath into which are
twisted all garlands; it is the song
into which are struck all harmonies; it
is the river into which are poured all
the great tides of
UALLELUJAH;
it is tho armament in which suns
and moons, and stars and constella-
tons, and universe and eteraities wheel
and blaze and triumph. Where is the
young mans soul with any music in it
that is not stirred with Jacobs lament,
or Nahum's dirge, or Habakkuk's
dithyrambic or Paul's march of the
| resurrection, or Johns anthem where
the elders with ~doxology on their faces
respond to the trumpet blast of the
| archangel as he stands with one foot
on the sea and the other foot on the
land. swearing by him thai livcth for
ever and eyer that time shall be no
longerp
l am also amazed at the variety of
this book Mind you. not contradic-
ton or collision, but variety. Just as
in the song YOU have the basso and alto
and soprano and tenor-they are not in
collision with each other but come in
to make up the ~harmony-so it is in
this book; there are different parts Of
this great
SONG OF REDEMPTION.
The prophet comes and takes n part,
and the patriarch another part, and
the evangelist another part, and the
apostle another part. and yet they
AL come into the grand harmony
'thc song of Mosses and the Lamb
If God had inspired men of the same
temperament TO write this book, ii
might have been monotonous: but
David, and Isaiah, and Peter, and job,
and Ezekiel. and Paul, and John were
men OF different temperaments, and SO,
when God inspired them to write. they
wrote in their own style.
God prepared the book for All classes
of people. For instance, little chill
drcn would read the Bible, and God
knew that; so he allows Matthew and
Luke to write sweet stories about
Christ with the doctors of law. and
Christ at the well, and Christ at the
cross, so that any little child can TN
dcrstand them. Then Sod knew that
the aged people would want TO read
the book, SO he allows
SOLOMON
TO compact a world of wisdom in that
book of Proverbs. God knew that the
historian would want to read it. and so
he allows Moses to give the plain state
mcnt of the Pentateuch. God knew
that the poet would want to read it.
and SO he allows Job to picture the
heavens rs n curtain. and Iaiah the
mountains as weighed in "A balance,
and the waters as held in the hollow of
The Omnipotent hand; and God touched
David until in the latter part of the
Psalms, he gathers a great choir stand
ing in galleries above each other
beasts and men in the first gallery;
above them, hills and mountains; above
them, fire and hail and tempest;
above them, sun and moon and stars OF
light; and on the highest gallery ar
rays the hosts Of angels; and then
standing before this great choir,
reaching from the depths Of earth to
the heights o. heaven, like the leader
of a
GREAT ORCHESTRA,
be lift his hands crying: Praise the
! Crd Let everything that hath breath.
III alse We the Lord and all earthly
creatures in their song, and mountains
with their waving cedars, and tempests
in their thunder, and rafting hail, and
stars on all their trembling harps OF
light, and angels on their thrones, re-
spond in magnificent acclalm: Praise
We the Lord Let everything that hath
breath, praise the Lord
God knew that the pensive and com
planning world would want to read it,
and SO he inspires Jeremiah 20 write:
ooh. that my head were waters and
mine eyes fountains of ~tears!" God
knew that the lovers Of the wild, the
romantic, and the strange would want
to read it. so he lets Ezekiel write of
mysterious rolls, and winged creatures,
aud flying wheels of fire. God pre-
pared it for all zones--for the Arctic
and the Tropic, as well as for the Tenn
perate zone. C~old-bloOded Green
lsnders would find much to interest
them. aud the tanned inhabitnnt nj
the
EQUATOR
would md his passionate nature boil
with the vehemepce of heavenly truth.
The Arabian would read it on his