Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-09-22

Gf'. NN tiiNA L y US rAiilA ~
ready gone and others To come after ne.
Life 10 many has been u disappointment.
but 10 me il has been "A pleasant surprise.
and yet | declare that If did not feel
that God Was now my friend and ever
present help. | should be wretched and
terror struck. But | want more OF Him.
| have thought over this text and
preached this sermon to myself until,
with all the aroused energies Of nv body,
mind and soul, | can cry out: AS the
hart panteth after the water brooks, SO
panteth my soul after Thee, ., God"
Through Jesus Christ make this God
your God and you can Withstand any
Thing and c@yeryihin and that which
atlrigh,s Others will inspire Won. Asin
time Of earthquake when an old Christian
N was asked whether she was
scared. answered: no, ! am r,aI that
! have a God who can shake the world
or a in a financial panic when q Christ
ian merchant Waa asked ii he did not
fca, lie would br,ak, answered: = Is.
J small break when the litirih Psalm
breaks IN the iifiic,h verse: Call upon
me- in tie dry OF trouble; viii deliver
thcc aud tho shalt glurify nae. O,
thtis'i II men and women, pursued Of
|rnnoNauc ond eAaspcra:ious, remember
mat This hunt. whcthcru slll hunt or a
hunt IN full cry, will soon be over. If
ever q whclp LOOKS ashamed and ready to
elink out Of sight il is when IN The
ApIRoNDACRs.
a deer " one long, tremendous plunge
into Big Taper lake, gets away from
him. Ihe disappointed canine svims in
a littlc way but, defeated, swims out
again and cringes with Inundated yawn
at the feet of his master. And how
ahashcd and ashamed viii all your
earthly troubles be whenyou have dashed
into the river from under the tbronc Of
God, and the heights and depths of
heaven are between you and your pur.
suers We are told in Revelation, 22d
and 18th: "Without are dogs" by
which ] conclude there is a whole ken
mel Of hounds outside the gate of heaven,
or, Gs when Il master goes in IA door. his
dog lies on the steps waiting for him 10
come out so the troubles of this life may
follow US TO the shining door, but they
cannot get in. Without are dogs
have seen dogs, and owned dogs. that |
would not be chagrincd To see in the
heavenly city. Some Of the grand old
watch dogs who are the ~constabulary OF
the homes in solitary places, and for
years have been the only protection Of
wife and child; some OF the shepherd
dogs that drive back the wolves and
bark away the t1ocks from going too near
the precipiCc; and some OF the dogs
whose neck and paw Landseer, the
painter, has made immortal. would o
find me shutting them out from the gate
OF shining pearl. Some Of those old
ST BERNARD
dogs that have lifted pcrishing travellers
Of the Alpine snow; the dog that
John Brown, the Scotch essayist, saw
ready to spring al the surgeon lest. in re-
moving the cancer, Re too much hurt the
poor "oman whom the dog felt bound to
protect and dogs that we Caresscd in our
days. or that in later time laid
on the rug in seeming sympathy
when our homes were dcsolatcd. ! say,
# some soul en- crng heaven should hap.
- leave She cate ajar and lie faith
fuI creatures .hould quietly walk in il
would not aIl disturb my heaven. But
aIi those human or brutal hounds that
have chased and torn AID laCcfated the
world; yea, AL that nOW Bit or worry or
ear toplocc' hal We prohibited. With
1pt are do~.!' No place mere for harsh
or backbiters or q spoilers Of the
4 puta'ioH OF Others. Down with you 10
he kennels 0. darkness and despair,
The hart has reached the eternal water
and The painting Of the long chase
: quoted IN still pastures. and There
hall bc nothing 10 hunt or destroy in all
rod : holy mount.
THE LOST MAN.
Oh, when some Of you get there il will
,e like what a hunter tells of when he
as pushing his canoe far m north in
lie winter and amid the ice foes, and "A
hundred miles, a be thought, from any
,ther human beings. He was startled
me day as lie heard astepping on the ice
md he cocked the rifle ready 10 meet
that came near. He found a
nan, harcfooted and insane from long
Exposure, approaching him. Taking him
nto his canoe and kindling fires to warm
i'm, he restored him and found out here
le HAD lived and took him TO his home.
nd found al The village in erea, excite
or this lost man, and his family and
rends rushed out Ia meet him; and as
lad been agreed at lis first appearance,
'tls WIRE TuHs, auu guns
we're discharged, and banquets
pread, and the rescuer loaded with pres
nts. We'll, when some of you step out
# this wilderness, whore you have been
and torn and sometimes lost amid
he icebergs, into the warm greetings of
the villages Of the glorited, and your
riends rush out 10 give YOU a welcoming
Kiss, the news hat there is another soul
Orcver saved Will call the caterers Of
lcaven to spread the banquet, and the
,rll men to lay holi Of the rope in the
and while the cbal ces click at The
east, and the bell, ciaog from The towers,
I will be a scene SO uplifting ! pray God
may be there To tAke part in the celcs
ial mcrripent. And now do you not
hink the prayer in Sol0mDn's Song,
where be compared Chris, to "A reindeer
Gown IN the night to pasture on
he plains, would make an eXquisitely ap
'ropriatc perOration 10 my I'm
ii tho day break and the shadows flee
be thou like a roe Or "a young hart
lpon the mountains Of Bethcr."
Pretty FemsIe Forgar Set Free.
DETROIT. Sept. l5.-lsna Martin, the
beauty, who ''conddenced" q
large number OF staid business firms
nd forged the names OF many prominent