Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-11-03

and whole considerations OF glorious min
listers have already taken their PAGES on
high where they shine even brighter than
they shonc on earth; Edward n. XIX,
Of the Congregational church; stephen
II. Tyng. Of the Episcopal church: Mat
thew Simpson, of the Methodist church;
John Downing Of the Baptist church;
Samuel X. Talmage, of the Presbyterian
church; DR.. Dewitt. Of the Reformed
church; John Chambers of the lndepend-
ent church; and there | sto". FOR 1t so
happens that have 40 niioaed the seven
stars of the seven churches.
THE sEvEN SEALS.
| pass on to another mighty Bible
seven, and they are the seven seals. st.
John in vision SAW a scroll with seven
seals, and he heard an angel cry: who
is worthy TO loose the seals thereof =
Take eight or ten sheets OF fOOlsCap pa
per, paste them together and roll them
into a scroll, and have the scroll at seven
different places sealed with sealing wax.
You unroll the scroll till you come 10
enc Of these seals, and then you can 90
no further until you break that seal then
unroll again until you come TO another
seal and sou can 30 70 further until you
break that seal; then you 90 on until all
the seven seals are broken, and the con
tents of the entire scroll is revealed.
Now, that scroll with seven seals held 10y
the angel was the prophecy Of what was
to come on the earth; 1t meant that the
knowledge of the future was with God,
and no man and no angel was worthy 10
open it; but the Bible says Christ opened
it and broke all the seven seals. He
broke the first seal and unrollCd the
scroll, and there was a painting OF Il
white horse, and that meant prosperity
and triumph for the Roman empire, and
80 il really came to pass that for ninety
years virtuOus emprrors succeeded each
other, Ncrya, lraj1 and AntOninus.
Christ in tac vision broke the second seal
and unr0llcd again aud there was Il paint
ing Of a red horse. aud that meant blood
shed, and SO it really came To pass. and
the next ninety years were red with as
sissinations and wars. Then Christ
broke the third seal and unrolleG it
and there was a painting of a black horse,
which in all literature means famine, op
preston and taxation; and SO it really
came to pass. Christ went on until He
broke all the seven seals and opened all
the scroll. Well. the future Of all of us
is a sealed scroll, and ! am glad that no
one but Christ can open it Do not let
us Join that class Of Christians in our day
who are trying to break the seven seals
of the future. They are trying to peep
into thingsu they'have no business with
They try to foretell what is going to come
to them and what is going TO come on
earth. They know nothing about it.
Oh let Ia ~ N only N uuhn nan hrauE Tho
seal OF the future. Bible prophecy was
the future, but to have us, when the
things actually do come to pass, compare
them With prophecy, and SO learn God s
forcknowledge and the inspiration of the
scriptures. But you go into the study of
the prophecies in order to find out what
is going to happen a year from now, or
twenty years from now. or n thousand
years from now. and | will make a prOph-
ecy of my own and that is that you will
have your brain added, if you do not
get into a public or private insane
asylum, where the greatest of %eXpound-
ers and preachers of prophecy ended his
life a few years since, and where you may
rcgale the visitors of tte institution by
incoherent %mumblings over something
lEOil al VI ivy tlHtfVllb dDout tbA
leopard which means Greece, and the
bear which means Medo Persia, and the
image with the great toes. What "A men
tal wreck did the persistent attempt To
forestall events make Of that miracle of
preachers Edward Irving, of London. Ii
would take several madhouscs to hold the
demented victims of the improper use OF
the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation.
XNL,,I No., ,,nt ,l-n. hacks 70 ln gt,llt ODD =
Yes. No part Of the bible is more i'm
portant. Neither is there any more i'm
Dortant shelf in that apothecary's store
than the shelf on which are the bella
donna and the morphine, but be more
careful in using tAem than in the use OF
peppermint and ginger. Keep your
hands off of the seven seals. Christ will
break them soon enough. Don't 90 tC
some necromancer or spirltcalist or sooth-
saver or fortune teller to find out what is
going to happen to yourself or your fam
ily, or your friends. Wait till Christ
breaks
9HE EAL
to find out whether In your W personal
life or the life of the nation or the life OF
the world it is going to be the white horse
of prosperity or the red horse of war Oh
the black horse Of famine. You will soon
enough see him paw and hear him neigh.
Take care of the present and the future
will take care OF itself. If a nan live
seventy years his biography is IN a scroll
having at least seven seals; and let him
not during the first ten years OF his life
try to look into the twenties, nor the
twenties into the tAirties, nor the thirtles
into the forties. nor the fortiSs into
the tfties, nor the tiftics into the sixties,
nor the sixties into t&e seventies. From
the way the years have got the habit OF
racing along, | guess you will not have
to wait q great while before all the seals
of The future are broken. | would not
give = cents to know how long ! an
going 10 live, or i'm what day Of what
year the world is going so be demolished.
would rather give ST. 600 not to know.
Suppose some one could break the next
seal in the scroll If your personal his
tory, and should tell you that on the 4tl
of July. 1890. you were to die, the sum
mer after the next; how much would yo,
be good for between this and that? 1
would from now until then be a prolonged
funeral. You would oe cOnhting tn
months and the days, and your famil,
and friends would be counting them; ant
next 4th of July you would rub you
hands together and whine--"One yea
from today | am to go. Dear me-
wish no one had told me SO long before
| wish that necromancer had not broker
Tho seal pf tho fufurpb And mpatip,