Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-04-21

NOn. lie hears II AL. The Cdihs seem
TO die on the air, but they have eternal
echo. They coine back from the ages TO
come
Listen. listen, IAN blaspbcmers shall
have their place in the lake which burn
eth with fire aud birthstone, which is the
second death And if, according to the
theory OF some. a man commits i'm the
next world the sins which he committed
in this wo,Id-if unpardoned, unregener-
ated-think OF a man going on cursing
in the name Of God % al eternity!
II GROwTH on PROFANITY.
The habit grows You start with a
small oath. | saw a man die with an
oath between his teeth. Noltaire only
gradually came TO his tremendous iupre-
cation; but the habit grew on him until
in the last moment. supposing Christ
stood at the bed, he exclaimed: Crush
that wretch Crush that wretch Oh,
my brother, you begin to swear aud
there is nothing impossible for you in the
wong q rcctiOn.
Who is this God whose name You are
using in swearing? Who is hcr Is he u
tyrantY Has he pursused you all your
life long? Has he starved. frozen You.
tyrannizcd overyoU? No he has loved
YOU, he has sheltered you, he watched
you last night, he will watch you tonight.
iie want To love you, want, 60 help You,
wants to save you, wants TO comfort You.
He was your fathers God, and Your
mothers God He has housed them from
the blast. He wants to shelter YOU.
VIII you spit in his face by an imprcca.
tionf viii you ever thrust him back by
an oath?
Who is this Jesus whose name | heard
in the imprecation? Has lie pursued YOU
all your life long? What vile thing has
He done TO YOU thatyou should so dis
honor His name? Why, He was the Lamb
whose blood simm red in the fires Of sac
t!rice for YOU. He is the brother that took
oil His crown that you might put il ON.
He has pursued You all your life long
with mercy. he wants YOU - love Jim,
wants you TO serve Him. He comes whit
streaming eyes and broken heart and bis
tcrd feet to save you. On the craft of
our doomed humanity he pushed out into
the sea to take YOU or the wreck.
PROFANITY VII CEASE
Where is the hand that Will ever be
lifted in imprccation again. Let that
hand, now blood tipped, be lifted that |
may see it. Not one. Where is the voice
that will ever be uttered in ~dishonoring
the name Of Christ? Let it speak now.
Not one. Not one. Oh, | am glad to
know that all these vices Of the ccmmu-
nifty, and these crimes OF our city will be
gone. Society is going TO be bcttered.
The world 10y the power Of Christ's Cos
pei is going to be saved, and this crime,
this iniquily, and al the other inibuities
will vanish before the rising Of the SUI
Of righteousness upon the nation.
There was one day in New England
memorable for storm and darkness. |
hardly ever saw such an evening, The
clouds which had been gathering all day
unlimbercd their batteries. The lIousa-
tonic, which flows quietly, save As the
paddle OF pleasure parties rattle the oar
locks. WAS dashed. into foam. and the
waves hardly knew whore to lay them
selves.
Oh what a time it was, The hills
Jared under TIE runbling IF Gods
chariots. Binding sheets Of rain drove
the cattle to the bars, or b at against the
window pane a. though 10 dash il in.
The grain fields threw their crowns Of
gold at the feet OF the storm king. When
night came in il was "A double night. It's
mantle was torn with lightnings. and into
its locks were twisted the leaves uproOted
OAKS and shredS of canvas torn from the
masts of the breachcd shipping. 1t was
such a night as makes you thank God for
shelter, and open the door and let III the
spaniel bowling outside with terror.
We went 20 sleep under the iull blast of
Inn ,.II,'p r yf.t q ni,.L 49,. 80. -, 80 80
uplift"d voices, in chorus that filled the
mountains. p~raising the Lord. We woke
not until the fingers Of the sunny morn
touched our eyclids. We looked out the
window and the Housatonic slept as quiet
90 an infant dream. Pillars Of clouds
Sc: against the sky looked like the
CASTLES or II BLEsT
built for heavenly hicrarchs on the beach
of the azure sea. All the trees sparkled
as though there had been some great grief
in heaven, and each leaf had been God.
appointed to catch an angels tear 1t
seemed rs if our father had looked upOn
the earth, his maynard child. and stopped
TO her tear wet cheek and kissed it. So
will the darkness OF sin and crime leav.
our world before the dawn of the morn
INK. Inc llgul sIdIl pllu l1t CITY SplTc
and strike the forests of Maine and thu.
masts Of Mobile, aud all between. Ana
one end resting on the Atlantic coast and
the other resting on the Pacific beach,
God will spring Il great rainbow arch Of
peace, in 10 en- Of everlasting covenant
that the world shall never more see a del
uge Of crime.
But says some one, preaching
against the evils of society will accom-
plish nothing. Do yOn not see that the
evils go right on ! answer, we are not
at ali discouraged.
MOSES AND II RED SEA.
IT seemed insignificant for Moses TO
strCtch his hand over the Red Sea. What
power could that have over the waters?
But The east wind blew all night; the
waters gathered into two gltteriug pals
AIDES on either side. The pillows reared
as GODS hand pulled back upon their
crystal bits. Wheel into line, q Israeli
March March, Pearls crash under the
feet. The shout Of hosts mounting
the beach answers the shout oc hosts mid.
sea; until, As the last line of the Israelites
have gained the beach, the shields clanC,
and the cymbals clap, and ne the waters
whclm the pursuing foe. the swift finger.
ed winds on the white keys OF The foam
play the grand march Of Israel delivered,
md tln "A a. Fhl IiryA "a n,rs ntyAr