Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-07-07
Cou rage Is One OF the Requisites
OF a Coco Religious
Teacher.
'rrr CONSULTATIONS. or TIFF r-a-

DEEMED
WINFIELD. Kan, June 24-Cncountcd
mn ltitudcs were present today at great
outdoor meeting held in this place, where
the Rev. Il. Dewitt Talmqgc, ID. d., was
the preacher. Not only t!is but udjoin-
ing states were represented in the con
gregation, and the occasion will DO long
remembered. The text was.
They that turn many to Righteousness
shnl shine as the stars for ever aud
ever" Daniel xii. 3.
Hi. subject was. The Consultations
OF the Redeemed" Or. Ta)mage said:
Every man has a thousand roots and a
thousand branches. His roots resch
down through all the earth; his branches
spread through all the heavens. He
speaks with voice, with eye, with hand,
with foot His silence often is thunder,
and his life is an anthem or "a d0Xology.
There is no such thing ~ negative in
fiucncc. We are all positive in the place
we occupy, making the world better or
making il worse, on the Lords side or
on the devils, making up reasons for our
blcsscdncss or banishment; and We have
already tone a mighty work in pcopling
heaven or he'll, | hear people tell of
what they are going 10 TO. A man who
has burned down a city might 10 well
talk of some evil that be expects to do.
or man who has saved an empire might
As wei talk of some good that be expects
t. do. BY the force of your evil influence
YOU have already consumed innnite
values. or YOU have, by the power Of "A
right influence, won whole Kingdoms for
God.
[ would be absurd for me 10 stand
here. and by elaborate argument prove
that the world il of the tack. You
might As well stand AT the foot Of an EN-
bankment, amid the wreck Of a cspsi2ed
raii-train, proving by elaborate argument
that something il cut of order. Adam
tumbled over the cmbankmcnt sixty
centuries ago, and the whole race, in Que
long train, has gone on tumhling "A the
Same direction. Crash crash, The only
question now is, h. what leverage can
the crushed thing be lif,cdf by what
hammer may the fragments be recon
structrdt
YOU MAY ~ MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS.
want TO show you how We may turn
many 10 righteousness, anu " uat Will DC
our future pay for SO doing.
First: We may turn them by the charm
Of q right example. \ child, coming from
n filthy home, was taught at school TO
wash its face. And when the father OF
the household cane home and saw the
Improvement in domestic appearance, he
washed his face. The neighhors happen
ing in. saw the change. and tired the
--. ~ ,I-, y,..,. -A, -,.,
fed. and the next street copied the cx-
ample. and the whole city felt the result
Of one school boy washing his face.
This il Il fable, by which we set forth
shat the best way to get the world washed
of It's sins and pollution is TO have our
own heart and life clcaAsed and purified.
A man with grace in his heart, and Chris
tian chccrfulness in his face. and holy
consistency in his behavior, is "a perpetu-
a. sermon, and the sermon differs from
Others i'm that it has but enc head, and the
longer it runs the better. There are hon
est men who walk down Wall street.
making the teeth of iniqujty chatter.
There are happy men who 60 into
a sick room, and, by s. look.
help III. broken boue to knit. and
the excited nerves drop To calm beating.
There are pur. men whose presence 81
Ieuccs the tongue Of uncleanncsS. The
mighticst agent OF good on earth ia con
sistent Christian. like the Bible folded
between the Ida Of cloth. ~ ca'fskin, or
morocco hut | like i better when. IN the
shape Of a man ii goes out into the world
-. Bible Illustrated. Courage - hcoutl-
full to read about; but rather would see
q man with all the world against him con
fdent "a though AL tn" void were for
him. Patience i. beautiful 10 read
about: but rather would J see bufetcd
soul calmly waiting for the time OK de-
livcrancc. Faith is beautiful to rcai
about: but rather would | find n man IN
the midnight walking straight on as
though he saw everything. Oh, how
MANY souls have been turned TO God by
the charm of y bright example.
ADMIRATION voR CorHAGa.
When IN the Mexican wsr. the troops
were wavcring. . general rose IN ms sur
rups and dashed into the enemy = lines,
shouting Men. follow They, s''lng
his courage and disposition, dashed on
after him and gained the victory. WHAT
men want 20 rally them for God Is IN rH-
annie to lead them. All YOU commands
to others Go advance amount To no'hlrg
SO long ~ o stay behind. To sHc't
them Alright. YOU need 10 start t"f heaven
yourself, looking back only TO gave lhc
stirring cry Of Men follow.
Again: We may turn many (" right
eousncss by prayer. There rs no S!eh oe-
tectiyc "a prayer. for no one can moe
away from it. 1t puts lis hand on ne
shoulder of a man tea thousand mlle' OF
1t alights on "A ship mid Atlantic, INC
little child cannot understand The IA" OF
electricity, or how the iclcgraphlc oper
ator, Dy touching the instrument htie'
NAV dart = message uhNtr Wv
sea to another continent; nor can VIC WIN
our small intellect understand how ~"
touch of q Christians prayer shaIi III.
s,antly strike a soul on the oiier siue "l
the earth. You take shipand go 10 come
other country, and get ere ~ u q c'"ch