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

- ~ A'''AA'hE vi llN kiNtA ulHf 49,, hlln0llHN
i IS tue most useful of All game. It's flesh
&c! clous, us sk n turned into human 40
parcl, It's sinews fashioned into bow
strings, its antlcrs putting handles ON
cutlery and the shayiugs of rs horns
used az a restorative, taken from the
name OF the hart and called hattshorn
But puttlns aside its usefulness. this en-
chanting creature seems made olt OF
gfaccfulncss and elasticity. What an
eye, with "a
LIQUID BRIGHTNESS
Is Il gathered up from a hundred lakes Of
sunset, The horns, 81 coronal branching
into every possible curve, and after il
seems done, advancing into other proiec-
tons Of eyquisitcnCss, a tree Of polished
bone, upliftcd in pride or swung down
for awtuI COMBAT. 1t is velocity en-
bodied. Timidity i-mpersonatcd. The
cnchantmenl Of he woods. Eye l~us,rous
IN life and pathetic in death. The SPLEEN,
dii animal Il complete rythm o. muscle,
and bone. and color, and attitude and To-
coMotiun. whether Coulhct IN The grass
among Tho shadows, or "a living boil shot
IN uagh tho 'orCst or farming Nt bay to
attack me hounds or rearing for its last
! ~ under the buCkehot Of tie trappev.
II ~ q spl'nti appearance that the paint
cr's pencil fails To ske'Ch and only Il
hunt'r dream ON % pillow OF Apmlork a.
tne foot OF -. X Gis IS able 10 picture.
W hen twenty miles from any set cement
II comes down ~ eVrntiIC 10 the lakes
edge 10 drink among the the lily pads
a,d, With its sharp edged huof, Shat crs
the crystal OF Long Lake, il is very r!ct-
urcsq1c. But only when. after miles OF
pursuit, with bc4ying sides AID luliipg
tongue and eyes swimming in death the
stag leaps from he eli into Upper sara
nae cm you realize how much David
had suffered from his troubles, and how
much ne wanted sod when he expressed
himself IN the words Of the text: AS the
hart panteth after the water brooks, 50
panteth my soul after thee, 0 God"
PURSUED ~ II HOUNDS.
Wei now, let all those who have com
ing after them the lean hounds Of pow
crty or the black hounds OF persecution,
or the spotted hounds If vicjssitudc or The
pale hounds Of death or who are in any
wise pursued, lily TO the wide, deep, glor-
.akc Of divine solace and rescue.
The most of the men and women whom
happen 10 know, at different times if not
have had trouble after them, sharp
muzzleG troubles, swift troubles, ali de
vouring troubles. Many Of You have
made the mistake Of trying to fight them.
Somebody meanly attacked you and you
attacked them hey deprecated you, you
deprecated them, or they overreAched
y0u in a bargain and you tried, in Wall
street parlancc to get % orner on them;
Or you have hai IA bereavement and in.
Of being submissive you are fighting
hat bereavement; you charge on the
Doctor who failed TO effect a cure, or YOU
on the CareicASness of the railroad
company through which he accident oc-
cured, or YOU are a chronic invalid and
you fret and worry and scold and wonder
Why You cannot be well like other PEG.
pie amt you angrily charge on the neural.
ga or the l|aryngitis OF Ihe sgue or the
lick headache. The fact is you are a
at bay. Instead Of running to the
waters of divine consolation and shaking
your thirst and cooling your body and
soul IN the good cheer Of the
Gospel
md swimming away into the mighty
iecps Of Gods love, you are fighting "a
whole kennel Of barriers. A few days
] INV III tIT AuilpiNIaNkS ii NtR ~ INK Z
the road. and he seemed unable 10
mp. and ! sad 10 some hunters near
~ What is the matter wigh that dog?"
They answered "A deer hurt him"
ind | saw he had a great swollcnpaw and
battered head, shown. where the ant
ele strUck him Andthe probability is that
oln OF You might give "A mighty blow
o your pursuors, you might damage their
business, you might worry them into i'll
you might burt them as much IS
hey have hurt you. but, after al, it is
lot worth while. You euly have hurt a
lound. Better be of for the Upper Sar
mac, into which the mountains Of Gods
.tcrnal strength look down and moor
heir shadows. AS for your physical dis
riders, the wort ~stryChnine you can take
: f%retfuinfss, and the best medicine is
! know people who were only
little disardcrcd, yet have fretted them.
into complete valctudinarianism,
While others put their trust in God and
anne up from The very shadow OF death.
nd have lived comfortably twenty five
ears with only one lung. A man with
ne lung. but God with him, is better off
han u Goddess man with two lungs.
OF you have been for u long time
aiiing aroupd Cape Fear when you
'ught 90 have been sailing around Cape
rood Hope. DO not turn back, but 20
head. The deer will accomplish more
With its swift feet than with its horns.
AXE ACTUAL AND SPIRITUAL.
saw whole chains Of lakes in the
and from one height YOU
an see thirty, and there are said to be
yer 500 in She great wilderness. SO
lear are they to each other that your
.nountain guide picks up and carries the
,oat from lake TO lake, the small distance
for that reason called a carry
md the realm of Gods word is one long
hahn Of bright, refreshing lakes; each
'rOmise a lake, u very short carry be
wecn them, and though for ayes The
'ursucd have been drinking out Of them,
hey are full up 10 the top Of The green
,anks, and the same David describes them
nd they seem 80 near together that ia
hrcc different places he speaks OF them
8 a continuous river, saying: There is
river the streams whereof shall make
lad the city Of, God" Thou shalt
make them drink Of the rivers Of thy
Pleasures Thou greatly eurichest il
With the river of Cod, which is fall o.
But many Of you have turned your