Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-19

Of it2 Well. by its eXquisitc organization.
1t is the most wonderful piece OF mech
apism ever put together. Machinery Is
of value in proportion rs ii is mighty and
silent at the same time. You look at the
engine and the machinery III the fhila-
delphia Mint, and. as you see it perform
ing its wonderful work, you will be sur
prised to find how silently it goes. Ma
chincry that roars and tears Q destroys
itself; but silent machinery is often most
effective. Now, SO ii is with
THE SOUL.
Of man, with all its tremendous faculties
it moves in silence. Judgment, with
out any racket, lifting its scales; memory,
without any noise, bringing down al its
treasures; conscience, taking It's Judg-
ment seat without any eXcltcmCnt; the
understanding and the will all doing their
work. Velocity, majesty, might; but
silence-silence. You listen 1T the door
of your heart. Iou can hear no sound.
The soul is all quiet. 1t is SO delicate an
instrument that no human hand can
touch it. You break a bone, and with
splintcrs and bandagcs the surgeon sets
It.. the eye becomes infiamed, the apothe-
carys wash c0ols it; but a soul oil the
track, unbalanced, no human power can
rcadjust it. With one sweep OF It's wing
it circles the universe, and over vaults
the throne Of God. Why, in the hour of
death the soul is SO mighty, il throws
aside the body as though it were a toy.
II drives back medical skill as impotcnt.
1t breaks through the circle of loved ones
| who stand around thedying couch. With
one leap it springs beyond star ana moon
and sun, and chasms of immensely. Oh,
il is "a soul superior to all material things,
No fire can consume il; no floods can
drown it: no rocks can crush it; no walls
can impede it. no time can exhaust 4. II
wants no bridge OK which to cross Il
a chasm. 1t wants no plumct with which
TO sounds depth. a soul SO mighty, SO
swift, SO silent, must be a pricelcsa soul.
THE VALUE OF THE SOUL.
| calculate the value of the soul, also,
by its capacity for happiness. How much
10Y il can get in this world out OF friend
ships, out of books, out of clouds, out of
the sea, out of flowers, out of ten thou.
sand things; and yet all the JOY il has
here does not test its capacity. You are
in a concert before the curtain HOSTS, and
YOU hear the Instruments preparing-thc
sharp snap of the broken string, the
scraping of the bow across the viol.
There is no music in that" you say. 1t
is only getting ready for the music. And
all The enjoyment Of the soul in this
world, the enjoyment we think is real en-
joyment, is only preparative; il Is only
an,icipativc; it is only the first stages Of
the thing; it is only the entrance, the be-
ginning of that which shall be the orchcs
tral harmonics and s~plendors of the re
deemed.
You cannot test the full power of the
soul for happiness in this world. How
much power the soul has here to find en-
ioyment in friendship, but oh, the grandcr
friendships for the soul in the skies! How
sweet the flowers here! but how much
sweeter they viii! be there, | do not
think that when flowers die on earth they
die forever. ! think the.fragrance O. the
flowers is the spirit being waited away
into glory. God SAYS there are palm
trees in heaven and fruits in heaven. If
SO. why not the spirits of the dead flow
ers? In the sunny valleys of heaven
shall not the marig0la creep? On the
hills of heaven will not the amaranth
bloom? On the amethystine walls of
heaven will not the jasmine climb MY
beloved is come down in his garden to
gather l~ilies?" No flowers in heaven?
Where, then. do they get their garlands
for the brows OF the righteous?
CHRIST Is GLORIOUS
To our souls now, but how much grander
our appreciation after awhile A con
queror comes back after the battle. He
has been fighting for us. He comes upon
tho ,loFfnvp, JVa hoe ono uyrO in a SLING
| and the other arm holds a crutch. AS he
mounts the platform, oh the enthusiasm
of the audience, They say: THAT Man
fought for us. and imperilled His life for
u.s. and wild the huZza that follows
huzza' When the Lord Jesus Christ
! shall at last stand out before the multi
tude of the redeemed Of heaven, and we
meet Him face TO face and feel that He
was wounded in the head, and wounded
! i'm the hands and wounded in the feet and
wounded in the side for us methinks we
will be overwhelmed. We will sit some
time gazing in silence, until some leader
amidst the whitc-robed choir shall lift the
baton of light and give the signal that il
is time to wake the song of jubilee; and
all heaven will then break forth into:
"Hosanna, hosanna, hossanna. Worthy
is the Lamb that was slain
| calculate further the value of the soul
by the price that had been paid for it. In
| 81. Petersburg there is a diamond that
7 the government paid w hundred thou
sand dollars for. We'll" you gay, 1T
must have been very valuable. OF the
government would not have paid two
hundred thourand dollars for it. want
to see what my soul is worth. and what
your soul is worth, by seeing what has
been paid for it. For that immoral
soul. the richest blood that was ever shed,
the deepest groan that was ever uttered,
all the griefs Of earth compressed into one
tear. all the sufferings Of earth gathered
into one rapier of pain and struck through
His holy heart. Does it not imply
tremendous value?
II HOME OF TIE Soul.
argue, also, the value Of the soul from
the home that has been fitted UP for it in
the future. Que would have thought d
ST. cet of adamant would have done. No
it is "A street of gold. One would have
thought that a wall Of granite
would have done. No; it is Tx
flame of sardonyx mingling with the greer
of emerald. One would have though
that an vocational doXology would hay,
done. No; it is a perpetual song. If th'
ages of heaven marched in a straight line