Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-02

the glare OF the tightening in the breaker
81 Meliia. God crowns his childrpn ami
| lne Rowling OF wild beasts and the cho,
ping f blood-splashed guillotine and In
cracking fires Of martyrdom. 1t took tn
persecution OF Marcus Aurelius to dc
Veiop Polycarp and Justin MARTYR
LOOK The worlds anathcma to deyelo,
MartIn Luther. 1t took all the hostilitie
against the scotch Covenanters and IN,
Jury or Lord Claverhouse to devclo,
james henwlck, and Andrew Melville
anu iiugh Mckail, the glorious martvr
OF scotch history. Il took the storm,
sen ana the December blast, and th,
uesolate New England coast. and Tia,
"ar-Whoop OF savages. to show forth III,
proves OF the Pilgrim Fathers
when amid the storms they sang.
Anithc sters heart, ana the SEA:
ana the sounding aislcs OF the dim woot
htug 70 the anthems 0f the Free
! II took all our past national distrcsse.
10 III up our nation on that high career
WhcTe /; viii march along after the for.
cign arlstocracics that nave Knocked and
lhe %tyrannics that have iacrcd. shall be-
swept DOWN under the omnipolent wrath
OF God, who bates despo,ism. and who.
~ TIE strength Of Ills own RED right arm.
"lli make all men free. Aud SO Il is in
dlVldtA'ly, and in the family. and in the
rAurch, and in the world. that through
"drtnaSa and storm and trouble men.
women, 1Al!rohcs, nations, are developed.
FRIENDSHIP.
H. Again, see ia my tc,t the beauty
o. uniaitoring friendship. / suppose
mere were plenty Of friends for Naomi
WINE she was IA prosperity; but OF All
ltr acquaihtances, how many were viii
ing TO trudgc off with her toward Judah.
when she had to make that lonely iour.
htyt One the heroine of my text. one
absolutely one. suppose when Mao
IN S husband was living, and they had
plenty OF money, and all things went
wei, they had a treat many callers: but
! suppose that after hCr husband died.
anu her property wcst. and she got Old
u poor, she was not troubled very much
with callers. All the birds that sung in
the bower while thesun shonc have zone
to Their nests, nOw tie night has fallen.
ON, these beautiful sun flowers that
spread out their color in the morning
hour, but are always asleep when the sun
IS going down! job had plenty OF friends
when he was the richest man in ": but
his property went and the trials
came, then there were none so much that
pcstered As Eliphaz the Temanitc. and
BIdad the Shuttle, and Zophar the
WHAT LIFE OFTEN SEEMS
Life often seems to be "A mere game,
where the successful player pulls down
all the other men into his own lap. Let
suspicious arise about q mans character.
and he becomes ike q bank in a panic.
and all the imputations rush on him and
break down in a day that character which
IN due time would have had strength to
defend itself. There are regulations that
nave been half a century in building.
which go down under some moral expos
are, as a vast temple is CONSUMED by the
ouch Of a sulphurous match. A hog can
Iproot a century plant.
In this world, 50 fun OF hcartlcssness
hypocrisy, how thrilling il is to tnd
some friend as faithful in days Of advers-
~ as in days Of prosperity, David had
uch a friend in Hushai; nc jews. nan f,
uch a friend in Mordccai. who never for.
rot thcir cause; Paul had such n friend
- Ci'"' avn vs. NIHllttl INN III ldlit :
'hrist had such n the Marys. who ad.
lercd TO Him on tbs cross. Ngoai had
uch a one III ituth, who ptltd oat: En-
reat me not 10 leave thce. or TO return
rom following after thee; for whittier
hou gocst. Will 90; and where thou
! viii lodge: thy people shall be
ny peopl" and my God, my God, whrre
hou dicst will 1 die, and there will | be
urieG thc Lord 90 SO to me, and more
100 Z! aAght but death part thee and
nc,
THE y or HARDSHIP OFTEN JOY.
III. Again: | learn from this that
which open in hardship and dark
often come out in places Of jov.
When Ruth started from Moab toward
crusalem, to 40 along with her mother
n-law, | suppose the people said con,
What a foolish creature 20 20 away from
.cr fathers house. to 70 oil with a poor
ld woman toward the land Of Judah!
hey won live 10 gct across the desert.
hey will be drowned in the sea, or the
Of the wilderness will destroy
hem 1t was a very dark morning
rhen Ruth started off with Naomi; but
her in my text in the barvest-ficld
t Boa2, to be aflianccd to one Of the
ords Of the land, and become one Of the
OF Jesus Christ, the Lord
f glory. And so il often is that a path
starts very darkly ends very
When you started out for heaven, oh,
dark was the hour of conviction
Sinai Numbered, and devils tor
lented, and the darkness thickencdl All
he sins Of your life bounced upon you,
it was the darkest hour you ever saw
'hcn YOU first found out your sins. After
while you went into The harvest field Of
'od mercy; you began to CLEAN IN the
OF divine promise, and you had
sheaves than you could carry. as
he voice Of God addressed you. saying:
Blessed is the man whose transgressions
r. forgiven, and whose sins are COY
4 very dark starting in c%onvic-
ION, a very bright ending in the pardon
nd the hope and the triumph Of the gos-
vel.
THE ORDEAL.
SO very often in our worldly business
i in our spiritual career we start Of on &
cry dark path. We must 50. The flesh
nay shrink back, but there is q voice
or voice from above saying;
You must 90 And we haye 10 drink
rail-, and we have 20 carry the cross, and
w we have TO traverse the dessrt. and
We prp p0unGod ana failed OF miqrppro-