The Red Cloud chief., 1889-03-22

The father and mother almost idolized The
boy, and the sob and shrek Of that father
and mother - they hung over ~ CONN
resouud in my ears to-day. There seemed
to b no use OF praying. for when ] knott
down to pray The ou,cry In the room
drowned out ali the prayer. But the Lord
cOmforted that sorrow. They did not for.
get their trouble II you should 60 on the
snowiest winter afternoon into Laurel
Hill you would find q monument with the
word walter" inscribed upon il, and .
wreath of fresh flowers around the name.
l think there has not been an hour all
these years, winter or summer, when
there was not q wreath OF fresh flowers
around Walters name. But the Christian
mother who sends those flowers there,
having no child left, Sabbath afternoons
mothers ten or twenty OF the lost ones OF
the street. That is beautiful. Tina 10
what ] call busy n triumphant sadness.
Here is n man who has lost his property.
He does not 60 to hard drinking. He does
not destroy his own life. He comes and
says: Harness me for Christian work.
Ny moneys gone. ! bave no treasures on
earth / want trea sures in Heaven. ]
have q voice and . heart to praise God"
You say that that man has failed. He has
not failed-hs has t~riumphed. OIL wish
! could persuade all the people who have
any kind OF trouble never to give up. !
wish they would Loo At the midnight
rider OF the text and that the four hoofs
OF that beas on which Nehemiah rode
might cut to pieces all your discourage.
m-nts and hardships and trials. Give up!
Who 10 going to give up. when on the
bosom Of Col he can have all his troubles
hushed. Give up! Never think Of giving
up. Are you borne down with poverty!
A little child was found holding her dead
mothers hand in the darkness Of . tene.
ment house, and some one coming In, the
little girl looked up, while holding her
dead mothers hand. and said, -, l do
wish that God had made more light for
poor folks" Ny dear, God will be your
light, God will be your shelter. God will
he your home. Are you borne down with
the b~ereavements OF life: Is the house
lonely now that the child is gone: Do not
give up. Think Of what the old sexton
said when tine minister asked him why he
put so much care on the little graves in
the cemetery-so much more care than On
thV toi StosCss ouh CAtoas SessS
''Sir, you know that of such Is the king.
dom OF Heaven and I think the Saviour
is pleased when he sees SO much white
clover growing around these little graves"
But when the minister pressed the old sex.
ton for u more satisfactory answer, the
old sexton said: "Sir. about these larger
graves. l don't know who are the Lords
saints aud who are not; but you know.
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o. IL you have had that keen. tender. indie
scribable sorrow that comes from the
loss Of a child, do not give up. The old
sexton was right. 1t is all we'll with the
BARNS. Or. il you have sinned Grievously
-sinned until you have been cast out by
society. do not give up. Perhaps there
may les in this house one that could truth.
fully utter the lamentation Of another:
Once I was AS pure as the snow. but I fell
Fell like a snowflake. from Heaven TO hell
Fell. TO be trampled as filth in the street
Fell, TO be scOfed ut. spit On and beat;
Praying. curStng. wishing to die.
Selling my soul to whoever would buy.
Dealing in shame for . morsel OF bread,
Hating the living and fearing the dead"
Do not give up. One like unto the Bon
OF God comes to you to-day saying. Go
and sin no more" while He cries out to
your assailants, Let him that il without
sin cast the first stone at her." OH! there
is no reason Why any n in this house by
reason Of any trouble Or sin should give
up. Are YOU q foreigner and in . strange
land: Nehemiah was an exile. Are you
penniless: Nehemiah wa poor. Are you
homesick! Nehemiah was homesick. Are
you broken hearted: Nehemiah was
broken.hearted. But just see him in the
text, riding along the sacrileged
grave Of his father. and by the
dragon well and through the fish gate.
aud by the kings pool. in and out, in and
out, the moonlight falling on the broken
masonry, which throws a long shadow At
which the horse SHES. and at the same
time that moonlight, kindlinG up the feat.
ures Of this man till you see no. only the
mark Of sad "Reminiscences, but the cour.
age. the hope, the enthusiasm Of q man
who knows that Jeru salem will be re-
buiided. pick you up to-day out Of you
sins and out OF your sorrow and I put you
against the warm heart Of Christ The
eternal God is thy refuge. and underneath
are the everlasting arms"