The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-10

the upper forces OF the text CnaIIots Oh
mercy rolled in and though the wheels
were not heard and the fash was not seen.
yet all through the mountains Of the North
and the South and the East and the West,
though the hoofs dill not CHATTER, the cav
airy Of God galloped by. l tell you God
Is the friend Of this Nation. In thea awful
excitement at the massacre OF Lincoln,
when there was . prospect that greater
slaughter would open upon this Nation.
God hushed the tempest. In the awful
excitement at the time Of Garfield's Is.
s~assination. God put His foot on the neck
Of the cyclone.
To prove that God is on the aide Of this
Nation. ! argue from the last eight or
nine great national harvests, and from the
national health of the last quarter OF a
century, epidemics very exceptional. and
from the great rivals OF the Church Of God,
and from the Continent blossoming with
asylums and reformatory Institutions. and
from an Edsnization which promises that
this whole and is TO be a paradise where
God shall walk in the cool Of the day.
II in other sermons I showed you what
was the evil that threatened to upset ana
demolish American institutions, l am en-
couraged more than l can tell you as l see
the regiments wheeling down the sky, and
nv ieremiads turn into doxoiogies, and
that which was the Good Friday ofthe Ma
tion's crucifixiOn becomes ID. Easter morn
Of lis resurrection. Or course God WORKS
through human Observation-Disclosures, and this
national better,uent is to come among
other things through a scrutinizei balio
tox. BY the law OF registration tits almost
impossible now to hav illegal voting.
There was a time-vOu n ! remember 1t
very well-when droves Of vaSabonds
wandered up and down on election day
from poll to poll. and voted here and voted
there, and voted everywhere. and there
was no challenge: or. il there were, 1t
amounted to nothing, because nothing
could so suddenly lie proved upon he
vacabonds-
Now in every well organized n%eighbor.
hood every voter is watched with severest
scrutiny. l must tell the registrar INV
name. aud how old | am. aud how long |
rave resided in the State. and how long !
ave resided in the ward or tn township.
and il l m;srepresent fifty witnesses will
rise and shut me out from the ballot box
Is not that q great advance: And then
notice the law that prohibits a man voting
il he ha, bet on the election. A st p
further needs to DO taken II that man
foi Ridden a vote who has offered or taken
a bride. whether it be in the shape of "A
free drink or cash paid down. the suspic-
| ious cases obliged 10 put their hand on the
Bible and swear their vote in il they vote
ut all. So through the sacred chest Of our
Nations suffrage redemption will come.
God also will save this Nation through
m orC,,sa.l p,,ra1 canftOnauf ThQro YQytAr
has been so much discussion Of morals
| and immorais. Men, whether or not they
acknowledge what is right. have to think
what is right. We have men who nave
had their hands in the public treasury the
most Of their lifetime. stealing all they
could get their hands on. discOur.inG
e!oquently about dishonesty in public
servants, and men with two OF three
families Of their " preaching eloquently
| about the beauties Of the seventh com.
mandment. The question OF sObriety and
| drunkenness is thrust in ths face Of this
Nation as never before. and is TO a n
part in our political contests. The question
If national sobriety j. goiag 10 b. respect-
fully and d.ferentially heard at the bar
OF every Legislature and every House Of
REPRESENTATIVES and every Unite! States
s'eiutt. afu au Ihh Y't'uA o''V - ."C
down the sky and across this land ami
| back again. saying to these rising tides OF
drunkenness which threaten TO whe!m
hcme aud Church AID Nation: Thus far
sinai: thou come but no further, and here
shall thy proud waves be stayed"
have not in mv mind n shadow Of dis
heartenmsnt as large As the shadow of "A
hou,efiv's wing. Nv faith is in the upper
forces, the upper armies ot the text God
IS not dead. The chariots are not un-
wheeled Ii you would only pray more
and wash your eyes in the cool. bright
water. fresh from the we'll Of Christian
reform. it would be said of YOU. a> of this
one of the text: ''TE. Lord opened the
eyes Of the young man: and he saw: and.
behold. the mountain was full OF horses
and c!iario:s of fire round about + isha.'
When the army Of Antigonus went
into battle his soldiers were very much
discouraged. AMI they rushed up To the
General and said to him: ''Don't you see
we have a few forces and they have Sc
many more:" aud the soldiers were af.
irighted at the smallness of their number
and the greatness OF the enemy. Antig.
onus. their commander, Strengthened him.
self NJ and said. with Indignation and
vehemence: How many do you reckon
me to be-" Aud when We see
the vast armies arrayed agains, the cause
of sobriety i, may sometimes be very dis.
couraging. Tut l ask you in making NJ
your estimate Of the forces Of righteous.
ness-l ask you how many do you reckon
the Lord God Almighty to be: He is on,
commander. The Lord of Hosts Is Hi
name. have the best authority for say
= ~h...~e. - EN - q nm
and the mount aims are full Of them.
You will take without my saying il tina,
NV only faith is In Christianity and in the
upper forces suggested in the text Po'
litical parties come and go and they may
be right and they may be wrong; bu: Coo
lives and I think He has ordained thi,
Nation for . career Of prosperity that nj
demagogism will be able to halt. I ex'
pecs to live to see . political party which
will have . platform Of " planks-ths
Ten Commandments and the Sermon or
the Mount When that party 10 formed il
will sweep across this and like . tornado
Was going to say. but when think il i,
not to be devastation but resuscitation.
change the figure AMI say, such . party
a. that will sweep across this land lik'
spice gales from Heaven.
Have Won any doub, about the need Of
the Christian religion TO purify ard max,
decent American politics: At every
yearly or Q~uairennial election we AVE il
this country great manufactures of lies
and they are run day and night and they
turn out half . dozen . DAY al
equipped and ready for full sailing
Large lies and smail lies Lies privat.
aud lies public and lies prurient. Lies Gu
bias and lies cut diagonal Long limtet