The Red Cloud chief., 1889-02-08

one heart shrob bssWeen you and that 70.
ligioa this morning. Just iook inso The
facs Of your pardoaing God. and surfea.
der yourself foe time and eternity. and He
10 yourA and Heaven 10 yourA and ell 10
yO0rA Some Of you. like the yooag maa
Of the text have gone far sstray. know
not Ia history. bu: you know IL you
know IL. Wheo . young man ~sst forth
iato life. the legend AVA his guardian
angel vent forth With him, ana getting
him into . fisld the guardian angel swept
Q circle clear around Whsrs the young maD
stood Ii was . circle Of virtue and honor.
and be must not step bsyoad that circle
Armed foes came doNn. but wers obliged
TO halt at the c~ircls-thsv could not pasA
But one day . temptrrss with diamondsi
hand stretched forth and crossed tha:
circle with the hand and the tempted soal
took IT, and BY hat IA fell grip was
brought beyond the circle and died Some
Of you have stepped beyond that circle.
Would you not IKE this day by the grace
Of God TO step back This. ] say 20 you.
10 your hour Of salvation.
There MAS IN the closing hours Of Qaesn
Anne hat 10 called the clock scsns Flat
down on the pillow in hslpisss sickness.
she could not move her head or move her
hand She WAs waiting fo- the hour
whsn the Ministers Of STATE should gather
in angry contest and worried and worn
on, by the coming hour. and in mom-n'ary
absence OF the nurse. IN the power. the
strange power which dclirium some times
gives onN she arose and stood IN frout of
the clock. and stool there watching the
clock when the nurse returned. The nurse
.siA. .na "a. anv stfno n-saf.ar
abou, thu, cIock.' She ma 10 no answer
but soon died. There 10 . clock sc~ns IN
every history. IL .om. OF you would rise
from the bed OF lethargy and come cut
from your delirium OF Gin AMI look on the
CLOCK OF your destiny this morning. you
woald see and hear something you have
not seen or heard before. and every tick
Of the minute and every stroke Of the
hour. and every swing Of tho pendulum
will say: Vow. now. now now d.
come home TO your Fathers house. Come
home, U. prodisa,, from, the wilderness.
Come home. ZONE home.
S~cond-Bus l notice that whom tho
prod gal came there vas tho fathers joy
lie did not greet him with any formal
and saw: ~ GU are unit io enter; 60 out
8uu WaSu ia bur O0Au W ohe
then you can come In: ws have had
enough trouble with YOU" All! no When
the proprietor u that estate proclaimed
festival Il was an outburst OF . fathers
love and . fathers Joy. God 10 your
Father. have not much sympathy with
| that description OF God ! sometimes hear.
~ thouRh He were . Turkish Sultan. hard
aud unsy mpath~tic and listening not Ia
A. - H. --.-.- e.It -
he saw In one Of the Eastern lands . X Ing
riding along and two men were In ai'sTca-
ton aad one charged tho other With hav-
ing eaten his rice. and the KIM said
Then slay the mi and by post norton
examination ind whether he has eaten
the rice" And he vas slain. Al! the
cruelty of . scene like that
Our Goi - not . Sultan. not . Cxar. not
. despot. bat q fathsr-kind. loving. for
giving. and He make all Heaven ring
again when . prodigai comes back. 81
have no p~isasurs." Hc saws. In the death
Of him tbs disth." II . man does not get
to Heaven. II 10 because he will not 60
thera No difference tho color. no differ
encs the history. no difference the ante
cci-nt.. no difference the surroundings.
no difference tho SIN. When the white
nOTS0S ID NuTtNts VlFtoIv oIo pUpukut Out
to celebrate the triumph. you may re
one of them. and ~ God is greater than
all. HIS Joy 10 greater, and when . soui
comes back thsrc!s In His hear, tho surging
II an infinite ocean OF gladness, aud 20
express tina. gladn.ss /. takes all the
rivers of pleasure. and all tho thrones OF
pomp and all the ages 81 eternity. . q
| Joy deeper than all d-pth, and higher
than all height. and wider than all width,
and va.ter than all immensely. II over
tops. 1t undergirds. 1t out~"ighs
all the united splendor and joy of the
universe. Who can tell what Gods Joy
iss
You remember reading the story % .
King. who on some great day of f"ssSity
scattered silver and gold smong the p~o-
pie. and sent aluabl. present. o. his
couTt,~rs; but m.thinks when . soul comes
back. Col IL so glad that 20 express His
| JOY He filings out new worlds into space.
| and kindics up new suns, and rolls among
the whit. robei anthems Of the redeemed
q greater h~allelujah. while With a voice
that T.verberaies among the .Sounsains Of
frankinc-nsc and 10 echoed back from the
everlasting gates. lie cries: This. my
son. WAS deed. and he 10 alive again"
Al the opening of the Exposition In New
Orleans. ! saw . Mexican nusi.s and be
pisy 81 the 300. and then afi~r~srd 'h~
eight or ten bands os music. accompanied
by the great organ, came in. but the sound
Of that one flute As compared Nth ell ihs
orchestra wss greater than all the COM
bincd JOY Of the universe when compared
with the resounding heat OF Almighty
God.
For ten year. . father went three times
. day "a the depot HE son went on In
e1asperating circums,snc Gee. bat the father
said. He will come back" The strain
was too much. and bic mind parted. and
three times . day the father went In tbs
early morning he watched the tram. irs
arrival, the stepping out Of the passenger.
and then the departure Of III train A.
noon he was there agsin watching the al.
vance Of the train. watching the departure
A. night there again: watching the com
ing. watching the going for ten years Hs
was sure bic 600 would come tact- God
has bsen watching snd waiting foe sosns
OF you. nv brothers. ten years. tsensy
year,. thirty years. forty year.. psshay~
nfty yeaTs-~aiting. waiting. wssehins
watching: and IL this morning the prod
eal should cone home What . soeas al
eisdn.ss and festivisy. and hs~ the great
Fathers . could rejoice ss'yesr com.
ing bona You vin cooA sosss a yos.
~ilI you noss You will yoa via
Third-1 notice aiso that when . prod.
gal comes hoos there 10 the JOY 81 the
ministers q Seisgioa- %. h 10 . gSssd
thias to psesch THE Gospel Amos sAsrs
hss hesss great dsei sasd sbpss tie sSisis
asd the hSrdships Of ~ CAsisa.ss mimic
ny. IwisA soosbody woaid sTisss good
rossing boot sboss The toys Of ~ Care.
ten aiaistry. siscs ] ssfsssd sAs pso-
| f~ssSon have 49, Aoeo a ~ RunAaD>n