The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-24
JOYS OF RELIGION.
Dr.. Ta!mage on - Future Life of
Christians.
Worldly Success without Religion Brings
Little True HaPPiness-The Christian
Always Cheerful Of
Heaven Depicted.

hast given me a south land; give me also
springs of water. Aud he gave her the
upper springs and he neither springs."D
Joshua XIV. -. T~h1preacher said:
The city Of DofaEsEas the Boston OF an
tiquity-a great ptSce Tor brain and books.
Caleb wanted il, and he offered his
daughter Achsah as a prize to any one
who would capture that city. Ii was a
TRANCE thing for Caleb to do; and yet the
man who could take the city would have,
at any rate. two elements Of manhood
bravery and patriotism. With Caleb's
daughter as a prize to fight for, General
Othniel rode intOt the battle. The gates OF
Debir were Numbered into the dust, and
the city Of books lay at the feet Of the
conQuerors. The work was done, Othniel
comes back to claim his bride. Having
conquered the city, it is no great job for
him TO conquer the girls heart; for how
ever faint hearted a woman herself may
be, she always loves courage in a man. l
never saw an exception 10 that. The
wedding fest V .ty having gone by. Othniei
and Achsah are about to go to their new
home. However loudly the GYM
balls may clash aud the laughter ring
parents are always sad when a
foudiy cherished daughter goes of to
stay; and Achsah, the daughter OF Caleb.
knows that now is the time to ask aimO>
any thing she wants of her father. 1t
seems that Caleb, the good old man. had
given as a wedding present to his daugh-
ter a piece of and that was mountainous.
and slOping southwark toward the deserts
of Arabia, swept with some very hot
winds. 1t was called "a south land"
Eut Achsah wants an addition Of prop
erty she wants a piece of land that is
we'll wa.ered and fertile. Now it is no
wonder that Caleb. standing amidst the
.,-idal party, his ey S so full of tears be-
cause size was going away that he could
hardly see her at all. gives her more than
she asks. She said TO him 'Thou hast
given me- a south land; give me also
spring, # water. And he gave her the
upper springs and the neither springs"
What Il suggestive passage! the fact
"a that ;s Caieb. the father. gave Achsah.
The daughter. a south land. so God gives
TO Us His world. l am very thankful He
has given il TO Us. Bu l am like Achsah
in the fac; that want a larger portion.
Trees, anu flowers, and grass, and blue
skies are very well in their places: but he
who has nothing but this weird for u por-
Ion has no portion at all. 1t is a mount
ainous land. slopinG off toward the desert
of sorrow, swept by fiery siroccos; it is
"a south land" n poor portion for any
man that tries 10 pu' his trust in il. What
has been your experience: What has been
the experience Of every man. If every
woman that tas tried this world
for a portion: Green Elizabeth. amidsx
the surroundings of pomp, is unhappybn
cameo The naiDfer SEatct,oS fOO miuuh
lhs wrinkles on her face, and she indig-
'lantly cries out: You must strike oil my
Likeness without any shadowsw Hogarth.
at the very height of his artistic triumph,
is stung almost to death with chagrin be.
cause the painting he had dedicated to the
King does not seem to be a~cceptable; for
George ii. cried out: "WhO is this Ho-
garth: Take his trumpery out of nv pres
ence." Brinsley Sheridan thrilled the
earth with his elcquence. but had for his
last words. Il am absolutely ~undOne."
Walter Scott, fumbling around the ink |
stand, trying to write. says to his dau gh-
ter: 20. take me back to my room; there
is no rest for Sir Walter but in the grave"
Stephen Girard. the wealthiest man in his |
day. or, AT any rate. only second in
wealth, says: Il live the life of a galley |
slave; when I arise in the morning my
one effort is to work so hard that l can
sleep when it gets to be night" Charles |
Lamb applauded of all the world. in the
very midst Of his literary triumph says:
you remember. Budget. when we
al ed to laugh from the shilling gallery at
the play? There are now no good plays to
laugh at from the boxes" But why go so
Far as that: used to 60 no further than
your street to find illustration of what l
am saying.
Pick me out ten successful workings
without any religion, and you know what
/ mean by successful wordiings-pick me
out ten successful workings. and you can
no: find more than one that looks happy.
Care drags him across the bridge; care
drags him back. Take your etand at two
O'Clock at the corner of Nassau and Wall
street, or at the corner of Canal street and
Broadway and see the agonized ply siog-
Monies. Your bank rs, your insurance
men, your importers. your wholesalers
and your retailers as q class-as q class,
are they happy: No. Care dogs their
steps, n making no appeal to God for
help or comfort, they are tossed every
whittier. How has it been with you. my
hearer: Are you more contented i'm the
house Of fourteen rooms than You were in
the two rooms you had in q house when you
started: Have you not had more care and
worrimeut since You won that $50, 90 than
you did before! Some Of the poorest
men l have ever known have been
those Of great fortune. A man Of small
means may be put in great business
straits. but the ghastliest of all embar-
easements is that of the man who has
large estates. The men who commit sui.
eide because OF monetary losses are those
who can not bear the burden any more
because they have only . hundred thou
sand left
On Bowling Green. New York. there is
a house where Talleyrand used to go. He
was q favOri:e man. All the world knew
him and he had wealth almost unlimiie1;
yet at the close of his life he says: ''Be.
hold, eighty-three years have passed
without any practical result a v fatieus
of DO ly and fatigue Of mind. great dis
enlargement fer the future and great dis
gust for the past" Oh, my friends, this
is "A south land" aud it slopes of toward
deserts Of sorrows: and the prayer which
Achsah made to her father, Caleb. We
make this day to ourfather, God: "'rhou
hast given me q south land, give me also
springs of water And he gave them the
upper springs aud the neither springs"