The Red Cloud chief., 1889-10-18

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His worth il all the nations knew.
Sure the whole earth would love Him. too.
1remark again that we must lOok e
Jesus As an example. Now, a mere copy
ist, you know, is always q failure. Ii
painter 60 to q portfolio or . gallery OF
art however exquisite. to get his idea OF
the natural world from these pictures. he
will not succeed rs well as the artist who
starts out and dasbes the dew from the
grass and sees the morning just as God
built it in the clouds. or poured 1t upon
the mountain, or kindled it upon the sea.
People wondered why Turner, the great
English painter. succeeded so we'll in
ske.ching a storm upon the ccsan. 1t re-
manned u wcnIer until it was found out
that several times he had been dashed to
the deck in the midst Of a tempes and
then looked out upon ne wrath of the sea,
and coming home to his studio he pictured
The tempest. 1t is not the copyist who
succeeds, but the man who confrOnts the
natural world So If a man in literary
composition resolves that he will initiate
the smO, thness Of Addison or the rugged
vigor o; Carlyle, or the weirdness of
Spsnser, or the epiSrammatic style of
Ralph Waldo Emerson, he will not succeed
as well as tina, man vino cultures his own
natural style. What is true in this respect
is r in respect to character. There
were men who were fascinated with Lord
Byron. He was lame and worsa very large
collar. Then there were tens OF thousands
Of men who resolved tnat they would he
asst like Lord Byron, aud they limpsd and
wore large collars, but they did not rave
any of his en.u As. You can not success
fully copy q man whether he is bad or
good. You may take the very best man
that ever lived aud try and live ike him.
and you will make failure. Their. never
was q belt r man than Edward Pay son.
Many have read his biography. not UNDER
standing that he was a very sick man, and
they thought they were growing in grace
because they Were growing like him in
depression OF spirit. There were n.n to
COwper, tue poet, a glorious man.
but sometimes afflicted with melancholy
almost to insanity. The cOpvists got
COwper's faults, but nome of his virtues.
There never VAS but one Being fit to
copy. A few centuries ago He cane out
through humble surroundings and with Il
gait and q mon1er and behavior different
from any thing the world had seen. Among
all classes of peop.e He was a perfect
model. Among fishermen He showed how
fishermen should act. Among taxsather-
ers He showed how taxgatherers shouid
act. Among lawyers He showed how
lawyers should ac.. Among farmers H.
showed how farmers saoIl l act Among
rulers He Shove how rulers should act.
Cri les tried to fad in His conversation
sermons something unwise or unkini
nv inuccOrofa. hv,S thoVy uovnr fonn1 ~
They watched Him. oh how they watched
Him! He never went into a house but
they knew il, and they knew how long He
stayed and when He came out, and
whether He had wine for dinner. Slander
twisted her whips and waggsd her poi.
soned tongue and set her traps. but could
not catch Him. Little children rushed
out to get from Him a kiss and old men
tOttered out to the street corner to see Him
pass.
Do you want an Illustration of devotion,
behold Him whole nights in prayer. DO
you want al example OF suffering. see His
path across Pale ,rine tracked with blood.
Do want IN example Of patience, see Him
and giving one sharp retort.
Do you want an example of industry, see
Him without one Idle moment Do you
a specimen Of sacrifice, look at His
life of self denial. His death of ignominy,
His sepulcher of humiliation. o what an
examDle! His feet wounded, yet He sub
to the urney. His back lacer-
ated, and yet He carried the cross.
He never struck back again.
yet Hs rose higher
than His caiuminators, and with
in His hands and wounds in His
feet and wounds on his brow and wounds
in His side. He calculated: Father for.
give thu m ,bey knO not what they do"
All. my b 'ethren, that is the pole by which
to set yOur compass. that is the headland
by which to steer, that is the lilh l., by
to kindIe your lamps, that is the
that We ought all to follow.
How it would smooth out the roughness
in cur disposition, n the world would b,
impressed by the Transformation AMI
would say: Il know what is the natter
that man: he has lesn with J-su'
md has learned of Him"
Alexander was going along with his
army in Persia and the snow and ics were
so great that the army halted and said:
I'VE can't march any further" Then
dismourted from his horse.
took q pickax, went ahead Of his armv
md struck into the ice and SNOW. The
said: 'If be can do that, we can
10 it," and they took their picks and ICON
the way was cleared and the army
marched on. So our Lord discounted
from His glory and through all obstacles
news a path for himself and a path for US.
Follow Me-! do not ak you to
20 through any battles where l do not
lead the way! Follow Mel"
Again ! remarx that we are to look to
Christ as . sympath .zeE. Is there any
body in the house to-day who does not
want sympathy: do not know how any
body can live without sympathy. There
are those. however. who have gone
through very rough paths in life who had
divine arm to lean on. How they got
along I do not ex lotly know. Their for
tune took wings III some unfortunate in
vestment and few away. Tine bank failed,
and they buttOned NJ a penniless pocket.
Ruthless Spectators carried of the fEag-
ments of an estate they were twenty-five
years in getting with hard labor. How
did they stand it without Christ? Death
came into the nursery and there vas an
Empty CRIB. One vo c, less in the house,
hold. One fountain less of joy and laugh
Tor. Two hands less busy all day long in
sport. Two feet less to go bounding and
through the hall. Two eyes less
20 beam with love and gia1ness. Through