The Red Cloud chief., 1889-10-25

know that the New Jerusalem 10 firsprooa
There will b NO engines rushing through
those streets; there will Be no temples
consumed in that city. Coming to the
doors Of that Church, We will lind them
open, resonant with songs, and NOT, cries
Of fire. q, my dear brother and sisterl u
this short lane OF life comes up %
soon to that blessed place, what is the
use Of our worryingr I have felt . good
many times this last week like Father
Taylor. the sailor preacher. He got in a
long sentence while he was preaching one
day and lost himself and could not flnd
his way out OF the ssntsAce. He stopped
and said: Brethren. I have lost the
nominxtivs Of this sentence and things
are generally mixed up. but l am bound
for the Kingdom anyhow"
And dsring his last week. whsn I Jaw
the rushiHG to and fro and the excitement
I aid to myself: Il do not know Just
whore we shall start again, but i am
bound for the kingdom anyhow" l do
not wantt to so just yet. ! want to be- .
pastor Of this people until l aEa ABBOTT
eighfY-nins years Of age. but ! have
sometimes thought hat there are such
giorie, ahead that I may be persuaded to
go littIs earlier-for at eighty
Two or eighty thsee-but l really shink
that il W. could have an Appreciation Of
what God has in reserve for US We woaid
want to go, stepping right out Of the
Academy pf Music into the glorIes Of tho
skies.
All! that Is q good lanl. Why. they
tell me that in that and they never have
a heartache. They tell mo that q man
might walk Eve hundred years in that
land and never see q tear or hear a sigh.
They tell me that our friends who have
left us and gone there, their feet are radio
As the sun. and that they take bold
of the hand of Jesus Familiarity, and that
they open that land and see in the palm
of it q healed wound that must have been
very cruel before it was healed. And
they tell me there Is no winter there. and
that they never get hungry or cold. and
that the sewing girl never wades through
the snow blnk to her daily toll, and that
the clock never strikes twelve for the
night but only twelve for the day.
See hat light in the window. Iwonder
set it there. "O"' you say. my
that went into glory must bave set
that light in the window" No; guess
again. My mother who died fifteen
years ago in Jesus. l think, must have
set that ii hit there" No; guess again.
You saw: My darling little child, that
last SKINNER l put away for the resurrec-
iion. ! think she mu { have set that light
there in the window" No; guess again.
Jesus set it there; ant He will keep it
burning until the day we put our finger
on the latch Of the door and go in to 10 at
home forever. q, when my sight gets
black in death put on my ey elids that
sweet ointment. When in the last weaYi.
ness i can not take another step, just help
ms put my foot ON that dOOrsilL When
ear catches no more the voice Of wife
and child let me go right in to have my
cured by the stroke Of the harp
ers whose fingers fly over the strings with
the anthems of the free.
Heaven never burns down! The fires
Of the last day, that are already kindlsd
in the heart OF the earth. but are hidden
Tod keeps down the Eatches-
internal fires will after awhile break
through the crust. and the plains, and. the
and the seas will be consumed
and the flames will fn & their long arms
into the skies; but all the terrors Of .
burning world will do no moro harm to
that heavenly temple than the fires Of The
sur which kindle up b. Windows
glass Of the house on yonder hill top
q. blessed land! But I do not want tn
go there until l sec the Brooklyn Tabor
nacls r. built You say: "Will it be-"
You might as we'll ask me il the sun will
rise tomorrow morning, or il the next
spring will pot garlands ON its head You
and l may not do it-you and / may not
live to see it; but the Church Of God does
stand on two legs nor ON . thousand
How dill the Iraelites got through The,
Red sea? IsuppOse somebody may have
and said: There is no need Of
you will get your feet wei.
you will spoil your clotbe-, you viii
yourselves. Whoever heard Of
through such q sea Is that?" How
thew get through it? Did they 20
hack? No Did they go to the right? No.
Did they 60 to the lefti No. They went
in the strength of the Lord AL
and that is the way we mean to
through the Red sea. BY going for
ward. But says some one: If We should
build . larger church would you be able
with your voice TO I'LL it," Why. I have
been wearing myself out for the last six-
teen years in trying to keep my voice in
Give me room where I preach the
glories Of Christ and the grandeurs q
Heaven.
Forward! We have to march IN. break
ing down all bridges behind Us. making
retreat impossible Throw away your
knapsack il il impedes your march.
Keep your sword arm free. Strike for
Christ and His Kingdom while you may.
peop'e ever had q better mission han
you are sen on. Prove yourselves worthy.
II ! am not ct to be your leader. set. ma
a>idel Tho brightest goal on earth that
I can think OF is . country parsonage
amidst the mountains. But / am not
afraid to lead you. have s)me dollars;
they are all ut your disposal Ihave good
health; it is yours a. long a. il
l have enthusiasm Of soul; ! will
not keep it hazel from your service l
have some faith in God and I shall irec. |
it toward the rebuilding Of our new spirit
nal house Come on, thea; i will lead
you
Come on, - aged men. not yet passed