The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-14

sunshine and shadow woven into the most
exquisite nature that evee beeathod q
wept OF sung Or suffered. Through study.
ing the sky between the hills Chrtst had
noticed the wsatbse signs and that q
crimson sky at night meant dry weather
next day. and that . crimson sky In the
morning meant wet WestheT before night
And how beautifully He made uss Of It In
afpsr years - He drove down upon the
pestiferous Phariseo and 0adducee By
crying out: "When Il 10 evening - say
il will b fair weather, for the sky 10 red.
and in the morning Il will b foul weather
to-day. for the sky 10 red and lowering.
O. yehypocritss. yeoan discern the signs OF
the times." By day, ~ every boy has
done, He watched the barnyard fowl ct
sight OF overswinging hawk, cluck her
chickens under wing. and in afler years
Hs said: %. jerusalem. Jerusalem! How
often would I have gathered thee as . hen
.gathereth her chickens under her wing!"
By night He hal noticed His mother BY
the plain candlelight which. as ever and
anon it was snufIed and the removed wick
put down on the candlestick. beamed
brightly through all the family sitting.
room as His mother was mending His gar
that had been torn during the days
wanderings among the rocks or bushes.
aud years afterward it all came out in the
simile of the greatest sermon ever
preached: Neither do men light . candle
and put it under q bushel but in a candle-
stick and it giveth light to all who are In
the house. Let your light 80 shine"
Yes, from the n~aturalness. the simplicity.
the FRESHNESS . Of His parallels and SMILES
and mstaphors in manhood discourse. l
know that He had been . boy of the fields
and had bathed in the streams AND heard
the nightingale call. broken through the
hedge and looked out of the en-
brasures Of the fortress. and drank from
the wells aud chased the butterflies, which
say have always been one OF the
beauties Of that landscape, and
talked with the strange people from Da.
mascus and Egypt and Sapphoris and
Syria. who in caravans or on foot passed
through His neighborhood, the dogs bark.
ing at their approach at shutdown. As
He was q perfect man. in the
Of which I speak He was q perfect
boy, with the spring Of . boys foot the
Of . boys eye, tho rebound Of .
life and just the opposite OF those
juveniles who sit around morbid and IN.
old men 1t ton I warrant He was
able to take His own part and to take the
part of others.
Let the world look out how it treads on
. boy. for that very moment It treads on
Christ You strike . boy. you strike
Christ; You insult . boy. you insult Christ;
you Oh sat boy, you cheat Christ It is
IN awful and infinite mistake to como As
far as manhood without . Christ when
here Is q boy Christ. That was one reason.
I suppose, that Jonathan Edwards, after.
ward the greatest American logician and
preacher OF his time. became . Christian
ut seven years Of age; and Robert Hall,
who afterward shook Christendom with
his sacred eloquence became . Christian
1T twelve years Of sge; and Isaac Watts,
divided with Charles Wesley the do
minion Of holy song, became . Christian
1t nine years Of age; and it In any large
religious assemblage 1t were asked that all
the men and women who learned to love
Christ before they were fifteen years OF
age would please lift their right hand.
would be enough hands lifted to
wave . coronation. What IL true in > 10.
ligious sense is true in q secular sense.
amazed his school fellows
with talents which In after years made
the world stare Issac Newton. the bow.
BY driving pegs in the side Of . house to
mark the decline Of tho sun. evidenced q
toward tn, experiments which
showed tho nations how tho
the worlds swing. Robert S~tepheuson.
bow. with his Kite on the common. OF.
with electric currents and
work which should vet make
him immortal sGet ont of INV wavl"
said a rough man to q bow. .,pet ont of nv
,v.v. What are Won FOOD for. anvhow."
Thew how answered: ..Thev make men out
such things a wa are."
But having shown Won tho divine lad In
The fields. I must show Won Him in the
shop. Joseph. His father. died
verv earlv. immediatslv altar the IN.
trim to the temple. and this lad had
onlv TO support Himsele. but to sur.
mort His mother. and what that in some Of
vou know. There in a ROYAL race of b,v.
IN earth now doing the same thing: Thev
,raar No crown. Thew have no nurnis
robe adroon from their .hou,ders. The
plain chair on which thew s,t IA AZ much
unlike a throne "A anv thinp Won can im.1.
ina INIT God know. vh.t thev ara doinv
through what acri6ce. thew On. and
Ihrouch All .t.rnitv God will kesr r.vin.
Ih.m Tor ths;r AIi.i l.h. Thsv sh.:i
lulI me.sur. Of rew.rd. the ms..ur.
ore...d down. .haken toeether and Inn.