The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-19

but leaving them on, and then try on them
that Gospel switch. Il won't hurt them.
and Il will save you. Peace with God;
peace with man. II you can not take
those two doctrines you are no Christian.
Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts In Christian love:
Tho fellowship OF kindred minds
ID like 70 that above.
Prom SORROW, toll and pain.
And stu We shall be free;
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.
But my text goes further. It says: Go
up into the mountain and fetch olive
branches and pine branches. Now what
is suggested BY the pine L~ranches? The
pine tree 10 healthy; it is aromatic; il is
evergreen. How often the physician says
20 his invalid patients: Go and have a
breath Of the pines! That will invigorats
you" Why do thousands Of people
go south every year: 1t 10 not merely to
get . warmer climate. but to get to tho In.
duence Of the pine. There 10 health in il,
and this pine branch Of the text suggests
the heal,h'ulness Of our holy religion; it
10 full Of health, health for all, health for
tho mind. health for the soaL
know an aged man who had no capital
Of physica! health. He had had all the
diseases you can imagine: he did not eat
enough to keep q child alive: he lived On .
beverage Of hosannas. He lived high for
he dined every day with tho King. He
was kept alive simply by the force Of u
holy religion. 1t 10 . healthy religion;
healthy for tho BYE healthy for the hand.
healthy for the feet. healthy for the heart,
healthy for the liver, healthy for the
spleen, healthy for the whole man. II
gives . man such peace. such 4uietness,
such independence Of circumstances, such
holy equipoise. q, that We all possessed
il, that We all possessed it row.. I mean
that it is healthy il . man gets enough.
Now, there are some people who get just
enough religion to bother them. just
enough religion to make them sick; but il
u man takes . full deep. round inhalation
Of these pine branches OF the Gospel arhor
no will find it buoyant, exubsrant indy.
ing, immortal health.
But this pine branch Of my text also
suggests the simple fact that it 10 an ever.
green. What does this pine branch care
for the snow on its hrowI It 10 only q
crown OF glory. The winter can not freess
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BEAUTIFUL in winter as in SUNNI :. And
that IL the characteristic Of q holy re-
IigioD; in the sharpest, coolest winter of
misfortune and disaster IL Is n good . re-
IigioD % it 10 in the fright, summed sun.
shine. Well now that 10 . practical truth.
For il I should 60 up and down these
aisles I would not find in this house fifty
people who had hal no trouble. But there
are some Of you who have especial trouble.
God only knows what you 20 through
with. O. how many bereavemenis, how
many povertiss. how many prosecutions!
How many misrepresentation! And
now, my brother; you have tried
every thing else, why don't you try
this evergreeA religion: It is just as good
fonSou low - il was in the days Of your
prosperity; it 10 better for yoa. Perhaps
sops Of y.u feel Iiks Muckls .Backis. the
who was chided one day be-
. he kept on working. although that
he buried his child. They came
to him and said: 1t 10 indecent for you
to b msnding that boat when this after
noon you buried your child" And the
old fisherman looked mp and said: Sir,
il 10 very easy for you gentlefolks to stay
in the house with your handkerchiefs to
your eyes in grief. but, sir. ought I to let
tho other i've children siarve because one
Of them 10 drowned: No sir, We maun
work. though our hearts beat like this
You may have had accumulation Of sor-
row and misfortune. They come in fiocks,
they come in herds upon your soul; and
vet I have to tell you that this religion
console you, that 1t can help you. that
it can deliver you il nothing else will. Do
you tell me that the riches and ths gain OF
world can console you: How was it
for money that when hs was sick he Or
dersd q basin Of gold pieces to be brought
10 him. aud he ut his equity hands down
among the gold pieces. cooling his hands
Of in them. and the rattle and rolling Of
gold pieces were his amusement and
entertainment All, the gold and silver.
theh onora tho emolumen,s Of this world
q poor solace for a perturbed spirit.
You want something better han this
give. A young Prince, when the chill
came around to play with him. re-
fused to play. He said: 81 will play only
Kingx." And it might be supposed
that you would throw away all solace be-
fore this regal satisfaction. this imperial
Joy. You who are sons and daughters OF the
Lord Almighty ought to play only with
Kings
The hill Of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before We reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
But nv text takes q further step and it
nays: go into the mountain and fetch
olive branches and pine branches n
palm branches" Now the palm tree was
very much honored by b ~ancients- 1t
had three hundred and sixty different
nses. The fruit was conserved, the sap
vas q beverage, the stems were ground up
'or food for camela the base Of the leaves
vas turned into hats and mats and
and the leaves were carried in
notorious processions. and from b root
70 the top Of the highest trees there was
The tree grew % feet In be;ght
and it spread broad leaves four
md five yards long; it meant usefulness,
md it meant victory; usefulness for
that It produced, victory because il was
into celebrations OF triumph.
And, oh, how much We van b palm
branches in the churches OF Jesus Christ
Il this time! A great many Christians
lon't amount to any thing. You have
o shove them out Of the way when the
Lords chariots come along. We don't
rent snv mora of that kind of Christians