Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-05-04


God 8 will and mans will. and, ours over
thrown, we are new creatures in Chris
Jesus. Conclusion OF misfortune ant
trial for many of the good, and out comes
their especial conservation. Do not
therefore, be frightened when you see
the great upheavals, the great agitations
the great earthquakes, whether among
the rocks or among the nations or in liz
dividusl experience. Out Of them Goo
will bring best results and most magnifi
cent consequences. Hear the crash al
round the Lords sarcophagus and see
the glorious termination Of its dead in.
habitant. Conclusion. If ever a gen.
eral European war, which the world has
been expecting for the last twenty years,
should come, q conclusion 30 wide and q
conclusion 80 tremendous would no,
leave a throne in Europe standing as i,
now is. The nations of the earth are
tired of having their kings born to them,
and they would after awhile elect their
kings, and there would be an Italian re.
public, and q German republic, and a
Russian republic, and an Austrian repub-
lie, and out of the cracks and c~revices
and chasms Of that conclusion would
come resurrection for all Europe. Stag
nation is beautiful; conclusion is Messi
anic.
Notice also what the angel did with
the stone after he had rolled it away
from the mouth of the Saviour's mauso-
leum. The book says he rolled away
the stone from the door and sat upon it.
All of us ministers have preached a ser
mon about the angels rolling away the
stone, but we did not remark upon The
sublime fact that he sat upon it. Why
Certainly no because he was tired. The
angels are a fatigueless race, and one could
have shouldered every rock around that
tomb and carried it away and not been
besweated. He sat upon it, | think, to
show you and to show me that we may
make every earthly obstacle a throne of
triumph. The young men who get their
education easy seldom amount TO much.
Those who had to struggle for it come
out atop. There is nc end Of the story of
studying by pine knot lights and reading
while the mules Of the towpath were
resting and Of going hungry and patched
and barefoot and submitting to all kinds
of %privation to get scholastic advantages.
But the day of graduation came and they
took the diplomas with a hand nervous
from night study and pale from lack of
food and put their academic degrees ia
the pocket of a threadbare coat. Then
starting for another career of hardship
they entered a profession or a business
where they found plenty of dishesrtment
and no help. Yet saying: Il will sue
coed; God help me, for no one else will"
they went on and up until the world was
compelled to acknowledge and admire
them.
The fact was that the obstacle between
their discouraging start and their com
plete success was a rock Of fifty tons, but
by resolution, nerved and muscularized
and REINFORCED by Almighty God, they
threw their arms around the obstacle and
with the strength Of a supernatural
wrestler rolled back the stone, and, hav-
ing become more than conquerors, they
sat upon il. Men and women are good
and great and usefu- just in proportion
as they had to overcome obstacles. You
can count upon the fingers of your one
hand all the great singers, great orators,
great poets, great patriots and
great Christians who never had a
struggle. That angel that made a
throne Of the bowlder at Chrlst's tomb
wen back TO h0aven, and | warrant that,
having been born in heaven and always
had an easy time, he now speaks Of that
wrestle with the rock az the most inter
esting chapter in all bis angelic lifetime.
q men and ONE with obstacles in the
way, | tell you that those obstacles are
only thrones that you may after a while
sit on. Is the obstacle in your way sick
nessY Conquer it by accomplishing mor
for Goo during your invalid SIN than
many accomplish who have never known
an. ailment. Are you perseCuteG2 BY
your uprichtnCss and courage compel the
world TO acknowledge your moral hero
ism. ls il poverty? Conquer ii by being
happy in the companionship Of your Lord
and Master, who III all his life owned but
62 cents and that he got from a fsh's
mouth and Immediately paid it all OF in
taxes to the Roman assessor, and who
would have been buried in n pottcr's
field had not Joseph Of Arimathea on
tfibuled a place, for he who had not
where 10 lay his head during his life had
n borrowed pillow for his last slumbcr.
There is no throne that O are sure TO
keep except that which you make out Of
vanquished obstacles. An ungrateful
republic at the ballot box denied Horace
Greedy the highest place at the national
capital, but could not keep him from ris-
ing from the steps of a New York print.
ing office, on which he sat one chilly
morning waiting for the boss printer to
come that he might get a job, until he
mo lnted the highest throne of American
journalism. He rolled back the stone
and sat upon it. A poor orphan boy,
picking up chips at Richmond. Va, ac-
costed by a passing sea captain and in
yited to come on board his vessel, drops
the chips and starts right away and IS
tossed from port to port and, homeless
and ~friendless, wanders one day along
fremont street, Boston, and sees Park
street church open Lld, speaking of it
afterward on o great occasion n using
sailors verpacular, as was usual with
him, he says: II put in. / up helm, un-
furled sail and made for the gallery and
scud under bare poles TO the corner pew.
Then | hoye to and came to anchor.
The Old man, DR.. Griffin, was just
naming his text. Pretty Don he UNI
furled the mainsail. raised the topsail
ran up the pennants to free breeze and /
tell you the old gospel ship never sailed
more prosperously. The salt spray flew
ia every direction, but more especially
did ii run down my cheeks. Satan had
TO strike sail, his ms were dismounted
or spiked, his various crafts by which he
led sinners captive were all beached and
the captain of the Lord hosts rode forth,