The Red Cloud chief., 1889-01-25

quer ~. David will either stay the
Amalekites or the Amalskites will stay
David. And yet is no. tie fort to be taken
worth all the pain, ali the peril. all the
~besieGement
Look! who are they On the bright hills
OF Heaven yonder: There they are. those
who sat at your own table, the chair now
vacant. There they are, those whom you
rocked in infancy in the cradle, or hushed
to sleep in your arms. There they are.
those in whose life your life Was bound
up. There they are. their brow more
radiant than ever before you saw II, their
lips waiting for the kiss OF heavenly
greeting, their cheek roseste with the
health OF eternal summer, their hands
reckoning you up the steep, their feet
bounding with the mirth Of Heaven.
The pallor OF their last sick.
ness gone out Of their face
never more to be sick, never moro
TO cough. never more 70 limp. never
more to be old, never moro to weep. They
are watching from those heights TO see
il through Christ you can take that fort,
and whether you will rush in upon them
victors. They know that upOn this battle
depends whether you will ever join their
society. Up! Strike harder! Charge
more bravely! Remember that every inch
you gain puts you so much further on
toward that heavenly reunion.
II this morning while l speak you could
hear the cannonade OF q foreign navy,
coming through the 'Narrows" TO despoil
our city. and IL they really should sue
coed in carrying our families away from
US, how long would we take before we re-
solved to go after them: Every weapon.
whether fresh from Springfield or old and
rusty in the garret, would he brought
out, and We would urge on. and, coming IN
front Of the foe. we would look at them
and then look at our families, and the cry
would he: Victory or death" and when
the ammunition wa gone. We would take
the captors ON he point Of the bayonet or
under the breech OF the gun. II you would
make such n struggle for the getting back
OF your earthly friends. will you not make
as much struggle for the gaining OF the
eternal cOmpanionship Of your heavenly
friends:
o. yes, we must join them. We must SIT
in their holy society. We must sing wi
them the song. We mus; celebrate with
them the triumph. Let it never be told on
earth or in Heaven that David and his men
pushed out with drawer heart, for the get
ting back of their earthly friends for a
iew year, on earth !han we 70 get
our departed. You say that all this
implies tina, our departed Christian friends
are alive. Why, had YOU any idea
they were dead: They have only moved.
IL YOU should go on May . TO n house
where one OF your friends lived and found
| him gone you would not think that he was
dead. You would inquire next door where
he had moved Ia. Our departed Christian
friends have only taken another house.
The secret is that they are richer now
than they once were and can afford a bet-
ter residence. They once drank out OF
enrthenware; they now drink from the
Kings chaiice. Joseph il yet alive" and
Jacob will go up and see him. Living, are
they: Why. II q man can live in this
damp dark dungeon Of earthly captivity
can he not live where he breathes the
bracing atmosphere Of the mountains Of
Heaven: q. We, they are living!
DO you think that Paul is so near dead
now As he vas when he was living in the
Roman dungeon: Do you think that Fred
erick Robertson. of Brighton. is as near
| lead now As he was when, year after year.
he slept seated on the floor, his head on the
bottom IF a chair, because he could find
ease in NO other posiiion: Do you think
that Robert Hall is as near dead nOw As
| when. Oh his couch, he tossed in physical
tortures: No Death gave them the few
black drops that cured them. That is all
death does to "a Chri>tian-cures him. l
know that what ! have said implies that
they are living. There is no question
about that. The only question this morn.
ing is whether you will ever join them.
But I must not forget those 80 men who
tainted by the brook Beso-. They could
not take another step farther. Their feet
were sore. their heads ached, their entire
nature WAS exhausted. Besides that they
were broken hcartei because their homes
were gone. Ziklag in ashes. And vet David.
| when he comes up t. them, divides The
spolls among them. He SAYS they shall
have some If the jewels, some OF the
| robes, some Of the treasures. ! look over
this audience this morning and l find at
l.as, c03 who have tainted by the brook
J BeSor-th. brook Of tears. You feel as Il
YOU could not take another step further.
ms though Won could never LOOK up
again. But am going 10 imi-
/ tate DAVID and divide among you som
| glorious trophies. Here is n robe: 4
III n.s work together for good TO those
who love God" WRAP yourself in that
glorious promise. Here is for your neck q
striu. OF pearls. made cut Of crystaliiz.d
tears: Weeping NAV endure for q night.
bu, j,v come'h in IN. morning" Here Is
a corunet: De thoa faithful unto death
and l will give thee a crown Of life" u.
We fainting ones by the brook Be>or. dip
Your hlistered feet IN the running stream
OF Gods NJ. rev. Battle your brow q; the
wells OF salvation. Soc;he your wounds
with thu balsam that exUde from trees Of
life. God will not utterly cast YOU of. u
by ckan-hea-ted Ia o.. ~hroken.heart=d
woman. flaming by the brook Be<or.
\ shepherd find that his musical, pipe
IL bruised. He SAYS: Il can't get any
more music out OF this instrument: SO !
wiiI. jus, break il. AMI l will throw this
reed away. Then I will get another reed
aad I will play music on that" But God
saw he viii not cast you OF because all
the music has gone olt Of your soul. THE
bruised reel he will 40; break"
As far as l can { II the diagnosis Of your
disease. you want divine nursing. and il is
promised YOU: AS one ~ HON his mother
ccmforteth, SO will comfort you" God
will see YOU all th- way through. Q
troubled soul. and when you come down TO
the jordan Of death you will lind IL TO be
As thin Q brook a. Besor: for DR.. Rohinson
saws thatin April Besor dries up and there
is no brook At all. And In your last
moment you will be rs placid a.
the Kentucky minister ~ho went up
Ia God. saying in the dying hour: Write
to my sister Kate, and tell her not to ts
worried and frightened about the story
l-- ~ Til
her ID. re 10 no; a word Of truth in IL for I
am there now. and Jesus il with me, q ]
Ind u q very happy way: not because !
am GOOD man for I am NOT. I am moth.