The Red Cloud chief., 1889-02-22

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would iIumine the woglds All verdur,
and foliage would be alleSosic. and again
we would hear HIM say - Of old. Con.
slider the hi es Of the 0eIt. hoW they grow =
and we would not hear the whistle OF q
quail or the cawing Of . raven or ths
roundelay Of . brown fh.esher without
saying, Behold the fowls Of the air. they
gather not into barns. vet your Heavenly
Father fesdeth Them" and . Dominic h.u
a the barnyard could not cluck for be,
brood. yet We would hear Christ say M a,
a old. How often would I have gathered
tAy children together. svsa a. . hen gath.
I eeed her chickens under her wings" and
through the Eedolens hedges we would
hear Christ saying, II nm the rose O:
Sharon" We could not dip the seasoning
from thu salt.c-llar without thinking ol
the divine suggestion, 'Ye are the sal; OF
the earth, but Il the salt have lost its SAVIOR
IL Is hit for nothing but to be cast out and
trodden undo foo, Of men,"
Let Us wake up from the stupidity and
take the whole world a. q parable. Then
II with gun and pack Of hounds we start
on before dawn and see the morning
coming down on the hills to meet ua we
would cry out with the evangelist. The
- SbN " ou o6u noAh NlsltSu
u.s." or caught in . snow storm. While
struggling home. eyebrows and beard. and
apparel all covered with the whirling
flakes, and wa would cry out with David.
Nv ash me and I shall be whittier than
snow" In q picture gallery in Europe
there is on the ceiling an exquisite fresco,
but people having to look straight up. IL
wearied and dizzied them. and bent their
na.ka aiuHnse h~~ooA .~A.s...
looking glass was pu, near the 6,or and
now visitors only need 70 look easily down
into this mirror and see the fresco at their
feet And so much Of all the Heaven Of
Gods truth Is reflected ~ In q mirror, and
the things that are above US are copied by
things all around US What right have we
TO throw away one OF Gods Bibles. ave,
the frat Bible He ever gave the race.
We talk about the Old Testament and the
New Testament, but the old-s, Testamen,
contains the lessons Of the natural world.
Some people like the New Testament 50
well they discard the Did Testament
Shall We like the New Testament. and the
Old Testament SO well as to depreciste the
oldest: namely. that which Was written
before Moses was put nfioat on the boat Of
leaves which vas calked with asphaisum:
vi t'Jttt inc ocuessS anu t06 IfSelotiO0
that were written centuries before Adam
lost a rib and gained . wife: No, no;
when Deity Stops down and writes ON
che ground. let Us read il l would have
10 less appreciation Of tho Bible on paper
that Gomez OIL OF the paper mill. but I
would urge appreciation Of the Bible in
the geranium. the Bible in the asphoi lei,
the Bible in the dust Some one asked an
n.to
eclipse OF the sun. mo" he said, Il have
so much 10 do on earth, ! have no time TO
look a. Heaven" And II our faculties were
all in tn. study OF God. We woul not
have time u go much further b the
first grass blade. I have no fear b
natural religion will ever contradict what
We call revealed religion. have no SYM
patty with the followers of Aristotle. " hi
after the telescope Was invented. would
not look through il, lest il contradic; som.
OF the theories Of their great master. /
shall be glad 70 put against one lad Of the
Bible the microscope. aud against the other
lid Of the Bible the telescope.
But whom Christ stopped down and
wrote on the ground. what did he write:
The Pharlsees did not stop 70 examine.
The cOwardA whipped Of their own con.
sciences, fed pell neil. Nothing will Gay
a man like an aroused conscience. DIR.
in his ''History of Methodism,"
that when Rev. Benjamin Abbott of
times was preaching, he exclaimed:
"For aught ] know there may b. Q mur-
in thish house" and q man rose in the
and started for the door |
aud bawIed aloud, confessing to Q
he had committed fifteen |
years before. And no wonder these
reminded Of their sins,
ook to their heels. But what did Christ |
on the ground. The Bible does not !
Yet as Chris; never wrote any |
thing except tina, once, you can not blame
IL for wanting 10 know what he really did
But I am certain that he wrofc
trivial or unimportant And will
you allow me to say that I think ! know
" hat he wrote on the ground: judge
the circumstance He might have
other things. bur knee.inS there In
he temple. surrounded by . pack Of hypo.
,ri;es. who were q self appointed constab.
iiary. and having in his presence q per-
secuted woman who evidently was very
,~snitent for her sins, l am sure be wrote
words, both OF them graphic and
and reveTbrafing. And the
'ne word wss hypocrisy and the other
sord was forgiveness From tn. way
hese Pharisees and Scribes vacated tie
,remises and got cut into fresh cir. .,
,hrist, with just one ironicai sentence.
lnmasked them, I know they were
hypocri:e.. IL Vas then As
I Is nov. The more faults and in
onsistencies people have Of their
the more severe and censorious ar.
hey about the faults Of others. Here
hey are-twenty stout men arrestinR and
one weak woman Magnificent
to be engaged in They wanted
he fun Of seeing her faint away Under .
judicial sentence from Cbr,st and
hen after she has been taken outside
i.v and fastened At the loot Of yrscipice,
he Scribes and Pharisees wanted III
a~tisfaciioa Of eAch coming io.fh asd
roppinE . big stone on her bead, Tor tia;
ras the style OF capital punishment that
hey asked for. Soms people have taken
10 responsibility Of aaying that Chs,st
ever laughed But ] him ~ He saw
hose men drop every thing. ~chaSrined
He must havs laughed AZ q
ste. IL makes ne laugh to read OF ie All
{ these Iibertinea. dramasiz;ng ipdiEna.
ion against imparisy. Blind bats lectpr.
on optica A Sock Of rows Ga their
raw mp from . carcass,dsnooncing carrioeL
Yea ! think that one word Wriftse on
se groasd that day By tbs angss Of
Ariss was Tie swtal word Hypocrisy. But /,
an sure there 30 aaoshes word in that I
use From her eatire mAnnee I en- sars ]
Mt arraigssA woosn was repsntaat sAs
nd % spolOU. and Chriss IN 20 wise
her Gin. Bss ~ supplicasosy b.
aviog and her tears moved Hin. and vhao =
ssoopsA dow1 % Writ q the erousA. He
roee hat mighty. thss i1pssisl word
Whoa o. Sinai God vrues
- Lac, He Wroes 10 with aseer q iiea:-