The Red Cloud chief., 1889-10-04

could catch the tings o. the cloud and The
sparkle Of the wavs and the diapason Of
tho thunder. He walked forth In life head
and shoulders above others In mental
stature. He could wrestle with giants In
opposing systems Of philosophy and carry
Of the gates Of opposing schools and
smite the enemies Of truth hip n thigh
with great slaughter. But he began Il
tamper with brilliant free thinking.
Mod.r theories Of the soul threw over
him their Establishments Skepticism was
the Delilah hat shore his locks Of and all
the Philistines Of doubt and darkness and
despair were upon him. He died in . very
prison Of unbslief, his eyes out
Far back in the country districts-just
where ! %purpOsely omit to ssy-there was
born one whose fams will last as long rs
American institutions. His name was the
terror Of all enemies of free government.
He stood, the admired Of millions; the
nation uncovered in his presence, aud
when be spoke snates sat breathIess UNI
der the spell. The plotters against good
government attempted to bind him with
green withes and weave his locks in a
web. yet he walked forth from the thra!l-
dom, not knowing he had burst q DOnd
But from the wine cup there arose a de-
stroying spirit tina; came forth to capture
His soul. He drank until his eve grew
dim and his knees knocksd together and
his strength failed. Exhausted with life
long destinations, he went home TO die.
Ministers pronounced eloquent eulOyi-
inns, and poets sang. and painters
sketched. and sculptOrs chiseied the ma
jestic form into mar bic, and the world
wept, but everyw here it was known that
it was strong drink that came like the
infamous Delilah aud his locks were
shOrn.
From the Island Of Corsica there started
forth a IA charged with unparalleled
energies to make thrones tremble and con.
vulse the earth. Piedmont. Naples. Ba-
varia, Germany. Italy. ustria and En-
gland rose up to crush the rising man.
At the plunge Of his bayOnets bastiles
burst open. The earth grOaned with the
agOnies Of Rivoli, Austerlitz, Saragossa
and Eylau. Five million men slain in his
wars. Crowns were shOwered at his feet,
and kingdoms hoisted triumphal arches
to let HIM pass under. and Europe was
lighted up at the conflagration Of cOnsum-
ing cities He could almost have made .
causeway Of human bones between Lisbon
and Moscow. NJ power short Of Omnipres-
ent God could arrest him But out of the
ocean Of human blood there aros,a spirit
in which the conQueror found more Than
a match. The very ambition that had
r. cked the world was now to be his de-
s:rcyer. 1t grasped for too much and in
its efforts lest all. He reached up after
the s.epter Of universal dominion, but
slipped and fell kack into ~desOiation and
Punishment. The American ship. dam.
aged of the storm. to-day puts up in st.
Helena n the crew 60 up to s g the sp 4
where the French exile expired in
Loneliness and disgrace. the mighiiest OF
all SamsOns shorn Of his locks by ambi-
ton. that most merciless Of ali Delilahs.
have not time to enumerate. Evil "a.
sO~ciations, sudden successes, spendrift
habits. miserly proclivities and dissipa-
ton are the names Of some Of the shears
Will which men are every day made
powerlesS They have strewn the earth
with the carcasses Of giants and filled the
great prison house with destroyed Sam
sons who sit grinding the mills Of
despair. their locks shorn and their eyes
cut IL parents only knew to what tempta-
iiona their children were subjected they
would BE- more Earnest in their prayers
and more careful about their example. No
young man escapes having tn, pathway
Of sin pictured in bright col0rs to him
The first time / ever saw a city-it wal
the city Of Philadelphia was q mere
lad. stopped at Q hotel and l remember
with bis infernal art. He saw l was green.
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town. He painted the path Of sin until il
him. shovel bach from the basi'isk.
made up my mind he was a basllisk.
remember how he wheeled his chair round
in front of me and with q concentrated
and diabolical effort attempted to destroy
my soul; but there were good angels in
the air that night. 1t was no good resOlu.
ton on my part, but it was the all en-. :
comprising grace Of a good God that de-
livered me- Beware! beware! D young
man! |
There is q way that seemeth right unto
a man, but the end thereof is death. II
all the victims Of an impure life in all
lands and ages could be gathered to-
gether. they would make q host vaster
than hat which Xerxes led across the
Hellespont than Iimour led across India.
than William the Conqueror led across
England. than Abou.B ekr led across
Syria: and il they could be stretched out
in single file across this continent ! think
the vanguard Of the host wOuld stand on
the beach Of the Pacific while yet the real ,
guard stood on the beach Of the Atlantic.
say this not because l expect to re-
claim any one hat has gone astray in this
fearful path, but because ] want to utter
a warning for those who still maintain !
their integrity. Thu cases Of reclamation
of those who rave given themselves fully !
up to an impure life are so few. probably
you do not know one Of them ! lave seen
a good many start out on that q How
many have I seen como lack? Not one
that l now think oil. 1t seems rs il the |
spsll Of death il on them and no
human voice or the voice Of God
can break the spell. Their feet are
hoppled; their wrists are hsndcufYed |
They have around tn em . girdle Of
punched at b waist. fastening !!
them to an iron doom; every time they
breathe the forked tongues strike them
and they strain to break away until the !
tendons snap and the blood exudes; and
amidst their contortions they cry out:
Take me bach to my fathers house.
Where is mother! Take me homei Take
me home!" |