The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-10

one mountain intoninS the command.
Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neizhbor. "and from the other
mount making plea for sss and owe
and blessing rather b cursing. ie~
We are going to have . national religion.
There are two kinds Of national rei!g"
ion. The one is supported by the stsss,
| and is a matter Of human politics, ana II
has great patronage. and under u men
will struggle for prominence without rex
! erence to Qial ifications. and ats arcnbisnop
is supported Nv . salary OF s''.o"a year,
| and there are great cathedral w!'h al
the machinery Of music and ~canonlcais'
and room for l.0O people. yet an audience
Of fifty people, or twenty people, Or ten
or two.
We want no such religion as that, nc
| such national religion; but We want this
kind VI national relision-ihe vast MAJOR
ity Of tn. peopl, converted and evanS-i'
led, and then they will manage the secu'
lar as well as the relis Gus.
DO YOU say that this IS impracticab!eY
No. The time is com M just as certain as
there is a God and that This Is HIS book
and that lie has the 9Th and the hon.
esty to fulfill His promises. One OF the
ancien, Eruperors used TO pride himself
OH pei - IL is that AsN 10
| saiI was impos .ib,e, and l have to tell
YOU to-day that mans impo,siDiIities are
Gods eusies. Hath He said aud shall
| He not IL il! Hath H. commanded AMI
will He no, bring it to pass" The Chris
tian religion Is coming 10 take possession
Of every ballot box, of every school house.
| Of every home. Of every valley. OF every
mountain. Of every acre of our national
4---- Tl.. Nt..n moi pfhfnnIl
| all the influences that are trying To de-
stroy il, is going 10 live.
Never since. according to John Milton,
when Satan was hurled h.ad!ong flaming
| from the ethereal skies in hileous ruin
| and combustion down" have the powers
| of darkness been SD determined 10 win this
continent AS they are now. WHAT a jewel
it is-a jewel carved in relief. the cameo
| Of this planet. On one side OF US the At.
lantic ocean. dividing us from the worn
out governments Of Europe. On this Other
side tn. Pacific ocean. dividing US from
| the superstitions OF Asia. On the north OF
us the A-,ic sea, which is the gymnasium
in which the explorers and navigators de.
velOp their courage. A continent; lO.JU
miles long. l.. 900, 0JO spare miles, and all
of it hut abou, one.seyenth capable Of
| ITCH GUILTY utloU. oue "'tAics ~
population on this continent Of North and
South America-one hundred millions. aud
room tor many hundred millions more.
| All fora nni all fauna, all metals and all
precious woods. and all grains aud all
fruits. The Appalachian range the back
bone, and the rivers the gang!ia AIRY Ing
life al through and out to the extremities.
Isthmus OF Darien. the narrow waist OF q
| -, IA. x,tS oil 20 ha ptnIar ma GOV,
ernm.nt, and all free, and all Christian.
aud the scene Of Ch-ist's personal reign
Oh earth if. according TO the expectations
of many good people. He shall at last set
up His throw" in this world. Who shall
have this hemisphere. Christ or Satan!
Who shall have the shore Of her inland
seas. the silver of her Nevadas, the gold OF
her Colorados. the telescopes "f her Obser.
vatories. the brain Of her universities, the
wheat OF her prairies. the rice OF her
%savannaS. the two great ocean beaches
the one reaching from Ba:iin's bay 10
Terra del Fuego and the other from
Behring straits to Cape Horn-anda all the
moral and temporal AMI spiritual and ever
lastin. interests o: n population vast be.
vond ali human computation: VINO shall
have the hemiSphere: You and l Will de.
'AAN N'sb ~
scientious vote. by earnest prayer. ty
maintenance of Christian Institutions, hy
support If great phIlanthropies, by put
ting BODY, mind and soul on tho right side
Of all moral, religious AMI national move.
ments.
All. il will not be long before IL Will not
make any difference 10 YOU or to me what
becomes Of this continent 50 far as earth
~ comfort i concerned. All We Will
want Of II will lie seven feat by three. and
that will take in the largest, AMI there
will be room to spare. That is all Of thi-
country we will need very soon-the
Youngest; of us. But We have an anxiety
about the welfare and happiness Of the
generations that are coming on. aud II
will be a grand thing il. when tn. arch
angels trumpet sounds. We find that our
sepu!cher. Tx. the one Joseph of Ar,ma.
thea provided for Christ, is in the mids
of n garden.
One of the seven wonders Of the world
was the white marbi. watch tower OF
pharos OF Egypt. Sosiratus. the architect
and sculptor. after building that watch
tower cut his nam" on IL Then he COW
cred it with plestering aud 10 please the
Kim he put the monarch's name on the
outside Of the plastering; and the storms
beat and the seas dashed in their fury and
they washed of the plastering. and they
washed 1t out, and they washed il down,
but the name of Sos,ratus was deep cut Ia
the imperishablc rock. So across the
face of this Nation there have been
q great many names written, across
our finances. across our religions.
names worthy Of remembrance. names
written on the architecture Of our churches
and our schools and our asyiums and
homes Of mercy, but God IL the architect
Of this continent and He was the sculptor
Of all its grandeurs and long after through
the wash OF the ages and the tempest ol
centuries all other names shall be ohliter-
ated the Divine Signature and Divine
Name will be brighter and brighter as The
m~illenniums 60 by. and the world shall
see thai the God who made this continent
has redeemed IL by His grace from ali IL,
sorrows and from all its crimes
Have you faith in such . thing as that!
After all the charioss have been un
wheeled and after all he war chargers
have been crippled the chariots which
Elisha saw on the morning OF his peril
will roll n In triumph. fo!iowsd by Ill
the armies OF Heaven OF white horses
God could do IL without Us. bu, He will
not The weakest OF Us the iaintest ol
NJ, the smallest raine Of ua shall hav
q part in the triumph. We may mo-
have cur name, like the name o.
Sostratus. cut in the imperishabie rocl
and conspicuous for centuries. bu; we shat
be remembered in q better place than that
and in the hear; OF Him who came 10 Re-.
deem Us and redeem toe woyli and 0ur
names will be seen close to the siSustUr