Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-06-01

twinge rheumatic, or thrust neuralgia
fbe iuhabitant never says: Il am sick. >
They are never tired there FJgbt
TO the farthest world is only the
play of a holiday. They never Sill
here. 1t is as easy for them TO De
holy as it is for US to sin. They never
die there. You might 90 through all the
outskirts of the great city n find not
one place where the ground was broken
for a grave. The eyesight of the re.
deemed is never blurred with tears
There is health in every cheek. There is
spring in every foot. There is majesty
on every brow. There is JOY in every
heart. There is hosanna on every liz.
How they must pity US as they look over
and down and see us, and say: Poor
things away down in that world" And
when some Christian is hurled into a
fatai accident, they cry: Goods he is
coming!' And when we stand around
the couch of some loved one (whose
strength is going away and we shake our
heads forebodingly, they cry: IL am glad
he is worse; he has been down there long
enough. There, he is dead! Come home
Come home'' Oh, if we could only get
our ideas about that future world un-
twisted our thought Of transfer from here
to there would be as pleasant TO as as IL
was to a little Child that was dying, She
said: Papa, when Will | go homer"
And he saiu: To-Day, Florence" TO.
dav2 So soon? | am SO gladr'
| wish could stimulate you with these
thoughts, oh Christian man, TO the aigli.
est possible exhilaration. The day OF
your dellyeranCe is coming, is coming
1t is rolling on with the shining wheeis
OF the day, and the jet wheels of 'hc
night. Every tnump Of the heart is only
a hAmmer stroke striking off another
chain of clay. Better scour the deck and
coil the rope, the barDor is only SIX miles
away. Jesus vii, come down in ia
''Narr0ws" 10 meet you Now is your
salvation nearer than when you believed
Unforgiven man, unparro1ed man, vii
you not today make a choice between
these two portions, between the south
land of this world, which slopes to The
and this glorious land which Inv
Father offers thee, running with eternal
water coursesP Why let your tongue be
consumed with thirst when there are the
neither springs and the upper springs,
here, and glory hereafter?
Let me tell you, my dear brother, that
the silliest and w~ickedest thing q man
ever does is TO reject Jesus Christ. The
of soul is a mistake that cannot be
corrected. II is a downfall that knows
no alienation; it is a ruin that is remedi
less; il is a sickness that has no mendi-
cant; it is a grave into which a man goes
but never comes out. Therefore, putting
hand or vo"r shoulder as enc brother
puts his nant Sn the shoulder Of a
brother, ! cay this day, be manly, and
surrender your heart to Christ. You
have bee. long enough serving the world;
now begin ~ serve the Lord who bought
you. You have tried long enough to
carry these burdens; let jesus Christ put
his shoulder under your burden. Do ]
hear any n IN the audience say: Il
mean to attend TO that after awhile; il is
not just the time 1t is time, for the
simple reason that you are sure Of no
and God sends you here this morn.
ne, and he sent me here 10 confront YOU
with this message; and you must hear
low that Christ died 10 save your soul.
and that if you want to be saved you may
be saved. "WhOsoever Will, let him
You will never find any more
convenient season than this. Some Of
you have been waiting ten, twenty
forty, fifty and sixty years. On
of you the ~ has fallen. ! see
i on your brow, and yet you have not
attended 10 those duties which belong TO
The very s%pringtimc Of life. II is Sep.
.ember with you, ii is October with you
L is December with you / am no
| simply know This; if a man
does not repent in this world be never re.
penis at all, and that now is the accepted
lime, and now il the day of salvation.
Oh, put of this matter no longer. Do
not urn your back on Jesus Christ who
TO save you, lest you should lose
your soul.
On Monday morning a friend OF mine
from New York 10 celebrate her
with her daughter ia Virginia
On Saturday of the same week. just after
| stood az the gate of Greenwood
waiting FOR her silent form to come in. 1t
is a long journey to take in n week
FROM New York to Philadelphia, from
Philadelphia to Baltimore, from Balt-
to Washington, from Washington
to Virginia. from Virginia into the great
What thy hand fndeth to do,
do it."