The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-13
BE CHEERFUL
An Optimistic Discourse BY Rev.
T. wi TAlma9e.
Christians should Wesf . Glad Counte-
nauce-A Cheerfal View Of b Future
Of Nations-0eight Days Coming
-Christian Sunlight

The SUNDAY ott0t f0SUfnlDX from uIi
Western tour Rev. I. Dewitt Talmags
preached at Brooklyn. N. T.. his subject
being "The Eunrise,' - and his text 'Tba
day is at hand. Romans kill II He said;
Bacx from the mountains and the sea-
side. and the springs. and the farmhouse,
your cheek bronxed and your spirits
lighted. I hail you homo again with The
words o. Gehazi to the Shunamite: II. II
well with thesi 10 Il we'll. with thy hus.
band: 10 il well with thy child?" On
some faces I sec tho mark OF recent grief.
but all along the track Of tears ] $50 the
story Of resurrection and reunion when al
tears are done; tAe deep blowing Of the
keel, followed By tho Dash # tho phosphor-
essence.
Now that I have asked you in regard "a
your welfare you naturally ask how
am. Very we'll thank you. Whether II
was tho bracinC air Of the Colorado
mountains 1900 feet above the level OF
the sea, or the tonic atmosphere OF the
Pacific coast o. . bath in the surf Of
Long Island beach. or whether Il II the
Joy Of standing In this great group OF
warm.hearted friends, or whether It 10 Q
new appreciation OF the goodness Of God,
I can not tell Isimply know lam grand.
ly and g~loriously and inexprsss;bly happy.
It 10 said that John Ao3att the great
Methodist preacher, occasionally got fast
in his sermon, and to extricate himself
would cry 'Hallelujahi" Ian in no such
predicament to-day. but I Am full Of the
Same rhapsodic ejaculation. Starting out
this morning on . now ecclesiastical year,
want to give you the key note OF my
nsx twelve moaths' ministry. want to
set It to the tune OF Antioch. Ariel and
Coronation. Some time ago We had .
new stop put IN this organ-s new
trumpet stop-and I want to put . new
trumpet stop into my sermons.
In all Of our Christian work you and I
want more of the element Of gladness.
That man has no right to ny that Christ
never laughed. Do you suppose that He
was glum at the wedding In Cana Of Cali
lee? Do you suppose Christ was unre.
sponsive when the children clambered
over His knee and shoulder ct His own in.
vitation? Do you suppose that tho
gelist meant nothing when he said OF
Christ: He rejoicsd In spirit?" Do you
believe that the divine Christ who pours
all the water over tho rocks ct Vernal
falls Yosemite. docs not believe In the
sparkle and gallop and tumultuous joy
and rushing Iaptures Of human lifei I
believe not only that the morning laughs,
and that the mountains laugh, and that
the seas laugh. and tho cascades laugh,
but that Christ laughed. Moreover, take
. laugh and . tear into an alembic and
assay them and test them md analyze
them and you will often find ~ much OF
the pure gold Of religion in Q laugh ~ in
a tear. Deep spiritual joy always shows
itself in facial illumination. John Wesley
said he wal sure q Q good religious i'm.
preston being produced because Of what
he calls the great laughter he raw among
the people. Goddess merriment 10 bias.
phemy anywhere. but expression Of
Christian joy 10 appropriate everywhere.
Moreover. the outlook Of the world
ought to stir Us to giadness. Astronomers
recently disturbed many people BY telling
them that there was danger Of stellar
collision. W. have been told through the
papers by these astronomers that there
are worlds coming very near together,
aud that we shall have plaques and wars
and tumults and perhaps the worlds do.
struction Do not b scared. II you have
ever stood at . railway center whore ten
OF twenty or thirty rail tracks cross bach
other. and seen ~ the movement Of the
switch one or two inches the train shoots
this way and that without collidine. then
you may understand how fifty worlds may
inch be as good ~ Q million miles. II .
human switchtender ~ shoot the trains
this way and that without harm. can not
the Hand that for thousands Of years has
upheld the universe keep our little world
out Of harms wayf
Christian g~eologists toll NJ that this
world was millions OF years in building.
Well, now, ! do not think God would take
millions of years to build . house which
was to last only six thousand years.
There il nothing in the world OF outside
the world, terrestrial or astronomical, to
excite dismay. I wish that soms stout
Gospel breeze might scatter all the ma.
laris Of human foreboding. Tho sun rose
this morning about half past i've, and I
think that 10 just about tho hour in the
worlds history. "The day 10 at hand"
The first ray Of dawn I SEQ in the grad.
ual substitution Of diplomatic skin for
human b~utchery. Within the last twenty.
I've years there have bsen international
differences which would have brought Q |
shock Of arms in Any other day. but which
were peacefully adjusted, the pen taking
the place OF the sword.
That Alabama question In any other age
OF thew world would have caused war BE-. |
tween the United States and England. 1
How was it settlsdf By msn.of. war Oh |
the Narrows OF OF the Msrsey? By the |
Gulf stream Of the ocean crossed BY q gull |
stream Of human bloodf By the pathway
Of nations incarnadinedi No A few
wise men GO into q quiet room at Geneva, |
talk the matter ~ and telegraph 70 |
Washington and Loadon: "Ail settlsd.'
Peaca Peaca England pays the United
States the amount awarded-pays really |
more thar she ought to have paid. But |
still oil that Alabama broil 10 seetled-I
settled forever. Arbitration instead OF
battle.
So the quarrel eight or nine years aro
about the Canadian fisheries in anv other |
age would have caused war between the
United States and England. England
said: Pay mo for tho Invasion OF nv
nsherisa" The United States
said: ~ will NOT pay any thing" Well,
the two nations say: FL guess We had
leave the whole matter 70 Q com.
Tho commission 10 appointed. |
and the commission examines the affair.
and the commission reports and pay We
ought, pay va must pay We do Not q
pound Of powder burned, not Q cartridge