The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-26

Was M long. bitter; exhaustive, hand Il
hand fight with infamed. tantalising and
merciless habit When he thinks hs 10 en-
tirely free. the old inciinaaions pounca
upon him like . pack Of hounds with thsii
muxxles tearing away at the tanks OF ons
poor reindeer. In Paris there 10 . scuipt-
ursd representation Of Bacchus. the god
OF FevsIry. He 10 riding On . panther Ut
full leap O, how suggestive! Let every
ono who il speeding On bad ways under.
stand hs 10 not riding . docile and we'll
broken stesd, but he 10 riding . monster.
Wild and b~loodthirsty, going at . death
leap
How many there are who resolve on q
better life and say: ''When shall I awake:"
But, seized on BY their old habits. cry: ~
will try IL once more; ! will seek IL yet
again" Years ago there were some
Princeton students who were skating, and
the ice wal very thin. and some one
warned the company back from the air
hole. and finally warned them entirely to
leave the place. Bot one young man with
bravado after all the rest had stopped,
cried out: ''One round mors!" He swept
around and wa brought out . corpse. Ny
friends, there are Thousands and tens of
Thousands Of men losing their souls in that
way. 1t 10 the N round moro
have also to say that il . man wan t.
to return from evil practices society 70.
pulses him. Desiring to reform he says:
snow l will shake Oh my old associates
and l will find Christian companionship"
And he appears at the church door some
Sabbath day and the usher greets him
with . look As much As to say: why,
you herei You are the last man I ever
expected to see at church! Come. lake
this seat right down by the door" In.
stead Of saying: Good morning: I am
glad you are here. Come. I will give you
. first rate seat right up BY the pulpit"
Well. the prodisal, not yet discouraged.
enters the prayer meeting. and some
Christian man with more zeal than com.
sense says: Cad to SEQ you. The
dying thief was saved and I suppose there
is mercy for you" The young man, dis.
gusted. chilled. throws himself back on
his dignity, resolved he will never enter
the house Of God again. Perhaps not
quite fully discouraged about reformation
he sides up BY some highly respectable
he used to know going down the
street. n Immediately the respectable
man ha IN GRAND down some other
Well the prodigal wishing to return,
tak.s some member OF . Christian asso.
citation BY the hand, or tries to- The
young man looks at him, looks
ct the faded apparel and the marks of
and instead OF giving him a
warm grip Of the hand offers him the tin
OF the long fingers Of the loft hand,
which IL equal to striking a man in the
face. U. bow few Christian people under.
stand how much force and Gospel there is
in . good handwriting! Sometimes when
you have felt the need OF announcement.
and some Christian man has taken YOU
heartily BY tho hand, have you not felt
that thrilling through every fiber OF your
body. mind and soul. an encouragement
that was just what you needed.
You do not know any thing at all
about this unless you know when
, man tries to return from evil
courses OF conduct he q against repul-
sions innumerabls. We say Of some man,
be lives . block or two from the church,
DR. half Q mile from the church. There are
people in u crowded cities who live q
thousand miles from the church. Vast
deserts Of indifference between them and
The house Of God. The fact il We must
Keep our respectability though thousands
md tens OF thousands perish. Christ sat
publicans and sinners. But il there
70 the house Of God Q man with
marks Of destination upon him people
throw up their hands in horror, as much
u to say: "lsn't It s~hocking:" How
;hese dainty. fastidious Christians in
Ill u churches are going to get
INTO Heaven I don't know. unless
hey have an especial train of
:ars. cushioned and upholstered. each one
} car to himself! They can not go with
he great herd Of publicans and sinners.
}. We who curl your lip Of scorn at the
I tell you plainly. il you had been
surrounded by the same influences, in.
'tead OF sitting to-day amid the cultured
the refined and the Christian, you
would have been . crouching wretch in
table or ditch. covered with filth and
It Is not because you are
naturally any better. but because the
mercy Of God has protected you. Who
ire you. that brought up in Christian Cir
les and watched by Christian parentage,
you should be so hard on the fallen?
/ think mon also are often hindered from
return by the fac that churches are too
;ous about their membership and too
about their denomination and
hey rush out when they sec . man about
give up his sin and return to God and
lsk how he is going to be baptized, wheth.
n by sprinkling or by immersion, and what
Iind Of q church he il going to join. O.
friends: It is . poor time to talk about
catechisms, aud Episcopal
iturgieA and Methodist love feasts and
to a man that 10 coming out Of
he darkness of sin into the glorious light
II the Gospel. Why. it reminds Us OF q
nan drowning in the sea. and . lifeboat
out after him, and the man in the
boat says to the man out OF the boat:
Now. il I get you ashore are you going
live in my street," First get him
lshore and then ak about the non. essen.
Of re ligion. Who cares what church
he joins, il he only joins Christ and starts
'or Heaven: q. you ought to have, my
an Illuminated facs and . hearty
grip for every one that tries to turn from
MS evil way; Take hold Of the same boo K