The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-02

il to walk across IT,; and you start, and
YOU come to il and you stop and you 60
Q little way on and you stop, and fall back
and YOU experiment. You say: "How do
I know that bridge will hold me!" instead
of marching on with . firm step asking NO
questions. but feeling that the strength OF
the eternal God is under you.
On, was there ever . prise pro6ered %
cheap ~ pardon and Heaven are offered to
you: For how much? A million dollars!
1t Is certainly worth moro than that. But
cheaper than that you can have It Ten
thousand dollars? Less than that. Five
thousand dollars? Less than that One
dollar? Less than that Ono farthing?
Less than that. "WithOut money and
without price," No money to pay. No
Journey to take. No psnance to suffer,
Only just one decisive action OF b soul.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ md
thou shalt be saved." Shall I try to tell
you what it is to b savedi I can not tell
you. But I can him at il. For my text
brings ~, up to this point Thou shal b
saved" 1t means o happy life here. and
Q peaceful death and . blissful eternity.
1t is a grand thing to 20 to sleep at night
and to get up in the morning. and to do
business all day feeling that it is all right
between my heart aud God. No accident,
NO sickness. NO persecution. no peril. no
sword can do M anv permanent damage.
l am Q forgiven chill Of God, and He 10
bound to see me through. The mountains
may depart, the earth may burn, the light
of the stars may be blown out by the
blast Of the judgment hur, icane; but life
and death. things present and things 70
come. are mine. Yea. further than that
Il means q peaceful death. Mrs Hemans,
Mrs. S~igourney. DR.. Young. and almost
all the poets q said handsome things
about death. There is nothing beautiful
about it. When We stand by the
white and rigid features Of those whom
No love, and they give no answering
pressure Of the hand and no return.
ing kiss of the lip. we do not want any
body poetizing around about us. Death
is l~OathsomsnesS. and midnight, and the
wringing of tho heart until the tendrils
snap and curl in the torture, unless Christ
shall be with me. ] would rather 20 down
into Q cave of wild beasts or q jungle Of
reptiles than into the grave, unless Christ
goes with US. Will you tell me- that l am
10 be carried out from my bright homo
and put away in the darkness: Il can not
bear darkness At the first coming Of the
evening 1 must have the gas lighted, and
the further on in life I get the more ! like
to nave nv friends round about me.
And am I { be put OF for thousands Of
years in a dark place with no n to speak
to: When the holidays come and the
gifts are distributed, shall I add no joy to
the merry Christmas" or the Happy
New Year," All. do not point down to
the hole in the ground. the grave. and call
it a beautiful place. Unless there be some
supernatural illumination l shudder back
from it. Ny whole nature revolts at it
But now this glorious lamp is lifted above
the grave Inc all the darkness is gone and
the way is clear. / look into it now with.
out q single shudder. Now NV anxiety II
not about death: nv anxiety is that /
may live Alright for I n that IL my
life is consistent when l como to the
last hour and this voice is silent and
these eyes are closed and thess hands with
with which / beg for you eternal saliva.
ton to-day are folded over the still heart
that then l shall only begin to live. What
power is there in any thing to chill ms the
last hour il Christ wraps around M the
skirt of His own garment: What darkness
eau fall upon my eyelids then amid the
heavenly daybreak? o death. ! will not
fear tkee then. Back to thy cavern OF
darkness, thou robber OF all h earth.
Fly! thou despoiler Of families With this
battle axe l hsw thoe in twain from he met
to sandal, the voice Of Christ sounding all
over the earth and through the heavens:
% Death. I will Be thy plague. o Grave.
I wi.l b Thy destruction"
To be saved Is to wake up in the pres.
encs of Christ You know when Jesus
was upon the earth how happy He made
every house He went into. and when He
brings US up to His house in Heaven how
great will be QUIZ glee. His voice has more
music in it than is Il be heard in all the
Oratorios of eternity.
Talk not about banks dashed with eflOr-
escence. Jesus is the chief bloom Of
Heaven. We shall see the very face that
beamsd sympathy In Bethany, ana lake
the very hand hat dropped its blood from
the short beam Of tho cross. D! l want to
stand in eternity with Him. Toward that
harbor I steer. Toward that goal ! run.
l shall be satisfied when l awake in His
likeness.
q. broken-hearted men and women.
how sweet it will be in that good land to
pour all your hardships and bereavements
and losses into the loving ear Of Christ
and then have Him explain why it was.
best for you to be widowed. and Why it
was best for you to be prosecuted. and
why it was best for you to be tried. and
have Him point to an elevation proper
Tomato to your disquietude. saying: "You
suffered with Me on earth, come up now
and be glorifi ed with Ne in Heaven"
Some one went into q house where there
had been q good'deal Of trouble, and said
to the woman there: you seem to b
lonely" Yes" she said, Il am lonely"
How many in the faDliIy:" Only
myself" Have you had any childrenl"
Il had seven children" "Where are
thew" "All gomez" "All." "All
dead:" -"AlL." Then she breathed .
long sigh into the loneliness. and said:
'.Oh, sir. 1 have been . good mother
to the grave" And so there are hearts
here that are utterly broken down BY
the bereavement of life. l point you to-
dav to the eternal balm Of Heaven. Are
there any here that I Am missing this
morning: Oh, you poor waiting maidI
your hearts SORROW poured in no human
ear. lonely and sad! how glad you will b
-, Chr;st shaIl iahan all YOur SOr.