The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-21
PEOPLE OUT Of PLACE.


HI Lessons Taught ~ The Experisaee Q
the Bond Womss-The Duty Of Keep
ting the Proper Fiace-A Wen
Fer Every Dessrt.
The subject upos which Rev. Do Wit
Talmage recently preached . sermon Q,
Brooklyn was: 'People Who Have Los
Their Way" He took for his text: '.And
God opened her eyer. and she saw . well
Of water; and she went and Tiled tn
bottle with water. and gave the lad
drink" Gen. xxi. 10. DR.. Talmage said:
Morning breaks upon Beersheba There
10 IN early stir in the house Of old Abra-
ham. There has been trouble among the
domesticA Hagar: an assistant In the
household. and her son. . brisk lad OF
sixteen years. have become impudent and
insolent and Sarah, the mistress Of the
household, puts her foot down very hard
and says that they will have to leave The
premises. They are packing up nov.
Abraham. knowing that the journey b.
fore his servant and her BOZ will b very
long and across dssolate place. in the
kindness Of his heart sets about putting up
some bread and . bottle with water In it.
1t 10 . very plain lunch that Abraham
provides but I warrant you there would
have been enough Of it had they not lost
their way. God b with you'll" said old
Abraham As he gave the lunch to Hagar.
and . good many charges a. to how she
should conduct the journey. Ishmasl the
boy, / suppose. bounded away In the
morning light Boy Aways like . change
Poor Ishmasl! He lad no idea Of the dis.
asters that were ahead Of him. Hsgar
gives n long. lingering look on the
many happy days each scene associated
with the prize and JOY OF her heart
young lshmaeL
Tho scorching oon comes On. The air
Is sitting and moves across the desert
with insuferable suRocation. Ishmael
tho boy, begins to complain, and Lies
down, but Hagar rouse him up. saying
nothing about her own WEAKNESS Or tho
sweltering heat; for mothers can endure
any thing. Trudge. tiudEe, trudge.
Crossing the dead level OF the desert. how
wearily and slowly the miles slipi A
tamarind that seemed hours ago to stand
only just . little ahead, inviting the trav.
elers to come under its shadow, now 10 a.
far Oh as ever; or seemingly %. Night
drops upon the desert and the travellers
are Pill0wlesA lshmaeL very weary, /
suppose, instantly falls asleep. Hagar. a.
the shadows OF the night begin to lap over
each other-Hagar hugs her weary boy to
her bosom and thinks Of the fact that it il
her fault that they arc In the desert A
star looks out and every falling tea it
kisses with . sparkle A wing Of wind
comes over the hot earth aud lifts the
locks from the fevered brow Of the boy.
Hagar sleeps fitfuily. and in her dreams
travels over the weary day. and half
awakes her son CRYING out in her sleep.
slshmaei: I>hmael" Aud so they 20 on,
day after day and night after night, for
they nave lost their way. No path in the
shifting sands. no sign in the burning
sky. The Jack empty OF -four. the water
gone from the bottle. What shall she dor
As she puts her fainting lshmael under .
.t"nted shrubof the arid plain she sees the
eye and feels tbs hot hand and
b blood bursting from tho
cracked tongue. and there 10 Q shrek in
the desert OF Beersheba. I'VE shall die I
shall die :" Nov, no mother was ever
made strong enough to hear her son cry
in vain for q drink. Heretofore she had
cheered her boy BY promising . speedy
end Of the journey, ever smiled upon him
he felt desperately enough. Now
there is nothing to do but place him under
a shrub and let him die. She had thought
she would sit there aud watch until
the spirit Of her boy would 60 away for.
-ver and then she would breathe out her
own life on his silent heart; but as the boy
10 claw his tongus In agony Of
thirst and struggle in distortion and beg
his mother to stay him she can not endure
the spectacle. She puts him under q shrub
and goes of a bow shot and begins to
weep until all the desert seems sobbing
and her cry strikes clear through the
and an angel Of God comes out
On q cloud and looks down upon the apall-
ing grief and cries: "Hagar. what aileth
thee:" She looks up aud she sses tho
angel pointing to q we'll Of water. where
she fills the bottle for the lad. Thank
God Thank God
learn from this Oriental ecene in the
first place. what . sad thing It is when
people do not know their place. and get |
too proud for their business. Hagar was
q n assistant in that household, but she |
to rule there. She ridiculed and
ieered until her son Ishmael got the same
tricks. She dashed Nj her happiness
and threw Sarah into q great fret; and IL
she had stayed much longer in that house.
hold she would have upset calm Abra. |
hams equilibrium. Ny friends one-half |
Of the trouble in the world to-day comes
from the fact that people do not know
place; or, finding their place, will
not stay in it When We come into tho
world there 10 always . place ready for
rs. A place for Abraham. A place for
Sarah. A place for Hagar. A placs for
A place for you and . placs for
me. Our first duty 10 70 find our sphere:
our second is to keep It We may b born |
in . sphere Tar Oh from the one for which |
God finally intends ~ Sextus v. was
born on the low ground. aad was Q swine.
herd: God called him to wave q scepter.
Ferguson spent his early days In looking
after b sheep; God called him up to look
after stars and Bee shepherd watching the
1ocks Of light ON the Aillsidss Of Heaven.
Hogarth began By engraving pewter
pots; God raised hin to staud In the on.
realms OF . paiatee. The shoe.
makers bench held BioomGsld for Q litts
while; but God called him 70 sit In The
chair Of . philosopher and Christian
The soap boiler Of London could
not keep his son In that business. for God