Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-02-23

1900 Ef'EA 80
drunkenness, either on the part OF the
present sufferers or their ancestors. IL
most cases ,le rum jug is the mael
strom that lts swallowed down thl
livelihood Of those who are in rags,
But things viii change, and by gener
osity on the part Of the crowded ward
robes, and industry and sobrioty on
the part of the empty wardrohes there
will be enough for all To wear. God
has done his part toward the dressing
plus Of wools ON the sleeps back
and tioCks roam the mountains and
valleys with a burden Of warmth in
tended for transferenCe to human com
fort, when the shuttles of the factories
hoochee to the Merrimac shall have
spun and wovC 1t. And here come
forth the Rocky Mountain goat and
the cashmere and the beaver. Here are
the merino sheep. their origin traced
back to the fiocks Of Abrahamic and Da-
vidic times. In white letters of snowy
fleece, God has been writing for a thou.
sand years His wish that there might be
warmth for all nations While others
are discussing the effect Of high or low
tariff, or no tariff at all on wool, you and
| had better see if in our wardrobes we
have nothing that We can spare for the
sb.vering, or pick out some pCot lad of
the street and take him down 10 cloth
ing store and fit him ont for the winter.
Don't think that God has forgotten 10
send ice and snow because OF this won
d~erfully mild January and February. We
shall yet nave deep SHOWS, and SO much
frost on the window pane that in the
morning you can not see through II; and
whole tUCks OF bliZZards, for God long
ago declared that winter as well as sum
mcr shall not cease, and between this and
the spring croous we may all have reason
to cry out, with the psalmist: WE O can
stand before His Coldf'
now MAY WE SERVE OUR GENERATION?
Again. let Us look around and see how
we may serve our generation. What
snort sighted mortals we would be if we
we've anxious 70 ciuthe and feed only the
most insignificant part OF man, namely,
his body, Willie we pat forth no effort to
CiOthe and feed ana save his soul. Time
is "A little piece broken oil a great etern-
ity What are We doing for the souls of
this present gencrationf Let me say il
is 9 generation worth saving. Most
magnificent men and women are in It..
We make q great ado about the improve
mtuts in navigation, and in loComotiOn,
ana ii art amt machinery. We remark
what wonders Of telegraph. and tcle-
phone, and stcthoscope. What improve.
ment is electric light over q taiiow
candle, Bat al these improve.
mcnts are insignificant compared
with the Improvement in the
human race. la olden times, once in a
while, 3 great and good man or woman
would come up and the world has made
a great fuss about II ever since, but now
lhcy are { % numerous We scarcely speak
about them. We put a halo about the
people Of the past, bat | think if the
times demanded them II would be found
We have now living in this wear 1899 nifty
Martin Lulhcrs, fifty George Washing.
tons, fifty Lady i~lunlingtons, dfty Eliza
beth t'rys. During our civil war more
splendid warriors IN north and south wer-
developed III four years thar the whole
world developed in tue previous twenty
years. ! challenge tho !, 600 years before
The food and the eighteen centuries after
the flood, to show me the equal Of charity
on q large scale 81 George Peabody. TINS
generation OF mtn and women is more
worth saving than any Of the $50 genera
tons dat have pissed OK.
But whore shalt We bt4iny With our
sclvas. That is the pillar 'rom which We
Iauet start. pro-cott. the blind historian,
tells us how pizafIu saved bis army for
the right wArl thcy were aooU' ae>ertiug
him. With il rs swo1u he made a long
marx on The ground lie said: MY men,
Oa the nortu SIDE are dcslTjIuu and death,
Ga the soutn size is vic,og on the no.th
sadie Panama aud poverty. 81 the south
side Peru witt all rs riches. Choose for
Yourselves, for my part | 90 TO the
south" stepping across the line one 10y
one. his troops followed and finally his
whole array. The sword Of Gods truth
draws the dividing line today. On one
side Of il are sin and ruin and death, on
the other side are pardon and use
fulness and happiness and heaven.
You cross from the wrong side 20 the
right side and your family will cross
with vou and your friends and yodr asso-
ciates. The way you go they viii go. If
we a!e not saved. we Will never save any
one else. How TO get savedt BE wiling
TO accept Chtist, and then accept him in.
stllllillcOtcIN sitN piANLA' wv VIZ "a -
first and then you will be able to help
others upon the same rock. Men and
women have been saved quicker than |
nave been talking aboutit. What, with
out "A prayer? Yes. What, without time
deliberately to think it over? Yes.
What, without a tear7 Yes, believe!
That ls all. Believe what? That Jesus
died 10 save ycu from sin and death and
hell. VIII YOU DO your You have.
Something makes me think you have.
New ! =. has come into your coun-
tenant :. Welcome! Welcome! Hail.
Hail! Saved yourselves, how
are you going TO o
9th BY testimony. Tell it to your
FANNY. Tell ii TO your business associ-
ates. Tell it everywhere. We will sue
cessfully preach no more religion and will
successfully talk 10 more religion than
we ourselves have.
BEHAvE WE'LL YOURSELVES.
The most Of that which you do TO ben
eft the souls OF this generation, you will
effect through your own behavior. Go
wrong, and that will induce others to go
wrong. Go right, and that will induce
others TO go right. When the great cen
tcnnial exhibition was being held
in Philadelphia, the question came
up among the directors as to
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