The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-13

in your church towers well hung and rop>
within each that you may ring out th>
marriage Of the Kings Son. Cleanse oil
your court houses for the Judge Of all tha
earth may appear. Lot all your legislative
halls b gilded. for the great Laweives
may b sb,ut 70 come Drive OF the
thrones Of despotism all the occupant,
for the King Of Heaven and earth may b
about to reign. The darkness OF the night
Il blooming and Whitening into the lilies
Of morning clouda and the lilies redden.
ing into the roses OF stronger day-ht
garlands, whether white or red, for Him
on whose head are many crowns. The
day IL II hand"
One more ray Of t's dawn I SEQ in facts
| chronological and mathematical. Como
now, do not let rs do mother stroke Of
work until We have settled one matter.
What il going to b the final issue Of this
great contest between sin and righteous.
ness2 Which is going to prove himself
the stronger. God or Diato.us? Is this
world going to b. ali garden or all desert:
Now lot u have that matter settled, II
We believe Isaish and E z.kiel and Hosea.
and Micah and Malachi, and John and
Peter. and Paul and Christ, We believe
that IL 10 going { o be all garden. But lot
US nave it settled Let us know whether
We are working ON toward q lead failure
II there 10 . child in your house sick and
you are sure he Il going to get we'll you
sympathi.e with present pains. but all the
f~orsbodine Is gona II You are in q
cyclone OF the Florida coast and the cap.
tain assures You the vessel 10 staunch
and the winds are changing for q b. tor
quarter, and he Is sure he will bring Won
safe into the harbor. you patiently submit
to present distress with the thought Of
safe arrival. Nov Iwant to know whether
We are coming on toward dismay, dark.
ness and defeat, or on toward light and
blessedness. You and I believe the lat.
tor, and il 90. every year We spend 10 a
year subtracted from the worlds woa.
and every event that passes whether
bright or dark. brings rs u event nearer
. happy contamination. and by all that 10
in%exorsble in chronology and mathemat.
ics l commend you to good cheer and
courage II there is any thing in arith.
motto. IL you subtract two from five and
leave three, then BY every rolling sun We
are coming ON toward . magnificent tor.
minus. Then every winter passed il one
severity less for q poor world. Then
every summer passed by brings Ms nearer
unfading arborescence Put your algebra
down ON the top Of your Bible and rejoice.
II it is nearer morning at three O'Clock
than it II at two. il IL 10 nearer morning at
four O'Clock than it Is at three. then we
are nearer the worlds ~deliverauce. Gods
clock seems to go.very slowly. but the
pendulum swings and the hands move,
and 1t will yet strike noon. The sun and
the moon stood still once; they will never
stands still again until they stop forever.
II you believe arithmetic. a. we'll as your
Bible. You must believe we are nearer the
dawn. The day 10 1t hand"
There 10 . class Of phenomena which
makes me think that the spiritual and the
heavenly world may. after awhile. make
. denomination In this world which will
bring all moral and spiritual things to Q
climax. Now, I Am no spiritualist but
every intelligent man has noticed that
there are strange and mysterious things
which indicate 10 him that perhaps the
spiritual world 10 not 90 far of 40 some
times We conjecture. and that after
awhile. from the spiritual and heavenly
world there may b . demonstration upon
our world for its bettermeut We call it
magnetism. or We call it mesmerism, or
We call 1t electricity because We want
some term to cover up our ignorance.
do not know what thar il. I never heard
IN audible voice from the other world.
am persuaded OF this however, that the
vail between this and the next 10 getting
thinner and thinner. and that perhaps
after awhile 1t the call Of God-not at the
call OF the Davenport brothers or Andrew
Jackson Davis-some Of the old scriptural
warriors. some Of the spirits Of other days
mighty for God-a Joshua, or Q Caleb, or
. David, or q Paul-may come down and
help Us in this battle against u~nrighteous.
ness. O, how ! would like to have them
Of the Red sea, him Of the val.
Icy Of Ajalon, him Of Mars bill History .
says that Robert Clayton, Of the English
cavalry, at the close Of the wal. bought mp !
all the old cavalry horses lest they b !
turned out to drudgery and hard work
and bought . piece Of ground 1t Navsrs.
mire heath and turned ihsse old war horses !
into the thickest and richest pasture 70 !
spend the rest Of their days for what they
bad done in other daya One day .
nO"NV OSOA~ VoAoO 0h anu SoOO0 |
horses mistook the thunder Of the
skies for the thunder Of battle, and they |
wheeled into line-no riders ON their hacks
they wheeled into line ready for the
fray. And l doubt me whether, whom the
last thunder Of this battle for God and
goes booming through the heavens
The old ~scriptural warriors can keep their
places on the thrones Methinks they will
'pring into the fight and exchange crown
Tor helmet, and palm branches for weapons,
md come down out Of the Kings gallery
INTO the arena crying. make room! I
must fight in this great Arma geddon."
Ny beloved people, l preach this sermon
because ! want You to toll with the sun.
.ight in your face I want you old men to
understand before you die that all the
work you did for God while yet your ear
vas alert and your foot lset Is going to b
up in the final victories. want
Ill these younger people to underst md
hat when they toll for God they always
the day; that all prayers are IN.
'wered and all Christian work IL in some
way efRsctual. md that all Heaven 10 on
'ur side-saintly, cherubic. ssraphic
omnipotent chariot and
:hronA. doY0lo1v and nroraasicn- nrinci.