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

| gave them the few black drops that cured
them. That is all death does a Chris
tan cures him. l know the, what
have said implies that they are living.
There is no question about that The
only question this morning is whether
you will ever join them.
But ] must not forget those 200 men
who tainted by the brook Besor. They
could not take another step farther.
Their feet were sore; their heads ached;
their entire nature was exhausted. Be
sides that, they were broken hearted be-
cause their homes were gone. Ziklag in
ashes And yet David, when he comes
up to them, divides the spells among
them. He says they shall have some
of the jewels, some Of the robes, some Of
the treasures. look over this audience
this morning, and | find at least 200 who
have tainted by the brook Besor-the
brook of tears. You feel as if you could
not take another step farther, as though
you could never look up again. But ! am
going to initiate David, and divide
among you some glorious trophies. Here
is q robe: "A,l things work together for
good, TO those who love God" Wrap
yourself in that glorious promise. Here
is for your neck a string Of pearls, made
out of crystalized tears: Weeping may
endure for a night, but JOY cometh in the
morning" Here is a corOnet: BE ihol
faithful unto death, and | will give thee
a crown of life" O, we f~ainting ones by
the brook Besor, dip your blistcred feet
in the running stream of Gods mercy.
Battle your brow al the wells of saliva
ton. Soothe your wounds with the bal
sam that cxudes from trees of life. God
will not utterly cast You off, q broken.
hearted man. q broken-hearted woman,
f~ainting by the brook Besor.
A shepherd finds that his musical pipe
is bruised. He says: II can't get any
more music out of this instrument; 80
will just break it, and will throw this
reed away. Then ! will get another reed
and ! will play music on that" But God
says he will not cast you of because al
the music has gone out of your soul.
The bruised reed he will not break
AS far as | can tell the diagnosis Of your
disease, you want Divine nursing, and il
is promised you: "As one whom his
mother comforteth, SO will | comfort
you" God will see you all the way
through, . troubled soul, and when you
come down to the Jordan of death. you
Will Unu IL 10 DC Us thin Il DToOk rs EtSOr;
for DR.. Robinson says that in April Besor
dries up and their is no brook at all. And
in your last moment you will be as placid
as the Kentucky minister who went up to
God, saying, in the dying hour: Write
TO my sister Kate, and tell her not to be
worried and frightened about the story
of the horrors around the death bed.
Tell her there is not a word o! truth in it,
for | am there now, and Jesus is with
me, and | find it a very happy way; not
because ! am a good man for I'M not;
| am nothing but a poor, miserable sin-
ner; but have an Aim hty Saviour,
and both Of his arms are nruIud me"
May God Almighty, through the blood
OF he everlasting covenant, bring us into
the companionship Of our loved ones
who have already entered the heavenly
land, and entered the presence of Christ,
whom, not having seen, we love. and So
David shall recover all, "and as his part
is that gOeth down to the battle, so shall
his part be that tarrieth by the stuff"