The Red Cloud chief., 1889-03-01

have Wept! What Injustice they
have suffered: The m.xhtsess IN.
duencs for pariication aud saliva.
ton is trouble. No diamond 6s for Q
crown until. il Is cut No wheat At fos
bread tIl IL 10 ground There are only
three things that can lresk "a . chain
hammer, . die or . fire-ani trouble 10 all
three Of them. Tbs greatest writers. ora
tors and refosmers &c, much Of their force
from trouble. wha, gave to washin ston
Irving that exquisss tenderness and
pathos which viii make his books favor.ses
while the English language continues %
10 written and spoken! An early heart.
break that he never once mentionsd: and
when. thirty years after the death OF Ma.
ti!ds Hoffman. who was 10 have been his
bride. her father picked up . piece OF EN-.
broldery and said: That 10 . piece Of
poor Matilda's workmanship" Washing
ton Irving Xsnk from hiIarity into silence
and walked away. Out Ut that lifetime
grief the great author dipped his psn's
mightiest reinforcement -taivin's lns'i.
tutss os Religion" than which . more
wonderful book was never written by hu.
man hand, was begun BY the author at
twsniy. 1--we veArs Of age. because OF the
persecution ~ Francis. King u France.
Faraday toiled for all time ON . salary of
go . year and candida As every brick II
the wal Of Babylon 10 stamped With the
letter N, standing for Nebuchadn-isar. 90
every part OF the temple OF Christian
achievement 10 stamped with the letter T.
standing for trouble
When in olden time . man was to be
hOnorsd With kniEh;hood he was struck
with the dat Of the sword. But those who
have come to the homo Of knighthood in
the kingdom of God Wers first struck not
with the nat Of the sword but with the
keen edge Of tho cim-ter. To build his
ma2nidcence Of character, Paul could not
have spared one lash. one prison. one sson-
Ing. one snathsmA one poisonous wiper
from the and one shipwreck. What 10
true Ut individuals 10 true Of nations. This
horrors Of the America revolution gave
the country this side OF the Mississippi.
river To independence, and the conflict
~ England and Francs gave the
most OF this countsv west OF the Missis.
sippi river to the United StatsA Franc.
owned IL but Napoleon, fearing that In.
gland wOuld take II, practically made .
present to the United Statss-for he 70.
ceived only SIS. 0uO OO-of Louisians, Mis-.
souri,. Arkansas Kansas. Nebraska. Iowa,
Minnesota. Colorado Dakota, Montana.
Wyoming and the Indian Territory. Out
OF tbs fire % the American revolution cam
this country east Of the Nississippi. out
Of the European var came that west Of the
Mississippi river. The British empire rose
to its present 0vsr.towsring grandeur
through g~unpOwder plot and Guy Fawkss'
conspiracy. and Northampton insurrec-
ton. and Walter Raleigh's bshsading. and
BacOn's bribery. and CrOmwsli's di.solu.
ton Of Parliament and the battles Of Edge
Hill, and Grsnthsm, and New berry. aud
Marston Moor, and Naseby. and Dunbar,
and SsdgemOOr, and execution Of Charles
l.. and London plague. n London hrs and
London instruction and kyshouse plot.
and the vicissitudes of centuries. SO tn.
earth Itself. before IL could become ap-
prOpriato and beautiful residence for tho
human family had, according 20 geology,
to be washed by universal dsluge. aud
scorchcd and made i~ncsndescsnt by uni
versal fres. n pounded by s~ledgeham-
mer OF icebergs. and wrenchsd by earth
quakes that split continents. and shaken
by volcanoes that tossed mountains. and
passed through catastrophes OF thousands
OF years before paradise became possible
and the groves could shak. out their green
banners and the first garden pour out its
carnage Of color between the Gihon aud
the Hiddeksl. Trouble . good thing for
rocks. . good thing for nations. - well asa
good thing for individuals.
so when you push against me . sharp
Interrogation point Why do the good suf-
fer? I open the dark saying on . harp and
though can neither play an organ. or
cornet. or hsutboy, or bugle. or ciarion.t
] have taken some lessons o n the gospel
harp. and il you would like to hear me !
will play you these: 'Aii things work 10.
g.ther fOs good TO thos. who love God
Now no chast.ning for tn. present se~m.
eth to be joyous. but g~risvous: nevsrth--
less after~aTd IL yisidetA all possible
fruits Of Righteousness unto them which
are exercised thereby" Weeping may
endsrs for . night, but Joy comesh In the
morning" What . sweet thing !. . harp. |
and ! wonder not that in Wales. Ii.
countsy Of my ancestors. the harp has be-
come the national instrument and that
they have festivals where great prisss are
offered In the competition bet~ssn harp
and harp; or that weird Sebastian Erard
was much Of his time b.nt over this
chorded and vibrating triangle. and "a.
not satisfied until he had given q . com.
pass Of six octaves from 4 to r. With ali
the semit0nss. or that when King SAuI
was dsmented the son Of Jesse came h..
fore him md putting his finger. among
the charmed strings Of the harp played
the devil out Of the crssed monarch. or
hat In Heaven there shall BE- harper.
harping with their hsrps 40 you ~ii:
not blame me- for opening the DARK saying
on the gospel harp
Your hArps, yc trembling saints.
Down FROM the willows take:
Loud 10 the praise ~ love divine
BID every string awake" |
Interrogation third: Why did . good
God let sin and trouble come into the
world when He might hav. kept them out,
Ny reply 10. He had . good reason He
had reasons which lie has never given "a
he had reasons which He could no mns.
make us understand IN our finite state
than the father starting cot On some great
and Ate enterprise could make the
t~o-year.old child in iss armchair CON-
psebsnd IL One 90 20 dsmoastgsse
shat grandeur OF character nav b.
achiesed on earth nv cooqu.rinS evil.
Had there been no evil 20 conqser and no
trouble to consols. then this sniverss
would never have known an Abraham or
. Moses OF . joshua OF an EssSiei OF .
Pasl or . Chriss OF . ws.hinx,on os .
John Milton OF . John Howard asd .
million victories which have t~~a gained
by ne ennsecrstsd spirits Of ali ages
would never have bssa gained
Had there been ~ hattie there
would have b>ea no victory. Stns-seasss
of the anthems OF Heaven uoaid never
have been sung Heaven oosId never
have ben . thoosandts per: Of The
Hes ven that IL is- ] StiI not cay that