The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-21

90 NOT Bo0W 00t t0oS e0o WORLD Wo0l(
long ago have bsea saved II some Of the mo-
outof the ministry were In It. and some o
those who are In IL were out Of Il. Ireally
think that ons.half Of the world may b
divided into two-quartsrs-thoss VII,
have not found their sphere and thos'
who having found It. are not willing {.
stay there. How many are struggling To-
. position higher than that for which Cox
intended them. The bondswoman waut,
20 b mistress. Hagar keeps crowdinl
Sarah. The small wheel Of Q watch
which beautifully went trsading its COLDER
pathway, wants 70 b the balance wheel
and the sparrow, with chaErin, drops int
the brock because il can not like the eagle,
cut . circle under the sun. In the Lord'a
army We all want TO b. Brigadier.G ener-
ais The sloop says: more mast; more
tonnage; more canvaa. O, that 1 were
topsail schooner: or full.rigged brig, or q
Cunard steamer" And 90 the world ID
filed with cries Of discomfort because va
are moi willing to stay in the place where
God put rs and intended Us to be. Ny
friends. b not too proud to do any
thing God tells you to do For the
lack OF . right disposition In this
respect the world 10 strewn with wander
ing Hagars and Ishmaola . Z
Again: I flnd in this Oriental scene q
lesson Of sympathy with woman when she
goes forth trudging in tho desert. What
. great change Il was for this Haxar.
There was the tent and all the surround.
inGs OF Absahsm's house. beautiful and
luxurious no doubt Now she ID going out
into the hot sands Of the desert q. what
. change IL wssI Aud In our day We often
Sc the wheel Of fortune turn. Here 10
q who lived In the very bright
homo Of her father. She had every thing
possible 70 administer to her happine ss.
Plenty st the table. Music In the draw.
iugroom. Welcome At the door. She 10
forth into life BY some one who eau
appreciate her. A disappointed soul
comes and takes her wi in the desert In.
Equities blot out oil the lights Of that homo
circla Harsh words wear out her spirits.
high hope that shoue out over the
marriage altar while the ring was being
set and the vows given and the benedic.
ton pronounced. have all faded with tho
orange blossoms. and there she Is to-day.
broken.hsarted, thinking Of past Joy and
present dssolation and coming anguish.
Hagar In the wilderness
How often il 10 We ses the weak arm Of
conscripted for this battle with
tho rough world. Who 10 she. going down
street in the early light OF tho morn.
Ing. pale with exhausting work. not half
, sl"ep out Of slumbers Of last night,
tragedies Of Altering written all over her
lace, her lusterless eyes looking far ahead
~ though for the coming Of some other
eroublel Her parents called her Mary, or
Bertha, or Agnes ON the day when they
held her up to the font and the Christian
sprinkled ON the infants face
the washings Of . holy baptism. Her
name 10 changed now. I hear it in the
shuffis OF the worn out shoes. I see It in
figure Of the faded calico. find it in
The liueaments Of the woe.begone coun.
tenanca. Not Mary. nor Bertha, nor
but Hagar in the wilderness. Nav
God have mercy upon woman In her tolls,
her struggles her hardships, her desola-
lion, and may tho great heart of divine
'ympathy inclose her forever.
Again: l lind in this Oriental scene the
that every mother leads forth tire.
mendous destinieS You say: THAT isn't
IN unusual scene. . mother leading her
hid nv the hand" Who 10 It she Is lead.
Ing! Ishmael, you say. Who 10 Ishmael?
great nation is to DO founded; Q nation
10 strong that 1t 10 to stand for thousands
years against all tho armies OF tho
world. Egypt aud Assyria thunder
.lgaipstit; but n vain. Gaulus brings up
his army; and his army il smitten.
decides upon Q campaign,
brings up his hosts and dies. For Q long
while that nation monopolizes the learn.
ng Of the world. 1t is the nation Of tho
Arabs. Who founded it? Ishmael, tho
that Hagar led into the wilderness.
She had no idea she was leading forth
'uch destiniea. Neither does any
You pass along tho street. and
'ee pass boys and girls who will yet
make the earth quake with their influence.
Who 10 that boy q Sutton Pool, Plymouth,
England. b~arefooted, wading down into
he slush and slime. until his bare foot
comes upon q piece Of glass and he lifts it,
bleeding and pain struck? That wound in
he foot decides that he DO ~sedentary in his
lie. decides that he be q student That
wound BY tho glass in tho foot decides
hat he shall b John Kitto, who shall
provide the best religious encyclopedias
he world has ever had provided, and,
With his other writings AZ well. throwing
light upon the word Of God such a. has
from no other man in this century. |
mother, mother, that little hand that /
vanders over your face may yet b lifted |
o hurl thunderbolts Of wal, or drop bone.
That little voice may blaspheme
in the grog shop. or cry: 'Forward!"
o tho Lords hosts. a. they 90 out for |
heir last victory.
Ny mind to-day leaps thirty years
head. and l sec . merchant prince Of
low York. One stroke Of his pen brings
ship cut Of Canton. Another stroke Of
lis pom brings . ship into Madras. He Is
In all the money markets of the |
'orld. Who ID hef He sits to-day beside
on In the tabernacle. Ny mind leaps
hirty years forward from this time and I
ind myself in . relief a. sociation. A
'reat multitude Of Christian women have
not together for . generous purpose.
here 10 o woman in that crowd who
eems to have the confidence Of all the
theirs. and they all look up to her for her
ounsel and for her prayers. Who IL she?
'o.day you will lnd her In the Sabbath
chool. while the teacher tells her Of that
who clothed the naked and fed the
ungry snd healed the sick Ny mind
'sps forward thirty years from now
l dnd myself in IN African
augle; and there 10 . missionary
{ the . addressing the natives
their dusky c0untenancos are irradi.