The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-04

would keep 1t longer II ] could. but !
must give IL up, take IL and much good
may 1, do you Now We begin to un.
derstand the text: Better Is q living
dog than dead lion"
Who Muld attempt TO write the
obituary OF the dead lions Of commerce.
the dead lions Of Law. the dead lions u
medicine, the dead lions of socia, in.
fuencc? Vast capacity had they. and
mighty range, and other mon In ,hci.
presence were as powerlcss as the ante
lope or hcifcr or giraffe when from tho
Jungle a Numidian lion springs upon its
prey. But they get through with life.
They lay Town in their magnificent
lair. They have made their las, sharp
bargain. They have spoken their last
hard word. They have committed their
las, mean act. When a tawny inhabi.
tant OF the desert rolls over helpless,
tho lioncss and wbclps I'LL the air with
siSicks and howls and lash themselves
into lamentations and II is a genuine
grief for the poor things. Hut when
this dead lion vi monstrous uselcssncss
expires there IN nothing but drana,ikcd
Voc, for Better is a living dog han .
lead lion.'
My text also means that an oppor.
tunity OF the living present is better
than u great opportunity passed. Wa
spend much % our time IN saying: III
only had" We can all look back and
src ON occasion where We might have
effected an important rescue, or wo
might have dealt a stroke that would
have accomplished a vast result
Through stupidity or lack OF apprccia.
ton OF tho crisis. or through ptocrasti.
nation. We lc, the chance 20 10y. How
much time We have wasted In thinking
Of what We might have said or might
have done? We spend hours and days
and years IN walking around that dead
lion. We can not rcsuscitatc H.
Tho most use css and painful feeling
Is the one o! regret Repent Of los, OPP
p%or,nnitics va must and get pardon NO
may, but regrets weaken, dishcartcn
and cripple for future work. Take what
you have OF opportunity left do your
best Of what rrma Ms. Your shortest
winter day is worth more To you than
can bo the longest day Of u previous
summer. Your opportunity now. a.
compared with Previous opportunities.
may DO snail rat terrier compared
with the lion which At NI.ihoSl, fatally
wounded by the gun ~ David Living.
stone, IN It's death agony lcapcd upon
Thu" missionary "splornr and with It's
Jaws crushed the bon" Of his arm to
s%plinicrs AMI then rolled over and az.
PRED. but "l"t;"r IL = Living dog thanA
dead lion"
Ny text ais" means that, the condition
81 the most wrcirhrl man alive 10 bot
tor than the most favored sinner de-.
parted. The chance Of these last 10
gone. Whore they are they can not
mako any earthly assets available. AZ.
tor C,arlcinasns was dead he MAS set IN
an ornanicn,cd sepulcher ON u golden
throne. and u crown was pu, on his cold
brow and a sc"ptcr IN his stifY hand. bus
tina, gave him no dominion IN tho next
world. Ono OF tho most intensely In.
,crcsting things ! saw last winter IN
Egypt WAS Pharaoh ~ oldcn times. the
worry Pharaoh who oppressed the Israel.
ties. Tn" inscription on his sarcopha.
gus. and IT," writing on his mummy
bA~ndagcs. proved ,~youd controversy
| iha, he WAS the Pharaoh OF Bible times
All the Egy biologists and the explora.
,ions agree that 1t is the old scoundrcl
himself. Visible arc tho very teeth with
which he CRASHED against the lSraolitish
brick mak"rs There are the SOCK.
cts ~ tho mcr,ilcss eyes with
which he looked uyon the ovcrburdcned
people 81 God There is the hair thaS
f,"a,ci in the breeze OIL the Red scA.
There ara the very lips with which hO
commanded them tn make bricks with.
ont straw. Thousands OF years after.
ward. when tho wrappings OF the NUM-
my were unrollcd, old pharaoh lifted
mp his arm m " in implorAtion. but his
skinny bones can not again clutch HE
shattered sccp,cr, Ito il q load lion.
What q thing TO congratulate" you on
Is your life. Why, ~ is worth more
than all ~" gems OF tho universe
kindIcd Int" ~ precious stone.
am alive. What does that meanr
Why. IL MEANS that ! still have all
opportunity III being saved myself
aud helping o'hcrs "a hc saved. To
DO alive! Why. ~ means that I have
yet another chanc" Ia correct my past
mistakes aud make sure work foe
itcaycn
What encouragement in the text for
all Christian workers. Despair OF no
ones salvation. While There ia l,fe
there l. hop" 60 forth aud save the
los, And remember howcycr drpra..d.
however ragged, however filthy and m
done , child u. ~ = man H. .r y woman
II, they mr." "rfrh an EFFORT. sould
rather have their opportunity than my
that will "v"r u" .tvon Ia thoSc who
lived IN magnificent sin and splendid
unrirhtrruSu"S, and then wrap,sd ,hcir
gorgeous tapestry arouni them aud
without = prayer expired. better IL .
living Ia: than a dead lion"
In the great iay II will bc found that
tho last shall h, first There are In the
gr"gsbops apd In III" haunt q! 'niquity
to-day those who will yet he models ~
holiness and preach Christ 10 tho People.
In y"nlcs 4uupo ri yosng men he zane
hs~ With no asefal purpose. ,h.rc 10
one wh" ~ill yc, live Toe Chris, and yrr.
hays is Ter Him My hcarcr. give no one
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