The Red Cloud chief., 1890-12-26

wnat IN excitine Scone Il must be when
, !one Of re eedArS does fall It does not
10 down like ether trees with . slight
crackle that hardly nakes - woods
mas look up or . hawk dotter from .
'nefehboring bough. Whsn 8 odasr falls
it is tho great event In tie ca11ndar Of
;1the mountainA So vhen Ne great
| eedars Of worldly or Ch5istien influence
'tEall It 10 semethin9 tsGri1oF Within
the last few years how many mighty
hnd ovsrteppine men heyD gone
Rown Thers>Sesms now to . an cpl.
hemic Of moesl disaster. The moral
world. the religious world. oh political
'fworld. the commercial world Are quak-
ing with the fall Of Lebanon cedarA
We IRE compelled to cry out with
Zachariah. the prophet: Howl Or
trees for tho cedar is fallenr' Some Of
the smaller trees are glad OF It When
some great dealer in stocks goes down
the small dealers clap their hands and
say: Good for him!" When . great
political leader goes down the small
politicians clap their hands and says
Just - I expectedv When . great
minister Of religion falls many little
ministers laugh up their s'eeves and
think themselves somehow advantaged.
All, beloved brethren. no one makes
any thing out of moral shipwreck. Not
. willow by the rivers Of Damascus, not
. sycamore ON the plains Of Jericho. not
an olive tree in all Palestine is helped
BY the fall Of q Lebanon dedar. Better
weep and pray and tremble and listen to
Paul's advice to the Galatians when he
says: Consider thyself lest thou also
be tempted"
Warren Hastings rising until he be-
came Govepnor-General Of India and
the envy Of the chief public men Of his
day. plunges into cruelties against the
barbaric people he had been sent to
rule. until his name is chiefly associated
with the criminal trial in Westminster
Hall where upon him came the
anathemas Of Sheridan, Fox, Edmund
Burke. the English nation and all time
Howl fir tree for tho cedar 10 fallen! As
eminent instances Of moral disaster
may be found in our own land and our
own time, instances that 7 do not reoite
lest I wound the feelings Of those now
alive to mourn the shipwreck Let
your indignation against the fallen
turn to pity.
A judge in n OF our American courts
gives this experience: In . respectable
but poor family . daughter was getting
q musical education. The fathers means
were exhausted and 90 great was his
anxiety to help hisdaughter that he f.
loniously took some money from his en-
ployer, and going home to his daughter
said: There is the money to complete
your musical education" The wife
and mother suspected something wrong
and obtained from her husband the
whole story and that night went around
with her husband to the merchants
house and surrendered the whole
amount of the money and asked for
givenesa Forgiveness was denied and
the man was arrested. The Judge,
knowing all the circumstances and that
the money had all been returned, sug.
gested to the merchant he had better
let the matter drop for the sake Of the
wife and the daughter. No! he would
not let it drop. and he did all he could
to make the case conspicuous and blast
ing. The Judge says that afterward
that same memorable merchant was be-
fore him for breaking the law of the
land. 1t is q poor rule that will not
work both ways Let him that standeth
take heed lest he fall. Not c~ongratula.
ton, but tears when a cedar is fallen!
Yet there is one cedar Of Lebanon
that always has and always will over.
top all others. 1t is the Christ whom
Ezekiel describes as q goodly cedar.
and says: Under it shall come all
fowl of every wing" Make your nest
in that great cedar. Then let the
storms beat and the earth rock, and
time end. and eternity begin, all shall
be we'll
In my journey up and down Palestine
and Syria nothing more impressed me
than the trees-the terebinthS the
sycamores, the tamarisks, the oleanders
the mulberrys the olives, the myrtles,
the palms, the cedars-all OF them OF.
planatory of 30 much Of the Scriptures
And the time Is coming when, through
an improved ~arboriculture, the round
world shall be circumference. engir.
died, embosomed. emparadised in shade
trees and fruit trees. and flower trees
Isaiah declares in one place: The
glory of Lebanon shall not be given
unto it," and in another place: "All the
trees of the field shall clap their handA
Instead of the thorn shall come up the
fir tree. Instead of the brier shall como
up the myrtle tree"
o! I am so glad that the Holy Land
Of Heaven like the Holy Land Of Pales.
tine and Syria, is a great place for trees
an orchard Of them. . grave Of them. . !
forest Of them. Saint John saw them
along the streets and on both sides the |
river. and every month they yielded .
great crop of fruit You know what an |
imposing appearance trees give to . city
ON earth, but how it exalts my idea Of
Heaven when Saint John describes the !
city on high as having its streets and
rivers lined with them. O. the trees!
The trees! The jasper walls, the
fountains, the temples were not enough.
There would have been something |
wanting yet So to complete all
that pomp and splendor, I behold the
upbranching trees Of life Not like
those stripped trees now around US
which like banished minstrels through |
the long winter night utter their dolor.
Gus lament or in the blast moan like
lost spirits wandering up and down the
gale. but their leaf shall never wither.
Whether you walk on the banks Of the
river you will be under trees or by the
homes OF martyrs under trees, or BY the
heavenly temple under trees or among
the palace OF the King immortal under
trees blessed are they that do His