The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-04

what appears small equipncntin life. be
happy. why can not !. possessing far
more than he has, he equally happy"
Ono day Of that kind OF doing things
may no. amount TO much. but forty
years OF that-no n but God Himself
can appreciate It's immensely.
There are tens OF thousands OF such
people. Their circle u a~cquaintances
IL small. Tho man Is known over at the
store. lie Is clerk or wcighcr or dray.
man and he Is know among those who
SIT near him clear back In The church
under tho galleries. and at the ferry
gates where ho comcs In knocking the
snow from bis shoes and ,breshing his
arms about bis body To revive circulation
on some January morning. But II he
should die tomorrow there would not DO
n hundred people who would know
about y. lie will never have his name
In tho newspapers but onco and that
Will Do the announcement of his death,
IL some ono will pay for the insertion.
40 much u limo for the two lines. But
he will come up gl%oriously on the other
side. and the God who has watched him
all through will give him a higher q a
and a better mansion and . graudcr
eternity than many a man who had on
earth, before his name tho word Honor.
able and after his name ILL u. and +.
u. :. Christ said. In Luke vi. that In
Heaven SOME who had ~ hard hero
would laugh there. And ! think u laugh
Oi dolight and congratula,!on will run
around the heavenly circle when this
humble one OF whom ! spoke shall go
up and take tho precedence Of many
Christians who In this world felt them
selves 10 bo OF ~ per cent. iuvic I'M
portancc.
The simple fact u that the world has
boon and tho world is now fun II dead
lions. Thcy ar" people of rrca, capacity
and Large opportunity. doing nothing
Tor tho improvement ot society. nothing
for tho overthrow III evil, nothing for
the salvation oi souls They have ac.
cumulated 80 many hundreds OF thou.
sands III dollars that you can 'ccl their
tread when they walk through any
street or coDc into any circle. They
can by ono financial move upset the
money market Instead 81 tho ten per
cent oil their income, wl,icl, the Eblc
lays down az the proper proportion Of
their contribution to tho cause Of God,
they do not give five per cent, or three
per cent. or two per cont, or ono per
cent, or 4 half per cent. or a quarter
per cent. That they arc lions no ono
doubts When they roar Vail street,
State street. Lombard street and tho
hours" trcmhlo. In u few years they
will lie down and die. They will have
u great funeral. and n long row 81 iine
carriages, and m,ghiicst rcquicms will
roll from th" organ, and polished shaft
OF Aberdeen granite will indicate where
their dust lies. but for all use t. tho
world that man might ~ woii hav.
never lived.
Hut ! thank God that wc arc having
just q M ouiburst Of splendid bencii.
ccncc that Is Ia Increase until the earth
IL graded with it. II Is spreading with
the speed ~ an epidemic, but with Just
tho oppnS,t. effect ~ sn epidemic. DO
You not notice how wealthy mon are
opening FREQ libraries. and building
churches In their native villages? Have
you not s"cn how mcn ~ largo means,
instead of leaving great philAnihropics
In their willis for disappointed heirs "a
quarrel about, and the orphan courts 10
swamp. are becoming their own oX,vn.
tors and MI administrators
After putting aside enough for their
own families (for he hat provii"'h
not for his own. and especially those Of
his ~ household. is worse than an In.
iiacl"D. they arc saying: what can I
do, not after I am dead. but while liv.
Ing, and In full possession ot my farml.
ties, Ia pr"I~rly direct the building Of
tho churches. ar tho hospitals. ar III"
colleges. ar tho libraries that ! design
for tho public welfare. and whilc yet l
hav" full capacity Ia enjoy Ia" sa;,sfac.
ton NJ seeing tho good sccomplishcd?"
There arc had fashions and vonl
fashions. and. whether good or bad.
fashions sre mighty, Tine az tho
good fashions now starting viii sweep
tho carth-ihe fashion foe wealthy men
Ia Distribute. while yet alive. their sur.
plus accumulation IL " being hclI~.i
by the fac, that 40 many large estates
have. Immediately after the t"sta'or'-
death. one into l,gitatlon Attorneys
with large fees are employed on both
silCs. and the raso goes on month attpr
month. and year after year. and after
n cour, decides, II a>rcnds !" another
court and Is decided IN III" opyusi,c III.
rcction. nni then new evidence /, found.
and the trials are all rcpcau,l. The
children. who ~ the fathers funeral
seemed ~ have an uncomfortable grief.
after III" viii Is cad 60 into elaborate
prS~"s> to prove that tho father WAS
crazy. and therefore iprompc,cnt Ia
make = will. and Their" aro mcn on ia,
Jury who think that tn" fact that tn.
tcStator gave M mnch VI his money IA
tho Riblc society, and the missionary
s,ciety, ar the opcnIns at = trcr library
Is pro"t positive that hc Mas insane. and
that hs know not what he WAS si.u.p.
when he subscribed Ia The words. In
tho name" Of G,si. anrn I. bcin: of
sound mind. do maks this my las, ~,ll
Ind testament"
A p~sv Scotch lad came 70 America At
twc,vc years Of age aud wont 70 Puts.
burIh. Ito icck~a sruuni Tor work aud