The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-04
THE DEAD LION.
DR.. Taimago breaches From an
Unusual Text.
The Bible = Strange Hut Entirely Consist
snt Boot-The World Full ut dead
Lions application of the Teas
TO Worldly Anairs.

TO worldly Ana,rs.
Tho subject Of q late sermon at Brook.
lyn by Rev. r. Dewitt Taimage was
"A Dead Lion" and his text. Ecclcs. TX.
a. "A living dog IL better than q dead
lioa." Following is the scrmon.
The Bible Is tho strangcst. tho low.
Hest The mighticst tho woirdcst, tho
best Of books. Written by Moses tho
lawyer. Joshua the soldier, Samuel tho
Judge. Ezra the builder. job the poet
David the shepherd. Daniel tho prime
minister. Amos tho hcrdsman. Mathew
the custom house officer. Luke the doc.
tor, Paul no scholar, John tho exile;
and yet u complete harmony from the
middle verso OF the Ihblc, which Is
psalm cvSii, =. both ways u tho upper
and lower lids. and the shortest passage,
which Is John XII. 50, to the longest
verse. which II Esther. viii. y, and yet
not an impcricction In all the 773, G03
words which /, is composed Of. II not
only reaches ovcr the past but over tho
future; has In H. - ferry boat as in Sam.
ucl ~. and a Geographic wire ~ in job;
and y railroad train. AZ In Nahum; and
introd uccs ~ us u foundryman by tho
name of Tubal Cain, and u shipbuildcr
by tho name Of Noah. and an architect
by tho name Of Aholiab. aud TOLLS us
how many stables Solomon had To take
care OF his horses, and how hc paid for
thosr horses. hut few things In this
versatile and comprehensive book In.
tl!I 4fQ mn Ga nttah A. 10 At.sIn
those short, tcrsc. s%cntcn,ious. cpigram-
matte sayings, 81 which my text ~ one.
"a living dog IL better than % dead lion"
Here Ia" lion stands FOR nobility and
the dog for mcanhcss You must know
that tho dog mentioned In tho text Ia
not n of our American, or European
or scottish dogs. hat IN our mind IL q
synonym Tor the beautiful, the graceful.
tho aiicctionatc. tho %sayacious and the
true. Tho 81. Bernard dog Is q hero,
and II you doubt II ask tho SHOWS Of the
Alps. out OF which he picked the cx-
hiusted traveller. The shepherd dog is
q loem. and II you doubt task the high
lanis q! Scotland. Tho Arctic dog Is
the rescue ~ explorers, and II you doubt
II AJAX Dr. Kanc's expedition. Tho watch
dog In u living protection, and IL you
doubt u ask ten thousand homcstcadS
over whose safety he watched last night.
hut Solomon. tho author III my text,
lived In Jerusalem. and Tho dog ho
speaks ~ IN the text was y dog In ia.
rusalcin, Last December ! passed days
and nights within u stones throw Of
where Solomon wrote his toxt. and from
AIa anns 80 sl.s ...... - -
Wy day and heard Of them by night I
can understand tho slight appreciation
MY tcSt puts upon tho dog of Palestine.
II Is lean and ~narly aud disgusting. and
afflicted with parasites. and takes evengo
"n the human race by fllIng the nights
with cla,nOr. All up and down the
Bible. Tho most of which WAS written In
Tnlcstin" or syria, or contiguous lands
III" dog II used In ront"mptuous com.
parison. ilaSaOl said: lis thy servant u
dog that he Shonii do this thing?" In
clf.Shncga.ion III" Superintendent
omA said. Even tho dogs cat NJ tho
crumbs which fall from tho masters
table" Paul says, In Philippians. Ito
ware ~ doga," aud 81 John. speaking
VI Heaven. says: without are dogs"
On the other hand the lion IL healthy.
stonR and loud voiced. aud NJ its roar
tho forests echo and tho mountains
trcmblc. II 10 marvellous for strength
and whom Ito hide Is removed tho mus.
cnlar compactness is something wonder.
ful And tho knife Ot the diSScctor bounds
back from tho t"ndons. I'y tho clcaring
ON VI tho forest VI Palestine and the usU
sf IRA, n 80 Ntt..L, Skn 1k.,,, - .....-
larry afraid. they hav" disappeared from
places who're once ih"y ranged. bn, they
wcrc very hoid In old"n timcS They
attacked an army ~ Nerves. while
marching through Macedonia. They
were ~ numerous that 1000 lions ~crc
slain In forty years IN tho aprhithcator
81 Rome,
AZ mos, NJ Tho Rihlc wa, written In
regions lion haunted. this creature sp-
pears In almost all parts Of IA" l,ihIo ~
n similc. DAVID understood lts habits
of night p,"wiiug aud day slumhorinv.
~ Ia seen from his description. 'Ihc
young lions roar after tl,cir prey and
seek their meat ir"m a:od The sun
ariscth. they gather themselves ,cgoth.
or, and lay them down ia Their dcns"
NUu. again nv CRIES tut. Nj soul IL
among lions Moses knew ihc,n and
said; ".JudAh is couchcd like ! lion. f"
samson know thrm, for no took honey
ROT tho carcass oi \ slain lion. Solo
mon know them and says: "'1hc Kings
wrath Is a. tho ~ OF q lion," and
again: ''rhr slo,hfui man says, thor"
II 4 lion In tho way" Isaiah know
them, and SAYS. In IA" millennium, ''rh~
lion shall eat straw like y OK" Ezekiel
knew thcm, aud says; Tho third WAS
as tho face ui a lion" l'au, know them,
aud says: ~ Was delivered cat 81 tho
mouth VI tho lion" r,,cr know thcm
aud says: The devil ~ . roarim. lion
~alkcth about" 81 John know them.
and says VI Christ: "i'cl,old the l.luu ~
tho tribe OF Judah
Now, what does my ,"st mean " hon Il
puts = living 10. and dead lion ssdS hy
side aud says the former Ia better than
tho latter II means that small tacul.
ties actively used arv ~ more value than
great faculties unemployed. low oftHn
YOU sec IL Some man Of ltNtt,Sl Sapac.