The Red Cloud chief., 1890-03-07

dsbt%da~s. u ose throw . stone .,
midaight into . bush where The hedge
bird roosts u immediately begins r.
sing; and into the midnight hedges
IT vour despondsncy thsss woeda
hurl, hoping 70 awaken you
70 anthem. Drop the tunes In
The minor key end take the major. ID
you thiak u plessss the Lord foe you "a
b carrying around with you The debris
and csrcssses Of old trsnsgrcsslonsS
You mako nj think Of some ship that
hss bed . tempestuous time st sss, and
now thst IL proposes another voyage,
keeps on Ia davits the damaged life
boats, and the splinters Of . shivered
mast and the broken gisss Of . smashed
skylight Ny sdvice To- Clear the
docks, overheard with the dsmsgsd sig.
gtng. brighten up the salted smokestsck,
open . new log book, haul In the plsnks,
Icy out . now Coufse end set ssil for
Heaven. You have had spiritual dumps
long enough. You will please tho Lord
more BY being happy than by being
miserable.
Again, my text has good advice BON.
corning any Christian hsmpercd and
bothered and hound by fear Of his own
dissolution. To such the Book refers
when IL speaks Of those who through
fsss Of death were oil their lifetime
subject ~ bondage. The moat Of W,
even u No have tho Christian hope, E
towards about death. II plank fell
from . 'caRolding and just grazes our
hat how pale we look. II tho Atlantic
ocean plays With the steamship, pitch.
Ing IL toward the heavens and letting Il
suddenly drop how even the Christian
srdess u 70 whether there 10 any dan.
ger and tho captain, who has been oil
night on tho bridge and chilled through,
coming In for . cup Of coffee, II assaulted
with . whole battery Of questions o. 10
what no thinks OF the weather. And
many Of the hest people ere. - Paul
says, throughout their lifetime In bond.
ago by fear Of death.
One OF tho first rcalixatlons In getting
out Of this world. I think, will be that
In this world We were very much pant
up and had crampcd apartments and
wore kept on tho limita.
Take tho gladdcat, brightest, most
jubilant days you ever had on earth and
compress them all into n hour, and
that hour would bc . requiem, = fast
day, . gloom, . horror. % compared with
tho poorest hour they have had In
olssOA kNn 0saA ~,u .nss 1.s.l1A ~.
its FIRST Ratcs swung or it, first song
carolcd.
10" you say, "that may DO true. but
! am afraid Of crossing over from this
world 70 the next, and ! fear the snap
ping Of the tcord between soul and
Well, ell the surgeons and ply.
and scientists declare that there
10 NO pang st the parting Of the body
and the soul. and all the seeming rest.
lcssnsss At tho closing hour Of liso 10 In.
and no distress st all. And
! agree with the doctors, for what they
say II confirmed BY tho fact that pcrsons
who werc drowned or were submerged
until oil consciousness departed and
were afterward rcsuscitatcd. declare
that the sensation OF passing into un.
consciousness was p~leasureable rsth.
Or than distressful. Tho cage Of
the body has . door on esay
hingcA and when that door Of tho phys.
ical cage opens the soul simply puts out
IL wings and scars. "llut" you gay. ~
fear 70 70 because tho future II 20 full
Of mystery" We'll. I will tell you how
70 treat tho mysteries. Tho mysteries
have ceased bothcring me, for I do ~
the judgcs Of your courts often do.
They hear oil tho argumenta In the rose
and then say: II will take those papers
and give you my decision next week"
10 I have heard oil arguments In regard
70 the next world. and some things arc
Uncertain and full Of mystery. and 70 I
fold up tho papers and reserve un.
I'll tho next world my decision about
them. thcre study al the
mysteries 70 hotter advantage for
the light will b bctter and my faculties
stronger. and I will ask the Christian
philosophers who have bad oil the ID.
vantagcs Of llcavcn for centuries, 70
help me, and ] may be permitted myssli
b ask the Lord. and I think
there will bc only n mystery left, and
that will bc how m " unworthy ~
myself got into such an ~onrapturcd
place. Come up out Of the scpulchral
ahsdow& II you arc not Christians by
faith In Christ como up into the light;
and II you arr alrvady like LasAruA 70.
animated. hut still have your grave
On, got rid of them. Tho con-.
mAnd II: LOOSE him and lot him 70"
Tho only part Of my recent journey
! really dreaded, although I did
not say much about IL beforehand. was
tho landing ~ JoppA. That IL tho port
Of entrance for tho Holy Land, and
there arc many rocka and In rough
weather people can not land Of oil. Tho
boats taking tho pcoplc from tho steam
er u tho docks must run between roofs
that looked 10 me 70 b~ about nfty fcet
apart and n mis-strokc Of IN osrsman
on IN unexpected wave has sometimes
hooM fatal nuA ks~l~nAs k>-& .~~l.A.A