The Red Cloud chief., 1890-12-12

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70 help them, roeAy - cure then. rseAy
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but" says some oaA why vas 10
that Christ coming 70 save The world
should spend - much Of his tine %
and around % solitary . p 80 - Lake
Gslilee3 There - only 10 city Of asy
sire on iis beach. and both the westesa
and eastern shores are . solitude
broken oaly BY the sounds coming iron
the mud novels Of the degraded Why
did not Christ begin at Babylon the
mighty. 1T Athens the learned. IT Cairo
the historic 1t Thsbes the hundred
gated. 1T Rome the sripm phant? II
Chr.st Was going to y the world. Why
not 60 where the worlds people dvsllf-
My friends Galilee was the hub Of the
wheel OF civilization. and art and the
ccnter Of . population that ssaggers
realization. On tho shoee Of the lake
we sail to-day. stood nine great cideA
Sc%ythopoliA TArichR HippoA GsmalA
Ohoraz n. Capernaum. BethsaidA MAJ.
dalA Tiberias-and many villages the
smallest Of which had lS,0o0 il.
habitantA according 70 JosephuA
and reaching from the beach beck
into tho country in all directions
Four thousand ships. history ssyA
we're at one tine upon these waterA
Battles werc fought there which
shocked all nations with their conso.
quenceA
Upon those sea fights looked Yes
pasian and Titus and Trsjan. and
whole empires From ono Of these
naval encounters % many Of tho dead
fiOated 70 the beach they could moi o
enough be cntombed. and . plague was
threatened. Twelve hundred soldiers
escaping from these vessels OF vat were
one day mastered in the smphithcateP
at T,bcria4 For 500 years that almost
continuous city encirciinx Lake Gali.se
was the metropolis Of our planet IL
was to tho very heart Of the world that
Jesus camo to sOothc its sorrowS and
pardon its sins and heal It's sick. and
emanc. pate its enslaved. and reanimAto
its dead.
And let tho church and the world take
the suggestion. Whsle the solitary
places Arc not to DO neglected. We must
strike for the great cities IL this world
is ever to DO taken for Christ Evangel.
ize all the earth except the cities and In
one year the cities would corrupt tho
earth. But bring the cities and all tho
wore will come. Bring Paris and
France will come. Bring berlin and
Germany wi l come. Br,ng ST Peters
burg and Russia will come. Bring Vi.
emma and Austria will come. Bring
Cairo and Egypt will come. Bring the
near 8. 600. 900 people In this cluster Of
cities on the Atlantic coast and all
America will soon see the salvation Of
God.
OThou blessed Christ who didst come
to the mighty cities a 'rclins Lake
Galilee! come in mercy 70 all our great
cities Of to-day. Thou who didst put
Thy hand on tho white mane OF tho
foaminH bills OF Gennesaret and make
them lie down at Thy feet hush al the
raging passions Of the world! o Thou
blessed Christ who on the night when
the disciples were trying 70 cross this
lake and ''the wind was contrary" after
nine hours Of rowing had made Only
three mica didst come stepping on
water that & the touch OF Thy foot
hardened into crystal. nee all our
shipping whether on placid OF stormy
Suu say 10 al Aoy Pcopso mo-" "
whatever style OF tempest tossed OF
driven a. Thou didst to the drsnched
disciples In tho cyclone. BE Of good
cheer. 1t lis BE not afraid"
Thank God that l have seen this lake
Of Chfistly memorieA and ] can say
with Robert McCheync. the ascended
minister Of Scotland. who seated on
the banks 81 this lake. wrote in his last
sick days and just before he crossed the
Jordan. not the jordan that empsiee
into Gslilee. but the jordan that emp
ties into the sea Of glass mingled With
Ere. " these swec: wordA 1t TO Be- played
by human fingers on strung strings Of
earthly lute OF BY angelic fingers -
seraphic harps:
e 10 not that the mill "a belle
Ccnss down TO driek thy tide.
But Hs that vas pierced 70 osve Iron bell
OFT wandered by thy side.
srouad thee the mountains O0o4
Tnou calm. Fepostng ssa:
Hut ah! fr more. the DO .utifal Ssss
OF Jesus walked Ger thee
o savIousi sose to Code right hand.
Yet che same saviour 0ttll.
Csaved on Thy heArs II this lovely Sesao1.
And evssy fragrant hill
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FOUND ~ a cows HooH.