The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-02
the truth Of God found writscn on their

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CONN lids.
Men who have gone TO Palestine In.
hdels have come back Christisns. They
who were blind and deaf 70 the truth ~
home have seemed 10 SEQ Christ again
preaching upon Olivct and have bcheld
In vivid Imagination che Son Of God
again walking the hills about Jeruss-
lem. Caviglis nco rejected tho truth,
but ssterward said: II came 10 Egypt
and the Scriptures and the pyramids
converted me-" Whom ] was In BcyrOut.
syria, last December our beloved Amer.
icSn missionary, Rev. DR.. Jessup. told
me OF hts friend who met q sccptic ut
Joppa, tho seaport Of Jerusalem. and
the unbclicvcr said 10 his friend: ~ am
going into the Holy Land 10 show up
tho folly Of the Christian religion. I
am going 70 visit all the so-cnllcd
sacred p aces and write them M and
show tho world that the New Testament
In an imposition upon the worlds Gre
dulity." Months after Dr. Jcssup's friend
met tho sccptic Ut Bcyrout. after he had
completed hts journey through the Holy
Land. swell, how In itT" said the
aforesaid gentleman 10 the sceptic. Tho
answer was: II have seen IL all and I
tell you tho Bible Ia true! Yes, II Ia all
truc!' The man who went to destroy
came back to defend. After what I my.
sclf saw during my recent absence, !
that any one who can go
through the Holy Land and remain an
nnbellcver IL either q bad man or On i'm.
beetle.
Again. nature offers nm invaluable rom
tribution to Christianity by the illustra-
ton she makes NJ divine truth. The In
spircd writer's seized upon the nd.
vantagcs offered by the natural world.
Trees and rivers and clouds and rocks
broke forth into holy and enthusiastic
n~tteranccs. Would Christ set forth
the strength of faith, lie points to
the sycamore, whose roots spread out
and strike down and clinch themselves
great depth Of earth, and he said
that faith was strong enough 10 tear
that up by the roots.
At llawarden. Eng, Mr.. Gladstone,
while showing mo his trees, during a
prolonged walk through hts magnificent
park. pointed out u sycamore and. with
u wave Of his hand. said: "in your visit
To the Holy Land. did you scc any syca.
more more impressive than that?'
confessed that ! mad not. Its branches
were not more remarkable than It's roots.
1t was 10 such o tree M that Jesus
pointed when lie would illustrate the
power Of faith: "Yc might say unto
this sycamore tree, Re thou plucked IN
by the roots and be thou cast into the
sea- and II would obey you"
Christ would have tho Christian. de-
spondcnt over his slowncss Of religious
development, go 10 his curnfcld for a
lesson. lie watches first the green
shoot pressing up through the clOds,
gradually strengthening into u stalk,
ami last Ut all the husk swelling out
with the pressure Of the corn: First
tho blade, then tho ear, after that the
full corn In tho ear"
Would David set forth tho freshness
and beauty u genuine Christian charac.
tor, hO sOes an eagle starting from Its
nest Just aftor the moult!ng season, its
old feathers she'd, and its wings and
breast dcckcd with now down and
plumcs, its body ~ finely foathcrcd as
that OF her young ones just beginning
tn try the speed OF their wings. Thus
~rcjuvenatcd and replumcd Ia the ChrisI
ttan's faith and hope by every season os
communion with Tod. ''Thy youth ia
renewed like the eagles" Would Sol.
ONION represent tho annoyance Of u con-
tcntious womm's tongue, he points To "a
leakage In the top Of his house or tent,
where, throughout the stormy day, tho
water comes through. falling upon the
floor drip' drip drip! and he says: IA
dripping In u very rainy day
and n contentious woman are alike"
Would Christ SGT forth the char.
actor III those who make great
professions Of pioty, but have no fruit,
lilo compares them to barren nv trees,
which have very large and snowy leaves.
and nothing but leaves. Would job
illustrate dcccitful friend ships, he speaks
81 brooks In these climcs, that wind
about In different directions, and dry up
when you want tn drink out Of them:
MY brethren have dealt dcccitiulIy AZ
u brook, and as tho stream ~ brooks
thcy pass away" David when he would
Impress us with the dcspondcncy into
which he had sunk. compares II To a
quagmire Of those regions, through
which ho had doubtless sometimes tried
~ walk. but sunk In up to his mock, and
he cried: II sink In deep mirc whore
there's No standing" Would nabakkuk
SGT forth tho capacity which tod gives
the good man to walk safely amid tho
Widest p%crils. hc points TO the wild
animal called the hind walking over
slippery rocks, and lcaping from wild
crag to wild crag, by the peculiar make
M It's hoofs able calmly G sustain
itself In the most dangerous places:
'Thc Lord God Is my strength. and lie
will make my feet like the kinds feet"
job makes all natural objects pay
tribute to tho royalty oi his book. As q
10 through some chapters VI Job you
feel rs II II were u bright spring morn.
ing, and, rs you scr tho glittcring drops
from tho grass under your fect you say
with that patriarch; "Who hath ,cgottcn
the drops vi the dow" And now. as
read ON, you soem In the silent midnight
Ia behold the waving ~ u grca, ligh,
upon your path, and YOU look nm to tiud