The Red Cloud chief., 1890-10-31
for ) half-acs.r Elii.be No sh..ts ),

OF Elijah, whom they J0un0 ~ TIE
mouth Of his cave on the side Of Chesith
waiting for his breakfast hsviagdrunk
his morning beverage from tie rushing
stream beneath. than have beon his bat
lers and purveyorA But God compelled
them, IS He always compelled sad u.
ways will compel black and cruel and
overshadowin2 providence4 70 carry
help to His children II they only have
faith enough to catch the blessing - it
drops from the seeming adversity, the
greatest blessings always coming not
with white wings but black wings
But look! Look what a. four o'clock
in the afternoon bursts upon our vision
the plain OF Jericho and the valley OF
Jordan and the Dead sea. We have
come 10 . place where the horses not 20
much walk as slide upon their launches
and we all dismOunt for the steep de.
scent is simply terrific. though . Pm
cess Of Wailachia, who fell here and
vas dangerously injured. after recovery
spent q large amount OF money In try.
ing to make the road passsblc. Down
and down! till we saw the white tents
p tched for US by our mulcteers amid
the ruins of ancient jericho, which fell
at the sound Of poor music played on
rams horn." that ancient instrument
which taken from the head Of the lead
er o: the flock OF sheep, is perforated
and prepared to be fingered by the
musical performers. and blown upon
when pressed to the lips.
On the evening Of December 6 We
walked amid the br.ck and mortar OF
that shattered city. and I said to myself:
All this was done by poor music bles. Of
God. for it was not a harp or a flute. or
q clapp ng cymbai. or an organ played.
at the sound Of which the city surreu-
dered TO destruction, but . rude instru.
ment making rude music blest Of God.
to the demolition Of that wicked place
which had for centuries defied the Al
mighty. And I sa d, il all this was by
the blessing OF God on poor music, what
m.ghtier things could bo done by the
blessing of God on good music. gospel
music. II all the good that has already
been done by music were s~ubtracted
from the world, l believe three-fOurths
Of its religion would be gone.
Seated by tho warmth OF our camp
fires that evening OF December 8. amid
the bricks and debris of Jericho. and
thinking what poor music has done and
what mighticr things could be accom-
plished by the blessings Of God on good
music. / said to myself: Ministers have
been doing a grand work. and serwOns
have been blessed, but would it not be
we'll for us to put emphasis on
music? Oh. for a campaign OF Old
Hundred! Oh, for a brigade OF Mount
Pisgahs! Oh. for a cavalry charge OF
Coronations! Oh. for an army OF Anti
Ochs and St Martins and Ariels! Oh.
for enough orchestral batons lifted. to
marshal all nations! As Jericho was
surrounded by poor music for seven
days and was conquered, SO let ourcarth
be surrounded seven days by Gospel
music. and the round planet will all be
taken for God.
While our evening meal is being pre-.
pared in the tents we walk out for .
moment to the Fountain OF Elisha"
the one into which the prophet threw
the salt. because the waters were pois-
onous and bitter. and 10! they became
sweet and healthy; and ever since. with
gurgle and laughter. they have rushed
down tho hill and leaped from the rocks.
the only cheerful object in all that
region being these waters.
Now on this plain Of Jericho the sun
is setting. making the mountains look
like balustradcs and battlemonts Of
amber and maroon and gold. and the
moon, just above the crests, seems to DO
a window Of Heaven through which inn
mortals nigh. be locking down upon
the scene. Three Arabs as watchmen
sit beside tho camp fire at the door Of
my tent, their low conversation in \
strange language all night long q sooth.
ing thanrather an interruption. had
q dream that night never to be forgot
ten. that dream amid the complete ruins
of Jericho. Its past grandeur returned
and l saw tho city a. it was when Mark
Antony gave it to Cleo patra and Herod
bought it from her. And I heard the
hoofs Of its swift steeds and tho rum
bling OF its chariots and the shouts Of
excited spectators in its amphitheater.
The region round about the city walls
seemed to me white with cotton such as
Thenius described as once growing
there, and sweet with sugar cane and
luscious with orange and figs and pOme-
granates, and redolent with such hora
as can only grow where a tropical sun
kisses the earth. And the hour came
back to me when in the midst of all
Ala .-No-l-. ~.ol l;~l ~-.-.-ls--
his sister Salome Immediately after his
death to secure the assassination Of all
the chief Jews whom he had brought to
the city, and shut up in . circus for that
purpose. and the news came to the
audience in the theater a. some
one took the stage and announced
to the excited multitude: '.Herod 10
dead! HerOd is deadr" Then in my
dream all the pomp OF Jericho ran.
ished and gloom was added to gloom,
and desolation to d~esOlatiOn. and woe to
woc. until. perhaps the ripping waters
Of the fountain of Elisha suggesting It
as sound will some times give direc-
ton to . dream-I thought the waters
Of Christ's salvation and tho fountains
''open for sin and unclcanness" were
rolling through that plain. and rolling
across that continent and rolling across
the earth. until on either side of their
banks all the th0rns became flowers and
all the deserts gardens and all the how.
els mansions and all the funerals bridal
professions, and all the blood OF war
was turned into dahlias and all the
groans became anthems. Dante's In.
ferno" became Dante's ''Divina Com
media" and Paradise Lost" Was sub
merged by Paradise Regained," and
tears became crystals and cruel swords
came out Of the foundries ~giisteninz
plowshareA and. in my dream, 1t
the blast Of . trumpet the pros.
trated walls Of Jericho rose aga;n. And
some one told me that Is these walls
in Joshua's time At the sound Of the
trumpets of doom went DOWN. now 1t
the sounding trumpet Of the Gospel they
come up again. And I thought . man
appeared at the door Of my tent aud I
said: Who are you. and from whence
have you Gomez" and he said: Il an the