The Red Cloud chief., 1890-12-05

In about two hosrs ~ poss tArsuGA
Cana, tho yflliags o. PalsStins vhess
the mother q ChEiss and sus Lesa -
tended The wedding Of . per rslst4vA
having come over froo Nanssth
for that purpose The mother Of Cbfist
for women are 6rst - notice ssch
things-iound that the provisions hs1
failsa ahort and she told Christ and He
70 relieve TIE embarrassment OF the
h~ousekeeper. Who had invited moro
guests than the pantry warranted, b.
came the butler Of the occasion, and
ont Of . cluster Of . few sympathetic
words squeezed . beverage Of ls6 gsl-
Ions Of vino in which there was not
drop Of intoxicant or IL would have left
that party - msudlin and dfunk a. the
great c~entennisi banquet in New York
two years ago left Senators and Gov.
errors and Generals ard merchant
princeA Tho difference between the
vine 1t the weddisg in Cana and the
wine 1t the banquet 1t New York being
that the Lord made tho ono and the
devil made the other. We got OF u
horses and examined some Of these
water Jars at Cana said TO be the very
ones that held the plain water that
Christ turned into the purple bloom Of
IN especial vintage.
And here is . remarkable fact In my
recent journey-I travelled through
Italy. and Greece, and Egypt and Pal.
estine. and Syria. and Turkey. and how
many intoxicated people do you think I
saw in all those five great realms? Not
one. We must in our Cbristianized land
have got hold Of some kind of beverage
that Christ did not make. o, I am glad
that Jesus VAS present at that wedding.
and last December standing at Cana.
that wedding came back. Night had
fallen on the village and its surround.
inga The bridegroom had put on his
head a bright turban and . garland OF
flowers. and his garments had been
made fragrant with frankincense and
camphor. and preceded by . band Of
musicians with flutes and drums, and
horns and by torches in full blaze, he
starts for the brides home The br de
is in white robes and her veil not only
covers her face but envelopes her body.
Her trousseau 10 al elaborate As the
resources OF her fathers house permit
Her attendants are decked with all the
ornaments they OWE or can borrow.
At fifst sight Of the torches OF the
bridegroom and his attendants coming
over the hill the cry rings through the
home Of the bride: They are in sight!
Get ready! Behold the bridegroom
cometh! Go ye out to meet him" As
the two PROFESSIONS approach each other
the timblers strike and the songs COM
ming!e, and then the two professions
become one and march toward the
b~ridegrOom's house. and meet . third
procession which 10 made up OF the
friends Of both bride and bridegroom.
Then all enter the honse. and the dance
begins and the door Is shut And all
this Christ uses to illustrate tbs Joy
with which the ransomed OF earth shall
meet Him when He comes garlaaded
with clouds and robes in the mo< ming
and t~rumpeted by the thunders OF the
last day.
Look! There He comes down>0H the
hills of Heaven. the bridegroom! And
let Us start out to hail Him, for ] hear
the voices OF the Judgment day sound
ing, ''Behold, the Bridegroom cOmeth!
Go ye out to meet HIM." And tho dis
appointment Of those who have declined
tho invitation to the Gospel wedding is
presented under the figure OF . door
--.t. -v---l ~ ~-.- IT,
late! The door is shut!
But We must hasten on, for ! do not
mean to close my eyes tonight till / SEQ
from q mountain top Lake Galilee. on
whose banks next Sabbath we will o
ship, and on whose waters the following
morning We will take . sail. On and
up we go in the severest climb OF all
Palestine. the ascent OF the Mount OF
Beatitudes on the top OF which Christ
preached that famous sermon on
blesseds-blessed be this and blessed be
that
On and up until on the rocks Of black
basalt we dismount and climbing to
the highest peak, look out on An en-
chantment Of scenery that seems TO be
the beatitudes themselves, arched into
skies and rounded into valleys, and
silvered into waves. The view is like
hat OF North Carolina from tho top
of Lookout mountain, or like that Of
Vermont and New Hampshire from the
top Of Mount Washington Hail hills
Of Calilec! Hail Lake Genesaret only
four miles away! Wonder. clear up and
most conspicuous is Safcd. the very
city which Christ pointed for i!lustra-
ton in the sermon preached here. say.
ing: "A city set on . hill car % be
hid" Tho valley Of Hattin between
here and Lake Galilee Is an amphithea-
ter. as though the natural contour OF the
earth had invited all nations to come
and sit down and hear Christ preach q
sermon in which there were nor start
ling novelties than were ever announced
in all tho ermon that wcro ever
preached.
The worlds theory has been: Blessed
are tho arrogant; blessed are the super
c~ilious; blessed are the fearless; blessed
are they that have every thing their
own way; blessed are the war eagles;
blessed are the prosecutors: blessed are
the popular; blessed are the Herods and
the C;csarS and the AhabA mo! no!
no!' says Christ with avoice that rings
v these rocks and through yonder
valley Of Hattin. and down to the opal ne
lake on one side. and the sapphire Medi-
terranean on the other. and ACROSS
Europe in onc way, and across Asia in
the other. and around the earth both
ways. till the globe shall yet Be girdled
with the nine beatitudes: Blessed xrA
the poor, blessed arc the mournful.
blessed are the meek. blessed are the |
hungry, blessed are the merciful blessed |
are the pure. blessed are the peace
makers blessed are the the prosecuted.
blessed are the falsely reviled
Do you see how the Holy Land and
the Holy Book ct each other? God with |
His left hand built Palestine and with |
His right wrote the ScriptureA the two
hands Of tho sane Being. And in pro
as Palestine 10 brought under
close inspection, the Bible will BE- found
moro glorious and more true Night.
lest book OF tho past! Night est book
the future! Monarch Of all l~iteraturel |
proudest work e eesiss shall decay |