The Red Cloud chief., 1890-01-03

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Suppose Q father has IN elegant man
sion and large grounds. To whom will
10 give the hrst privilege OF thsos
grounds7 VIII he ssy: my children.
you must NOT walk through these
paths, or sit down under thess
trees, or pluck this fruit. These
sre for outsiders. They may walk
in them" No father would say
any thing like that. lie would say:
Tho first privileges In ell the grounds,
and ell Of my house, shall b for my own
children" And yet men try 70 make US
believe that Gods children ere on the
limits, and the chief rcfreshments and
entoyments Of life arc for outsiders, and
Dot for His own children. II 10 stark
atheism. There 10 no innocent bever.
ago too rich for Gods child 70 drink;
thore IL no fobo too costly for him 70
wear; there 10 no hilsrity too great for
him 70 indulge In. and no house too
splendid for Him 70 live In. lie has .
right 70 tho joys Of earth; no shall have
. right 70 the Joys Of Heaven. Though
tribulation. and trial, and hardship may
como unto him, let him rejoice. IRE.
joice in the Lord. 70 righteous, and
again soy. rc~joice."
] remark again that Christ comes 70
No In tho hour Of our extremity. Hc
knew tho wins was giving out before
there was any embarrassment or morti.
ilcation. Why did lilo not perform the
miracle sooner? Why wait until II was
all gone, and no help could como from
any source, and then como In and per.
form the miracle? This 10 Christ's way;
and when llc did come In, mt the hour OF
extremity, lie made first-rate vino. 80
that thcy cried out: Thou hast kept
the good wine until now" Jesus in tho
hour Of extremity! lie seems to prefer
| that hour.
In . Christian homo In Poland great
poverty had come, and on tho week day
the man was obliged to move out of the
house with his whole family. Tha,
night no knclt with his family and
prayed 10 God. While they wcrc knecl.
ing In prayer there was . tap on the
window pane. They opened the win
dow. and there was = raven that the
family had fcd and trained, and II had
In its bill o ring oil set with precious
stones, which was found out To be o ring
belonging TO tho royal family. II was
taken up 70 the Kings residence, and
for the honesty Of the man In bringing
II back he had q house given to him and
. garden and q farm. Who was II that
sent the raven tapping on the window?
The same God that sent the .avcn 81
feed Elijah by the brook Chcrith. Chris,
In the hour Of extremity!
Trouble came. You were almost torn
70 pieces by that trouble. You braccd
yourself up against II. You said: -
will bc . stole, and will not carc;" but
before you had got through making the
resolution II broke down under you
You fclt that all your resources were
gone, and then Jesus came. I'm the
fourth watch Of the night" the Bible
says, "Jcsus came walking on the sea.
Why did lie not come In tho first wstcha
or In the second watch? or In the third
watch? ] do not know. lie came In
the fourth and gave dclivcrance 10 His
disciples. jesus In the last extremity!
wonder II II will be 10 In our very
last extremity. We shall fall suddenly
sick; and doctors will come. but In vain.
We will try tho anodyncs and the Stim.
ulants and the bathings, but all In vain.
Something will say: "You must go"
| No one 10 hold ~ back, but the hands
Of eternity stretched out 10 pull us on.
What then? Jesus will come TO us, and
as We say. Lord Jesus, ] am afraid Of
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the other side. lie will say. Take holG
Of my ARM" and We will takc hold o.
His ARMAND then lie will put His foot IL
the surf Of the wave. taking us all dowi.
deeper. deeper, deeper. deeper, and our
soul will cry: "All thy waves and bill.
lows have gone over NO." They cover
the feet, come 70. tho knee. pass the
girdle and come to the head. and our
souls cry out: Lord Jesus Christ, I Gu
not hold Thino arm any longer" Then
Jesus will turn around. throw both liis
arms about Va. and sot us on the beach.
far beyond tho tossing billows, Jesus
In tho last extremity!
That wedding scene In gone now. The
wedding ring has boon Lost, tho tank
ards have been broken. tho house il
down; but Jesus invites US Ia u grander
wedding. You know the bible says that
the church IL the Lambs wife. and the
Lord will. after awhile. come ~ fetch
her home. There will be Vlcaming Of
torches In tho sky, and the trumpets Of
God will rAv!sh tho air with their mu-
ale, and Jesus will stretch oHt His hand.
and the church. robed In white, will put,
aside her vail, and look up into tho face
Of her Lord tho King. aud tho bride.
groom will say 10 tho bride: Thou
hast hccn faithful through all
thesc years! Tho mansion IL rpsdy,
Come home! Thou art fair. my
love!" and then uc shall put upon
her brow the crown VI dominion. and
the table will be spread, and IL will
rsch across the skica and the mighty
oncs Of Heaven will come In. garlAnded
With beauty and striking their cymhalS
and tho bridegroom and bride will stand
IT the head Of the table, and the han
queters. looking up, will wonder and ID.
mirc and say: That 10 Jesus the
bridegroom? hut the srar on His brow