The Red Cloud chief., 1890-01-24

,oneS Where are those wno ns,,ng pus
aside that o~ne-tcnth, draw Hpoa Il cheer.
fuliy3 Why. Il 10 pull, and d~s, saA
hold on, and grab, and clu tch: snd CIV.
Ing II On sfnictioa 70 most people whea
IL ought 70 b - ~exhilarstioa and .
rapture. Oh, that God would remodel
our souls IN this subject and that Ne
might appreciate the house Of God -
the great refuge. II your children sr0
10 come up 10 livea Of virtue and hsppi.
ness, they will como up under the shadow
Of the church. II the church does .
get them the world will.
All. when YOU pass aw ay--and 10 will
not BE- long before you do-when yOs
1855 away u will BE- . satisfaction To
sec your children In Christian society.
You want 10 have them sitting ut tho
holy sscraments. You want them min.
Cling in Christian associations. Yos
would like 70 have them die in the 80.
cred precincts. When you are on your
dying bed. and your little ones rome up
70 take your last word, end you look In
to their bewildered faoe& you will want
TO leave them undss NE church's hcnc-
diction. I don't care how hard you
are. that IL No I said to Q man
Of the world: "Your son and
daughter Are going 20 Join nj
Church next Sunday Have you any
objcctions?" BLESS you," he said, OBJ
jections? ! wish all my children be-
longcd to the Church. don't attend
~ those matters myself know ] am
very wicked-but ! am very glad they
arc going, and ! shall he there 70 sre
them. am very glad. sir; am very
glad. want them there" And 70.
though you may have been wanderers
from God, and though you may have
sometimes caricatured the church of
Jesus, II il your great desire that your
oil their lives within this sacred inclos-
ure.
More than that, you yourself will
van h church for y hiding place when
the mortgage Ia forccloscd, when your
daughter, just blooming into woman.
hood, suddenly clasps her hands In Q
slumbcr that knows no waking. when
gaunt trouble walks through the parlOr,
and the sitting.room. and the dining.
hall. and the nursery, you will want
some shelter from the tempest. Alb,
some Of you have been run upon BY mis-.
fortune and trial; why do you not come
into the shelter? said TO . widowed
mother after she had buried her only
son--months after ] said to her:
How do you get along nowadays?"
oh" she replied, II get along tolcr.
ably we'll, except when the sun Shines"
said: "what do you mean by that?"
when she said:
~ can't bear to zee the sun shine; my
heart In NJ dark that all the brightness
OF h natural world seems . mockcpS
to NO." q. darkencd soul! o. brokc&.
hearted man, brokcn-hcartcd womat.
why do you not como into the shelteR
swing tho door wide open. swing u
You want = place where your troublc1
shall be interpreted. whore your bu1
denS shall be u~nstrappcd, whore y0t.
tears shall be wiped away.
Church Of God, bc = hiding placb "a
oil these people. Give them . seat
whore they can rest their weary Dnls.
Flash some light from your chandeliers
upon their darkness. With some sooth-
Ing hymn hush their griefs. q, Church
Of Tod. gate of Heaven, let me 70
through II! All other institutions are
going to fall; but the Church Of God-its
foundation In the ''ROck of Ages" It's
charter Is for everlasting years. it,
keys are held by tho universal propris.
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