The Red Cloud chief., 1890-02-21

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beee . el3efonS eAiA6 Il Joaathsa n,
wasds he'd te5ed - wnts saA dssaus
about The plleplm's peosSeas 70 che
celestial ety. - John Duayan he'd ~
tempeed' ~ ooeay % We hu0aa viii.
Brighter than We light, ftoohss thsa
ne fountains, deeper than ~ ~, On
oil theee Gospel themes. 00n6 has "a
melody, 6owess haVo no eWsetness, eun.
81 sky bee % eoloe compossd With thsss
gloeAous thsmsA Thsss hsrveste Of
~ . sickle Shea. KinAline pulpaN
With their 1sa, asa psuducing isvolus
lions VIM yAelt vowss, lighting up ~
ine bsde VIM thsls glofy, they are Ne
sWeeoeoe tAouGAt To- the pooA ssd tAeS
~ ~ tlneUt tAstlling i~lluetsatioas tor
Ne osttoeI ~ tAey oGeP She most IN.
eenee ecene Tor We sst1sA, end they sre
70 the embaso44os Of We ny oil oatAu.
siaem. C0mposee pardon for direst
Ovilt Dwestest comfort for ehastlicst
egoaies. Brightest hope To- erimmest
deAeh. Dfeudest resurrection for DARK.
est sepulohera. FT Z
Q. Whist . Gospel 70 preachi Cbtlbt
over ell In H. Ills birth, His sufefine,
His miracles, His parallels, His swesA,
HE teasss His blood. His stonomsnk
His intefc6esloA-whst glofious thsmes!
do No OxcrCise fsithf Christ u ~ Oh
1ect. Do W. have lover IL fastens on
Jesus. Have ~ . fuadaess for no
church? IL 10 because Christ died for
IL Hsvo We . hope for HesvcnS II In
bccsase Jesus won't shesA, the herald
and ths lorcsunner.
Tho royal robe Of Dsmetrius was %
costly. 20 beautiful, that after no had
put IL on no one ovcr dared put II on;
but this robe OF Christ, richcf than thsk
tho poorest and the wsnnOSt and the
worst may wcar. "Wherc sin aboundod
grace may much moro ab0und." 49,.
% ny aims, my sins" said Martin
Luther 70 Staupits, my sins, my sinsi"
Tho feet ID that the brawny German stu.
dcnt he'd found . Latin bible that made
him quake; and whom he fousd how,
through Christ no was pardoncd and
saved, no wrote 70 . friend, saying:
'COme ovcr and Join No great and swiul
stnncrs saved BY the grace Of God.
You seom 70 bo only . slender sinner,
and you don't much extol tho
mercy OF God; but w that hsve
bceS buch awful sinners praise His Rrsce
tho morn now that va have been re-.
dcemed." Csn II bc that you ara 10 des.
pcfstely egotlstical that you feel yourself
In hrst.rstc spiritual trim, and that from
tho root Of tho hair 70 the tip Of the too
you arc scarless and Immaculate? What
you need ID . looking glass and here II
ID In the Bible, Poor and wrctched and
miserable and blind and naked from the
crown Of the head 70 tho colo Of the foot,
full Of wounds and putrosying sorcs. No
hOalth In ux. And then take the fact
that Christ gathered up oil the notes
against na and paid Thorn. and thcn Of.
fsrcd ~ the receipt
And how much NJ need him In our
sosrowsi We arc Independent Of cir.
cumstanccs II we have His grace. Why,
He made Paul Aing In the dungeon, and
under that grsce H. John from deso)ste
Patmos hoard the blast Of tho ~apocalyp-
Ito tsumpetA. Aftcr oil other candles
have been anu6ed out this ID the lieht
that eeta brighter end brighter unto the
porfect day; end after, undsr the hard
hoofs Of calamity. oil the pools Of world.
~ e~njoyments have besn tramplcd into
docp mire, q the foot Of the eternal
rock the Christian, from cups Of granite,
lily rtnmed and vine covered, puts out
tho thisst Of his soul.
AgAln ! rcmArk that Christ n above
oil In dying alleviatiOn& have not
any aympathy with the morbidity abroad
about our demise. Tho Emperor Of
Constantinople arranged that ON tho
day 0f his coronation tho atoucmsson
should como and consult him about tho
Souhstone that after . while he would
ascd. And thcro arc mon who arc
m~onomaniacal Of tho subject Of depart
ure fsum this life by death, and the
morn they think of Il tho lcaa they src
prepared 10 20 This II IN unmanliness
not worthy Of you. not worthy Of me.
6aladin, tho greatest cOnQucrOr Of hia
day. while dying. ordered that tho tumlc
he bad on him be carried after bis death
on his spear at tho head Of his ARMY,
and that thcn Tho soldier, ever and anon,
should atop and cay: "lschOld. oil that
- WV W CSseu'us tuC ou0 con.
Quercri OF al tho statcs no conquered,
Of all the wealth he accumulated. moth.
Ing did he rctain but thia shrOud." I
have no aympathy with such behavior,
or such absurd demonstration, or with
much that wa hear uttered In regard ~
departure from this life 10 tho ncxG
A thousand feet underground. by light
OF torch toilln9 In = mincr'a shaft q
ledge Of rock may fall upon US and We
may die . miners death. Far out ut
aea, falling from the slippery ra,lincs
and broken on the hAlyardA wc may die
. sailOr's death. On mission Of ncrcy
IN hospital amid broken bones and
reskins lcprosies and raging fevcrs, wc
may do . philanthroplst's death. On
che dold Of battle. serving U0d and our
country. slugS through tho heart the
gun carriage may roll over IN. and Wa
may die . patriots death. But after
all thorn ~ caly two styles Of depart.
urs-ths death Of the righteous and the
death Of the wicked. and NJ all want 70
die the iossneH agst
God 9rnnk Aha whon that hour rr.n~.