The Red Cloud chief., 1890-11-28

gardens and viAeyasdA Here ga nj
fell backward and bcoke bis aeek. saA
lay dead ct the news from bic boA beyD
Princes and Hophni: aad HE 10 not
worth living sftsf oasis childres have
turned out badly, and moro foetupses
was Ell instantly expiring under sseh
id.ngA than those parents who. thels
children recreant and pro6i9ata. live %
with broken hearts 70 . them goino
down into Deeper and deeper plunsA
There arc fathers and mothers here TO-
day to whom death would b . happy
release because Of their recrssnt sosa
Dnt I turn from this Shiloh Of Elfs
sudden decease under bad news ffo@
his boys and End close BY what 10 called
the Meadow OF tho Feast" While
this ancient city was in the height OF
its prosperity oE shis Meadow Of the
Feast" there was an annual ball. where
The maidens OF tho city amid clapping
cymbaIs and . blare OF trumpcts danced
in . glec, upon which thousands OF
spectators gazed. But no dance since
the world stood ever broke up in such .
strange way as the n tho Il BILE de-
scribes. Ono night whilo by tho light
Of the lamps and torches these gsyeties
went on, 20) Romantics who had been
hidden behind the rocks and among the
trees dashed upon tho O They
came not TO iniure or destroy. but
wishing 70 set up households
O: their own. tho women OF their
own and having been slain In battle,
and by pr~ecOnccrted arrangement each
one of he eco B~enjamites Sc zed the n
whom he chose for the queen Of his
home and carried her away to large
estate and beautiful residence. for these
200 Benjaiiites had inherited the wealth
OF q nation.
As to-daJ ear Shiloh We look At the
Meadow O. the Fest" where the
maidens danced that night and at the
mountain gorge up which .he I!enjam-
ties carried their brides. we bethink
ourselves of the better land and the bet
ter { mes in which We live. when such
scenes are an impossi5ility. and amid
orderly groups and with prayer and
bened.ction. and breath of orange BIOS
SONS and the roll Of the wedding march.
marriage is solemnized. and with oath
recorded in Heaven. two immortals start
arm in arm on a journey to last until
death do them part
But We must this afternoon, our last
day before reaching Naza eth, pitch cur
tent on the most famous battlefield Of
all time-the plain OF Esdraelon. What
must have been the feelings OF the
Prince Of Peace as he crossed 1t ON the
way from Jerusalem to Nazareth! Not
q flower blooms there but has in its
veins the inherited blooi of flowers
that drank the blood of fallen armies
Hardly a foot Of tho. ground that has
not at some time been quilted with Wal
chariOts or trampled with the hoofs OF
cavalry. 1t is . plain reaching from
the Mediterranean to the Jordan. Upon
it look down the mountains OF Tabor
and GilbOa and Carmel Through it
RACES at certain easons the river
Kishon, which swept down the armies
Of Sisera. the battle occurring In
November, when There is almost
always q shower Of meteors. SO that
'the stars in their course" were said to
have fought aga INST Sisera Through
this plain drove Jebu and the iron char
lots OF the Canaanites scythed at the
hubs OF the wheels, hewing down their
awful swaths OF death, thousands in .
minute. Tho Syrian armies the Turk.
ish armies. the Egyptian armies again
and again trampled it. There they ca
reer across it. David and Joshua and
Godfrey and Richard Ceur de Lion and
baldwin and Saladin-a plain not only
famous for tho past, but famous because
the Bible says the great decisive battle
OF the world will be fought thcre-the
battle OF Armageddon.
To me tho plain was more absorbing
because of tho desperate battles here
and in regions round in which the holy
cross. the very two pieces Of wood on
which Jesus was supposed to have been
crucifed, was carried as q standard at
the head Of the Christian host; and that
night closing my eyes in my tent on
the plain OF Esdraelon-fOr there are
things We can see better with eyes
shut than open-the scenes OF tho an
cient war came before me. The twelfth
century was closing and Salidin at the
head Of SO. 600 mounted troops was cry.
ing "HO for jerusalem! lilo for all
Palestine" and before them every thing
went down. but not without unparalleled
In one place $50 Christians
were surrounded by many thousands Of
furious MOhammedans. For one whole
day the $50 held put against these
thousands Tonnyson's GOO" when
some n had blundered." were
eclipsed by these 100 fighting for the
holy cross They took hold of the lances
which had pierced them with death
wounds and. pulling them out Of their
own breasts and side, hurled them back
again at tho enemy. On went tho fight
until all but n Christian had fallen
and he. mounted on the last horse,
welded his battle x right and left till
his horse fell under the plunge of the
and the rider. making the sign
Of the cross toward the sky. gave up his
life on the point Of a score of spears
But sOon after the last battle came.
History portrays it poetry chants it.
painting colors it and all ages admire
that last struggle to keep n possession
that wooden cross on which Jesus was
said to have expired. Now tho wooden
cross on which the armies of the
had kept their eye began to
waver. begins to descend. It fallsl and
the wailing OF the Christian host at its
browns the huzzah of4he
Moslems
But that standard Of the cross onlv |
seemed to fall 1t rides the sky to-day
in triumph. Five hundred million souls.
mightiest army Of the ages. are fol- |
it and where that goes they will
20. across the earth and nm the mi0hfv |