The Red Cloud chief., 1890-02-28

There 10 . great deal Of senssless pesiss
Of longevity, - II u wore . wonderful
achievement 70 live 8 good while.
Alb, my friendA, u II not how long We
live. but how we'll No live and how use
fully We live. A men who lives 10 eighty
ycars End accomplished nothing for God
o. humanity might bctter have mover
lived 81 oil. Methusalch lived o6V yesrs,
end Whist did u amount Tor In oil these
moro than Mae centuries he did not
accomplish sny thing which seemed
worth record. Paul lived . littlc moro
than sixty, but how many Methusalchs
would u take 10 make q Paul? Who
would NOT rather have Psui's sixty years
then Methusaleh's 1892 Robert Nc
Cheyne died % thirty years Of aee and
John Summcrfeld d twsnty.scven yssrs
Of go, but neither earth nor Ilsavsn
viii 0ver hear the eud Of their useful.
ness. Longevity! Why. % elephant
csn beet you q that. for II lives 100 or
700 yosfA. Gray hsirs are the blossoms
Of tho tree Of life u found In che way Of
righSsousncss, but the frosts Of the sec.
ond desth n found In tho way Of ain.
One Of our able New York journals
last spring printed . question and ssut
u 70 many people, among others 10 my.
sell: Gan The editor Of . secular Jour.
nal b . Christian Some Of the news
pspers answered M. I answered yes.
and Loaf you may not understand ms ! say
yes again. Summer before last, riding
with Mr.. Grady from . religious meet
Ing IN Georgia on Sunday night no ssid
70 mo s0me things which ! now reveal
for tho hrst time because Il 10 sppr0pri.
atc now that I reveal them. 10 ex.
prossed his complete faith In the Gospel
end expressed bis astonishment and his
grief that In our day 40 many young
mon wera ~rejecting Christianity. From
tho earnostness and the tenderness and
tho confidence with which he spoke on
those things I concluded that whom
Henry W. brady made public profession
Of his faith In Christ and took his place
Ut tho holy communion In the Meth.
Odist Church he was h0nost and truly
Christian.
Ycs. Mr.. Grady not only demonstrated
that ~ editor may bs . Christian. but
that . worry great intellect may bc
g0spolised. His mental capacity was w
wonderful that II was almost startling.
have been with him In actusl conver-
aatiOn while at tho samo time he was
debating 70 . stenogrspher editorials
Tor the Atlanta Constitution. hut that
intellect was not ashamed ~ bow 70
Christ. Among his last dying uttcranccs
was the request for tho prayers Ut the
churches In bis bohalf.
Thcre was that particular quality In
him that you do not find In more than
n person out Of hundreds Of thou.
sands, namely, personal magnetism.
People have tried 70 dcfine that quality
and always failed, yet wo have ell felt
Ia power. Thcre are some persons
who have only 70 onter . room or
step upon . platform OF intO . pulpit
and you NJ thrilled BY their psssencc
and when thcy apeak your nature ~.
sponds and you . not help II What
10 10 peculiar influence with which
such . magnetic pers0n takes hold Of
social groups and audienccs3 Without
attemptng 10 doano this, which u In.
dsoAabls. I Will say u ssems 10 corre.
ap0nd " th0waves Of cir ~ In motion
by ths voice " the movsmsnts 0f NE
body. just like that atmospheric vibra.
tios y the moral Or spiritual vibration
which rolls OUT from ths soul Of what
w cell . magnetic person. AZ there
may b. . cord ~ rope binding bodies ~.
gethcr. There may b. On Invisible cord
binding souls. A magnetic man throws
IL over others - . hunteP thrOwa . laaso.
NJ. 0rsdy was surchar9sd with this In.
0uenco and Il wss employed for patriot
lam and Christlanity and elevated pur-
poses.
You may not know why. In the oon.
~vessatioa which I he'd with Mr.. Olad.
stone . isw weeks ago. no uttered these
memorable words about Christianity,
some Of which wsrs oablsd 70 Amsrlca.
He was speaking In reply 10 this 10.
mark. ] asiA: M. 0lsastoas. ~ sre
told In Amsrlos By some people that
Christianity dOss well Tor weak.uiaded
mon end Children In the iniant clso but
10 aot AZ for stronger minded men; but
whsn Ne mention you. Of such largo In.
esllsctuality. - 6sing . peoaounced
frtcuA Of welioioa, No sileucs their
battssisa" TheA NJ. Oladstons stopped
On ths hiilside where Va wsrc sxeruisins
and aAid, 1.-THE older I grow ths morc
ooa0rmed ! en- II my fAith In religion"
'a6ir." said no With Gaahiae eye and
uplifted hsnd. talk about the questl0ns
Of tho day, thers 10 hue one question
and that u tho Gospel. That can and
will correct every thing. III you have
any Of that dreadful asnostic,am Ia
America." Having told HIN W. had, he
wenS On 70 say: ~ ON profoundly
thankful that noae Of my children OF
kindred have besA blAstSd BY It. am
glad 70 cay that about ell tho men q
tho TOP In Great Britain Are Christians.
whH air." hs said, ~ have boon IN pub.
ltc positioa Afty-stsAt years. and forty.
seven yesss In the Cabinet Of the British
Government and during those forty.
ssvsa ysars I have been associated with
alxty OF the master Minds Of The cen.
fury and oil but ave Of the sixty wses
ChrtsuaaA"
II aaswss 10 Ne question put les,
spelAS; "CAa . secular journalist b Z
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