The Red Cloud chief., 1890-03-14

multitudcs Of young people listening 70
this sermon on whom this subject has
acted With the force Of . galvanic bat.
terry. Without saying . word 10 Thorn
they have sOliloquixed, saying: AS one
cen not live his life over again. and I
. make only n trip, I must look out
snd make no mistakes; I hsve but one
chance and I must make tho most of IL.
Ny young friends, ! am glad you made
this application Of tho sermon yourself.
When . minister toward the close Of his
sermon says: Nov . few words by way
OF application" people begin TO look
around for their hats and got n arm
through their ovcrcoats, and the ser.
monte application In . failure. ! an
glad you have made your W spplica.
lion and that you ere resolved, like .
Quaker Of whom ! read years ago, who,
In substance, ssid: ~ shall be along this
pathway Of life but once and N I must
do oil the kindness ! csn." My hearers.
the mistakes Of youth can never be oor.
rectcd. Timc gone IL gone forever.
In tho autumn when the birds migrate
you look up and scc the sky black with
wings and the iocks stretching out into
many leagues Of DIR, and NO to-day ! look
up and see two largo wings In full
sweep. They arc tho wings Of tho flying
year. That In followed by . flock Of 365.
and they sre the flying days. Each Of
the flying days IL followed by twenty.
four and they are flying hours, and each
OF these n followed by sixty and these
arc tho flying minutes. Where did this
flock start from? Eternity past. Who're
IRE they bound? Eternity to come.
You might m we'll 20 s.gunning for ths
quails that whistlcd last year In the
meadows or the robins that last year
carolcd In the sky a. ~ try ~ fetish down
and bag n Of tho past opportunities Of
your life. do not say. ~ will lounge
now and mako II up a~ftcrwArd." Young
men and boys, you can't make itup. My
observation In that those who In youth
sowed wild oats, n tho end Of their Short
life sowcd wild oats, and that those who
start sowing Gcncsee wheat always SOW
0encscc wheat. And thon tho reAping
Of the harvest In ~ different. There In
grandfather. now. Ito has lived To old
ago because his habits have been good.
His eyesight for this world has grown
somewhat dim, but his cycsight for
Heaven IL radiant. His hearing Is not so
acute as II once was. and he must bend
clear over to hear what his little grand.
child says when she asks him what no has
brought for her. Hut he easily catches tho
music raised from supcrnal spheres.
Men passing In the streets take on their
hats In reverence and women say:
'"What q good old man no IT," Seventy
or eighty years all for God and for max.
Ing this world happy. Splendid! Glor-
ious! Magnificent. He will have hard
work getting into Heaven. because those
he helped 10 got there will MI up and
crowd the gates 10 tell him how glad
they aro ut his coming. until he says:
"Plcase To stand back y little Till pass
through and cast my crow Ut the feet
Of Him whom having not scen ! love-"
I do not know what you call that. call
Il the harvest Of 0cnCscc wheat
Out yondcr Ia . man very old at forty
years Of age, at = timc whom he ought
10 bc buoyant ~ tho morning. lie got
bad habits on him worry carly. and those
habits have become worse. uo IN . man
on frc, ON tirc with alcoholism. on Are
with oil evil habits, out with tho world
and tho world out with him. Down and
falling deeper. His swollen hands In
hts t~hrcAdbsrc pockets and his eyes
Axcd on tho ground. he passes through
tho street. and the quick stcp Of an In.
nocent child or the strong step Of Q
young man or the roll 0f . prosper.
Gus carriage maddens him, and no
CURSES society and no curxcs God.
FAllcn sick, with no rcsourccs, he
10 carried ~ the almshousc. A loath.
some spectacle he lies oil day long walt
ing for dissolution. or In the night rises
on his cot and fights apparitions Of what
no might have boon and Of what he will
b. lie started lilo with o. good . pros
pect - any man on the American cOnti.
mont, but thcrc he 10 . bloAtcd carvasA
waiting for tho shovela Of public charity
10 put him hvc fect under. lilo has only
rcspcd what he sowed. Harvest Of Wild
oAtsi ''Thcrc IL . way that scemcth
right 70 . man, but the end thereof 10
DEATH" Young man, On you can not
1.-Two life over again. however you may
long 10 do 40 be surc TO have o u
OUC WV btku& AuVtV ~ III SUto 0ukuot
assembly ! wot not for We are mado up
Of all sections Ut this land. and from
many lands, somc young man who has
gone away from home and perhaps un.
der some littlc spite or OWL persuasion VI
another, and his parents know not wherc
hc 10 My son, 70 home! In not 70 10
900! Don't 70 tonight whore you may
bc tempted 70 70. Go homo, Your
father will hc glad 10 500 you and your
mothon I nced not tell you how shs
fccls. How I would like to mako your
parents . present of their Maynard boy.
repcntAnt and In his right mind.
would like 10 writc them . letter
and you 10 carry the letter. saying: ny
the pleasing Of God ouomy sermon I IL.
troduce to you n whom you have never
Non before, for hc has become . nov
creature In Christ JcsuA." My boy. 70
homo and put your tired head on the
bosom that aurssd you w tsnderly In
your childhood ycarA A young scotch.
man WA In hattie taken captive By Q
band of Indiana and no learned their
lAnRuAsc and adopted their hahttA