The Red Cloud chief., 1891-02-13

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aoanlor0oliaHA There ore people hers
eehigA eecial positioa. and large meana,
and cultnred uinda. Who. II they would
come into ths Kiagdoa Of God. would
ct the city On IRE with religious swak-
ening, q. hear you not TIE more than
million voices Of those In these two
cities who ore unconverted7 voices ID
those who in these two cities are DYING
in their sins3 They want light They
want bread. They want Christ They
want Heaven. o, that the Lord would
make yoa . flaming evangel. We all
have . work TO do. I can not do your
work, nor can you do my work. God
points us out the place where we are TO
serve, and yet are there NOT people in
this house who are 80. 20, 50 and %
years Of age and yet have not begun the
great work for which they were Gre
s*sd9 With every worldly equipment:
Zone thing thou lackest"
Again, you lack the element Of per
sonal safety. Where are those people
who associated with you twenty years
ago? Where are those people that If
teen years ago. used to cross South
ferry or Fulton ferry with you TO New
York? Walk down the street where
you were in business fifteen years ago
and see how al the signs have changed.
Where m the people gone? How many
of them are landed in eternity I can not
say, but many, many. / went TO the
village of my boyhood- The houses
were all changed Ipassed one house
in which once resided a man who had
lived an earnest, useful life, and he il in
glory now. In the next house . miser
lived. He devoured widows houses and
spent his whole life in trying 70 make
the world wone and worse. And
he is gone-the good man and the miser
both gone to the same place. All, did
they go to the same place? 1t is
an infinite absurdity to suppose them in
the same place. II the miser had .
harp, what tune did he play on It? o,
my friends, I commend to you this re-
ligion as the only personal safety. When
you die, where are you going to? When
you leave all these scenes, upon what
scenes viii you enter?
Suppose a man is prepared for the
future world, what difference does It
make to him whether he goes to his
home to-day or goes into glory? Only
this difference. II he dies he Is better
OF. Where he had one Joy on earth he
will have . million in Heaven. When
he has q small sphere here he will have
grand sphere there.
My hope in Christ is not so bright rs
many Christians I know; but ! would
not give it up for the whole universe,
one cash payment, il it were offered
me. It has been SO much comfort to
me in time of trouble, it has been SO
strength to me when l have been
assailed, it has been SO much rest to me
when I have been perplexed, and it is
my heart such an encasement
Of satisfaction and blessedness that !
IAN stand here before God and say
Take away my health, take away my
life, take any thing rather than rob me
Of this hope, this plain simple hope
I have in Jesus Christ, my Lord.
| must have this robe when the last
chill strikes through me. l must have
this light when all other lights 60 out
In the blast that comes up from the cold
Jordan. / must have this sword with
to fight my way through all those
foes on my way h~eavenward.
When I was in London I saw
there the wonderful armor of Henry
VIII. and Edward Ill. and yet l
have to tell you that there is nothing in
chain mail or brass plate Or gauntlet or
halberd that makes a man SO safe as
the armor in which the Lord clothes his
lear children. o, there is a safety in
You will ride down all your
Look out for the man who has
he strength of the Lord God with him.
olden times the hOrsemen used to ride
nto battle with lifted lances, and the
enemy fed the field
The Lord on the white horse of VIC
and with lifted lances of divine
strength, rides into the battle, and
goes the spiritual foe; while the
'ictor shouts the triumph through the
1ord Jesus Christ As a matter Of per-
;onal safety. my dear friend, you must
ave this religion.
l apply my subject to several classes
# people before me. First, to that
,reat multh~d Of young people in this
audience. Some Of these young men |
re in boarding houses. They have but
social advantages. They think
hat no one cares for their souls. Man,
# them are on small salaries, and they |
re crampcd and bothered perpetually,
md sometimes their heart fails them.
Young men. tonight at your bedroom
loor on the third floor you will hear q
knocking. 1t will be the hand of Jesus
1hrist, the young mans friend, saying: |
q. young man, let me come in; l will
,elp thee, I will comfort thee, I will de-
liver thee" Take the Bible out Of the
runk, If it has been hidden away. II
-ou have not the courage TO lay it on
he shelf or table take that Bible that
given to you by some loved one,
AXE it out Of the trunk and lay it
on the bottom of the
hair, then kneel down beside it
md read and pray and pray and read
Until all your disturbance is gone, and
'ou feel that peace which neither earth
hell can rob you of. Thy fathers
Tod. thy mothers God waits for thee,
young man. Escape for thy life"
now! 'One thing thou lackest."
But I apply this subject to the aged
lot many here. Not many in any as
emblage. People do not live toget old.
That is the general rule. Here and
here an aged man in .hc house. l tell
on the truth. You have lived long
nough in this world to know that it
not satisfy an immortal nature. l
must talk to you reverentially
han l do TO these other people, while
4 the same time I speak with great
'lainness. o. father Of the weary step.