The Red Cloud chief., 1891-04-17

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is no difference except that which the
Bible makes In lands where there IL
no Bible she is hitchcd like a beast OF
burden TO the plows, she carries the
hod. she submits TO indescribablc in
dignities- She must be kept in a pri-
waite apartment, and IL she comes forth
she must be carefully hooded and re-
ligiously yelled. as though it were .
shame 10 be q woman. DO you not
know hat the very first thing the Bible
does when il M into a new country
is TO strike of the shackels Of woman's
serfdom?
Since you put the Bible on your stand
in the sitting room. has the Bible been
To you. O woman, a curse or a blessing?
Why il hat a woman when she Is
troubled will 20 20 her worst enemy,
the Bible? Why do you not gu for COM
Tort to some of the great infidel books?
No, the silly, dcludcd woman persists
in hanging about the Bible verses, Let
not your heart be troubled, "''All things
work together for good" Weeping
may endure for a night" II am the
resurrection, Peace. be still"
Furthermore, rather than invite I re-
sist this plague of infidclity. because il
has wrought no positive good for the
world, and is always a hindrance. I
ask you To mention the names of tho
mcrciful and the educational insttu-
tons which infdelity founded and 10
supporting and has supported all the
way through: institutions pronounced
against God and the Christian religion
and yet pronounced in behalf Of suffer
ing humanity. What are the names OF
them" Certainly not the United States
Christian commission, or the sanitary
commission, for Christian George II.
Stuart was the president of the one and
Christian Henry W. Bellows was the
president OF the other. Where
are the asylums and merciful
institutions founded by infidclity,
and supported by infidclity. pro-
nounccd against God and the Bible, and
yet doing work for the alienation Of
suffering? Certainly, il you come to
speak of educational institutions il is
not Yale, it is not Harvard. it is not
Princeton, il is not Middletown, il is
not Cambridge or Oxford. it is o any
institution from which a diploma would
not be a disgrace. Do you point To the
German universities as exceptions? /
have TO tell you that all the German
universities to-day are under positive
Christian influences, except the Uni
versity Of Heidelberg. where the ruff
fianly students cut and maui and
manglc and murder each other as o
matter of pride instead Of infamy.
There stands Christianity. There
stands infidclity. Compare what they
have done. Compare their resources.
Here is infidelity, no prayer on her
| lips, no bcncdiction on her brow, both
hands clenched-what for? To fight
Christianity. That is the entire bust
ness. The complete mission Of infidclity
TO fight Christianity. Where are her
schools, her colleges, her asylums of
mercy? Let me throw You down a
whole ream of foolscap paper that you
may fill all Of il with the names Of her
bcncficent institutions, the colleges and
the asylums, the institutions of mercy
and of learning, founded by infidelity
and supported alone by infidelity, pro-
nounced against God and the Christian
religion and yet in favor of making the
word better.
is ~infidelity 80 poor, Sc starveling, SO
mean, SO useless? Get out, you miser-
able paupcr of the universal! lnfidclity
| standing to-day amid the suffering,
grooming, dying nations and yet doing
absolutely nothing, save trying To i'm
pede those who are toiling until they
fall exhausted into their graves in trying
| to make the world better. Gather up
all the work, all the mcrciful work.
that infidclity has ever done, add it all
together, and there is not so much no
bility in il as in the smallest bead Of
hat sister of charity who last night
went up the dark alleyo of the town. put
a jar of jelly for an invalid appetite on
broken stand, and then knclt on the
bare floor, praying the mercy Of Chris:
on the dying soul.
Infidelity scrapes no lint for the
wounded, bakcs no bread for the
hungry, shakes up no pillow for the
sick, rouses no comfort for the bercft,
gilds no grave for the dead. While
Christ, our Christ, our wounded Christ,
our risen Christ, the Christ of this old
fashioned Bible-blesscd he His glorious
name forever. our Christ stands this
hour pointing 10 the hospital, or to the
asylum, saying: ~ was sick and We gave
me n couch, I was lame and We gave me
a crutch, I was blind and We physicianed
my cyesight. l was orphaned and We
mothered my soul, / was lost on the
mountains and We brought me home;
inasmuch a We did it TO one Of the least
of these, We did it TO me-"
But I thank God that this plague of
infdelity will be stayed. Many of
those who heal me now by the Holy
Ghost upon their hearts will cease TO
be disciples, and the day will arrive
when all nations will accept the Script
ures. The Book is going To keep right
on until the fires of the last day arc
kindled. Some Of them will begin on
one side and some on the other side Of
the old Book. They will not find q
bundle Of loose manuscripts, easily con
sumcd like finder thrown into the fire.
When the fires of the last day are
kluulcu, SOME Will huFn on This size.
from Genesis toward Revelation. and
others will burn on this side. from Rev.
citation toward Genesis. and in all their
way they will not find q single chapter
or a single verse ont of place. That
will be the first time we can afford TO
do without the Bible.
What will be the use Of the book Of
Genesis descriptive Of how the world
was made, when the world is destroyed?
What will be the use of tho prophesies
when they are all fulfilled? What will
be the use of the evangelistic or Pauline
description of Jesus Christ when we see
Him face to face? What will be the use
of His photograph when we have met
Him in glory? What will be the use of
the Book of Revelation, standing as you
will with your foot on the CLASSY sea,
and your forehead chapleted with eter-
nal coronation. amid the amethystine
and twelve-gated glories of Heaven2
The emerald dashing its green against
the bcryl, and the beryl dashing its
blue against the sapphire. and the