The Red Cloud chief., 1891-02-06

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What music, bat e 0use sing IN o.
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speak In q 0eaateA Hol 70 a.
National banquet reachtng from nom
tain % mountain, and from sea 70 go
To prepare that banquet the sheepSold
and The sviaries Of the country ssuI
their best tEeasursA The orchards Pile
up On the table their sweetest zruitn
The presses burst with new wines
To sx at the table eaDs The ycomanrJ
Of New Hampshire, and The ianbefnea
Of Maine. and the Casolinan from u
riee fields, and the Western eoigrsn'
from the pines q Oregon. and we wer>
all brothers-beothers 1t . banquet
Suddenly the feast ended. What mean,
those mounds thrown up ct Chieks
mauga, Shiloh. Atlanta, Gettysburg
South Mountain? What meant thosl
golden grain hclds turned into . psstur
ing ground for cavalry horses? What
meant the corn fields quilted with tn
wheels Of the heavy supply train,
Why those rivers Of tears-those lake.
Of blood? God was angry! Justice
must come. A handwriting on the
wall! The Nation had been weighed
and found wanting. Darkness: Dark
ness: Woe 70 the North! Woe 10 the
South! Woe TO the East! Woe to thl
West! Death To the banquet:
! have also TO learn from the subject
that the destruction of the vicious and
Of those who dexpised God will be very
sudden. The wave Of mirth had dashed
to the highest Joint when the Assyrisu
army broke through. 1t was unexpect-
ed. Suddenly. almost always comes
the doom Of those who despise God and
defy the laws of men. How was il II
the deiuge? Do you suppose it came
through . long northeast storm, "a that
people for days before were sure il was
coming? No; l suppose tho morning
was bright; that calmness brooded on
the waters; that beauty sat enthroned
on the hills; when suddenly the heavens
burst and the mountains sank like an
chors into the sea that dashed clear
over the Andes and the Himalayas.
The Red sea was divided. The Egyp-
tians tried TO cross it. There could b
no danger. The Israelites had just gone
through; where they had gone. why not
the Egyptians? There can be no dam
ger. Forward, great host Of the Egyp-
tians! Clap the cymbals and blow tho
trumpets Of victory! After them! We
will catch them yet, and they shall be
destroyed. but the walls begin to
tremblc. They rock! They fall! The
rushing waters! The Shrek of drown
ing men! The swimming Of the
wal horses in vain for the shore! Tho
strewing Of tic great host ON the bot
tom of the sea, Oh pitched by the angry
wave on the beach-a battered, bruised
and lOathsome wreck! Suddenly de-
s~truetiOn came. One half hour before
they could not have believed il. De.
stroycd, and without remedy.
am Just setting forth . fact which
you have noticed - we'll rs !. Ananias
comes TO the apostle. The apostle says:
did you sell tho land for SO much?'
He says: 'sYeA." Il was . lie. Dead!
as quick as thati Sapphire, his wife,
comes in. ibid you sell that land for
so much?" Eyes" It was a lie; and
quick a. that sho was dead! Gods
Judgments are upon those who despise
and defy Him. They come suddenly.
The destroying angel went through
Egypt Do You suppose that any Of the
people knew that he was coming? Did
they hear the flap of his great wing?
No! No! Suddenly, unexpectedly he
came.
Arc there any here who are unpre-
pared for the eternal world? Are there
any here who have been living without
God, and without hope? Let me say to
you that you had better accep; of the
Lord Jesus Christ, lest suddenly your
last chance be gone.
If there be one in this presence who
has wandered far away from Christ,
though he may not have heard the call
of the Gospel for many a year. l invite
him now to come and be saved. Flee
from thy sin! Flee to the stronghold Of
the Gospel! Now is the accepted time;
now is the day Of salvation.
Good night, my young friends! May
you have rosy sleep, guarded by Him
who never slumbcrs! May you awake
in the morning strong and we'll! But o!
thou a dcspiser of God? Is this thy
last night on earth? Shouldst thou be
in the night by some
thou knowcst not what,
and there be shadows floating in
the room, and q handwriting on the.
wall, and You feel that your last hour is
come, and there be q fainting ut the
heart and q tremOr in the limb and q
catching of the breath-then thy doom
be but an echo Of the text: "ln
that night was Belshazxar, the King Of
the Chaldeans, slain"
Hear the invitation Of the Gospel!
''lIO. every one that thirsteth! Come
70 to the waters. And let him that
hath no money come. buy wine and
milk without money and without price"
Come unto Me, all who arc weary and
heavy laden. and I will give you rest"
D! that my Lord Jesus would now make
Himself so attractive to your souls that
vou can not resist Him: and that, If
vou have never prayed before, or have
not prayed since those days when you
down at your mothers knee, then
tonight you might pray, saying
just rs I am. without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bid'st me como to Thee.
o. Lamb of God. I comet
But il you can not think Of 20 long .
as that I will give you a shorter
that you can say: God be mer
TO me. q sinner" Or, il you can
rot think of so long q prayer rs that, I
will give you q still shorter one that
'ou may utter: Lord save me, or l per.
sh" Or If that be too long . prayer.
'ou need not utter one word Just look
Quick Eves.
The experienced railroad conductor
EASILY locates and keeps in mind all the
ON his train. He seldom
SKIS n passenger twice for his ticket
lie goes without doubt or hesitation
trsight to those who get ON at way sta.
ions. no matter in what car they NAV
re. Brakemen, intelligent and with an
We to the future. acquire the same hab-
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