The Red Cloud chief., 1891-02-13

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Be worse loe yoa. q peoapesea 0nA E
you reject Chris4 sad re3eet Nh l1ally
-thst Il win be worse 1nr yos tAaa
those who hsd e hard in this woe3A. be.
cause the contrast viii naks ~ d.
eomAture % nseh more appalling?
Al the hart bounds for tAe WaAee
brooks, - the roe speeds down Tie hil
side, speed then 70 Christ Escape for
thy life, look not behind thee, neithee
stay thou In al the plain; escape 20 tAe
mountain lest thou be consumed"
must make my application 70 NJ
other claSo penoos-the pos. Whea
you cannot pay your rent when de-,
have you nobody but The landlord 70
talk 20? When the Aour has gone out
Of the barrel and you have not 10 cent?
with which 70 60 70 the bakery. and
your children are tugging st your dress
for something TO eat have y0a nothin9
bat the worlds charities to appeal To-?
When winter comeA and there are no
Goals, and the ash barrels have no moro
cinderx, who takes IN Of you? Have
you nobody but the oversees Of The
poor? But I preach TO you . poor
mans Christ II you do not have in
the winter blankets enough tocover you
IN the night, ! want 70 tell You Of Him
who had not where to lay his head II
you lie on the bare floor, / want TO tell
yon Of Him who had for . pillow . hard
cross and whose foot-bath was the
streaming blood Of his own heart o.
you poor man! q. you poor woman:
Jesus understands your case altogether.
Talk It right out TO Him tonight. Get
down on your floor and shy: Lord Je-
sus Christ, Thou vast poor, and I am
poor. Help me. Thou art rich now.
and bring me mp To Thy richeA" Do
you think God would cast you OF? Will
He? You might as well think that the
mother would take the child that feeds
on her breast and dash its life out a. to
think that God would put aside roughly
those who have fed TO Him for pity and
compassion
II you have ever been on the sea, you
have been surprised in the first voyage
to find there are so few sails in sight
Sometimes you go along two. three.
four, five. six and eve days and do not
see a single sail; but when . vessel does
come in sight, the sea glasses are lifted
to the eye the vessel is watched, and IL
it m very near, the captain, through
the trumpet, cries loudly across the
water: "Whither bound?"
So you and ! meet on this sea of life.
We come and We 60. Some Of Us have
never met before. Some of us will
never meet again. But I hail you
across the sea, and with reference 70
the last great day. and with reference
TO the two great words, ! cry cross the
water: "Whither bound? Whittier
bOund2' I know what service that
craft was made for, but hast thou
thrown overheard the compass? Is
there no helm to guide IL? Is the ship
at the mercy Of the tempest? Is there
no gun Of distress booming through
the storm? With priceless treasures
with treasures aboard worth more than
all the Indies-wilt though never come
uP OuS VI SSC aOuStA Va JIG oC0S W.
Lord, lay hold of that man! Son Of
God. II Thou vert ever needed any
where. Thou art needed here. There
are 30 many sins to be pardoned. There
are SO many wounds 70 be healed.
There are 80 many souls to be saved.
Help, Jesus! Help. Holy Ghost! Help.
m~inistering angels from the throne:
Help, all sweet memories of the past!
Help, all prayers for our future deliv.
erance! q, that now in this the &C.
cepted time and the day Of salvation.
you would hear the voice Of mercy and
live. Taste and see hat the Lord is
gracious. In this closing moment Of
the service, when every thing in tho
house is so favorable when every thing |
is SO still, when God is 20 loving and
Heaven is SO rear, drop your sins and
take jesus. Do not cheat yourselves |
of Heaven. DO not do that God |
forbid that at the last, when it is too
late to correct the mistake, q voice |
should rise from the pillow, or drop !
from the throne, uttering just four
sad. annihilating words:
''One thing thou lackest-"