The Red Cloud chief., 1891-01-30

"Ostu-toc HU8pet16le0 or The 0vcfi
TIES the eonspicuties or the obscuritiea
just - soon n you have enough sue
Cess to attract the attention Of otheu
the envies and jealousies are let loos.
from their kennel. The greatest Grim,
yOu can COMMIT in the estimstion O
others is to ges o. better than they do
They think your addition Is their sub
traction. Five hundred penons star
for certain goal Of SUCCESS: one rcachc.
1t and the other - IRE mad
It would take volumes TO hold Oh.
story OF the wrongs, Outrages and de
falcations that have come upon you q
a result Of your The warn
sun Of prosperity brings into life
swamp full Of annoying insecta. Or
the other hand the unfortunate elaAse.
have their struggles for maintenance
To achieve q livlihood by one who had
nothing to start with. and carry this on
until children are reared and educated
and fairly started in the world, and r.
do this amid all the rivalries Of bust
ness and uncertainties OF crops and the
fickleness Of tariff Legislation, with ar
occasional labor strike and here and
there a financial panic thrown in. is q
mighty thing 70 do, and there are hun
dreds and thousands such heroes and
heroines who live unsung and die un-
honored- What we all need, whether
mp or down in life or half way between,
is the infinite solace of the Christian re-
ligiOn. And so we employ the word
''Come-. It will take all eternity "a
find out the number Of business men
who have been Strengthened by the
promises Of God, and the people who
have been fed 10y the ravens when other
resources gave out, and the men and
women who, going into this battle
armed only with needle or saw, or ak,
or yardstick. or pen, or type, or shovel,
or shoe-last have gained a victory that
made the heavens resOund. With all
the of God promised for every
emergency, no need he left in the
lurch.
i like the faith displayed years ago in
Drury Lane, London, in an humble
home where every particle Of food had
given out and a kindly soul entered
with tea and other table supplies, and
found a fire ready for the tea The
benevolent lady said: '.IOw is It that
you have the kettle ready for the tea
when you have nc tea in the house,"
And the daughter Of the home said:
Mother would have me put the kettle
on the fire, and when / said, what is
the use of doing SO, when we have
nothing in the house, she said my
child. God will provide; thirty years he
has already provided for me through all
my pain and helplessness. and he will
not leave me to starve at last He will
send us help, though we do not yet zee
how We have been waiting all the
day for something to come, but until
we saw you we knew not how it was to
come"
Such things the world call coinci-
dences. but / call them almighty de-
liverences and, though you do not hear
of them, they are occurring every hour
of the day in all parts of C~hristendOm.
But the word Come" applied 20 those
who need solace will amount to nothing
unless it he uttered by some One who
has experienced hat sOlacc. That
spreads the responsibility of giving this
gospel call among a great many. Those
who have lost property and been o
sOled by religion in hat trial. are the
mes to invite those who have failed in
business. Those who have lost their
health and been cOnsoled by religion
are the n c to invite the ones who are
in poor health. Those who have had
those bereavements are tho ones to
sympathize with those who have
lost father or mother or companion or
friend. What multitudes Of rs are alive
to-day and in good health and buoyant
in this journey of life. who would have
been broken down or dead long ago but
for the sustaining and cheering help of
our holy religion! SO we say, Gomez
The well is not dry. The buckets arc
empty. The supply is not exhaust
There is just as much mercy and
and soothing power in God
before the first grave was dug. or the
first tear wa started, or the first heart
broken, or the first accident happened
or the first fortune vanished. Those of
us who have felt the consolatory power
of religion have a right TO speak ont of
our " experience and say, Gomez"
What dismal work Of coincidence the !
world makes when it attempts to con-
The plaster they spread does not
stick. The broken bones under their
bandage do not knit. A farmer was
lost in the snow storm on a prairie of
the far West. Night coming on and
he was almost frantic from not |
knowing which way to go his sleigh
the rut of another sleigh and he |
said: II will follow this rut and it will
take me out to safety" He fastened on
until he heard the bells of the proceed
ing horses. hut, coming up, he found
that man was also lost aud. as is
the tendency Of those who are thus con- |
fused in the forest or on the moors,
they were both moving in a circle and
the unner Of the one lost sleigh was
following the runner of the other lost
round and round. At last il o.
Cured to them to look at the north star, |
which was peering through the night,
and by the direction of that star they
got home again.
Those who follow the advice of this
world in time of perplexity are in a
round. for it is one bewildered
soul following another bewildered soul.
and only those who nave in such time
got their eye on the morning star of
our Christian faith can find their way
out. or be strong enough to lead Others
with an all Persuasive invitation.
But" says some one, you Christian
people keep telling us to come yet
You do not tell us how to come" That
shall not be true on this occa-
Come believing! Come repent
ing! Come praying: After all that
God has been doing for COCO years
through patriarchs and some
times through prophets. and ut last
through the elimination of all tragedies
Golgotha. can any one think that
God will not welcome your coming?
Will q father at vast outlay construct q
mansion for his SON, and Law out
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