The Red Cloud chief., 1891-09-11

for him 20, 600 pounds and for myself
one am persuaded that II I were 70
set up As . beggar every one in my
neighborhood would leave OF eating
bread" That was the lament OF the
worlds comedian and Joker. All un-
happy.
The world did everything for Lord
Byron that II could do. and yet in his
last moments lse asks 0 friend TO come
and sit down BY him and resd. - most
appropriate TO his case, the story Of
bleeding heart" Torrigiano. the
sculptor. executed after months of care
and carving. Madonna md the Child"
The royal family came in and admired
it Everybody that looked At il was in &C.
stacy; but o day. after all that toll and
all that admiration, because he did not
get - much compensation for his work
- he had expected, he took . mallet
and dashed the exquisite sculpture into
atoms. The world is poor compensa-
ton. poor satisfaction, poor solsce-
Famine. famine in all the earth: not
for seven years. but for six thousand.
But blessed be God. there Is . great
corn crib. The Lord built IL 1t il in
another land II is q large place. An
angel once measured il, and rs far as I
can calculate il in our phrase, that corn
crib is 1. 500 miles long and 1850 broad
and /. 800 high, and il is full. Food for
all nations. or" say the people, I'VE
will start right away and get this sup
ply for Dur soul"
But stop a moment; from the keeper
Of that corn crib comes this word, say
ing: "You shall not see my face ex-
cept your brother be with you" In
other words, there is no such thing a.
getting from Heaven pardon, and com
fort, and eternal life unless W. bring
with Us our Divine Brother, the Lord
Jesus Christ Coming without Him we
shall fall before we reach the corn
crib, and our bodies shall he a por-
ton for the jackals Of the wilder
ness; bit coming with the Di-
vine Jesus, all the granaries Of
Heaven will swing open before our
soul, and abundance shall be given us
We shall be invited to sit in the palace
of the King and al the table; and while
Wv AoIu VI IlCnNch 10 uplpI II
from his own table to other tables he
will not forget us; and then and there
it will be found hat our Benjamin's
mess is larger than all the others, for
so il ought I be. Worthy is the
Lamb that "a slain. to receive bless
ing, and riches, and honor, and glory,
and power"
want to make three points Every
frank and common sense man will &C.
knowledge himself to be q sinner.
What are You going to do with your
sins? Have them pardoned, you say.
How? Through the mercy of God.
What do you mean by the mercy of
God? Is it the letting down for the adj
mission of all without respect 20 char
acter? BE not deceived. l see a soul
coming mp TO the gate of mercy and
knocking ut the corn crib of heavenly
| supply, and a voice from within says:
Are you alone?" The sinner replies:
"All alone" The voice from within
says: "You shall % see my pardon
ing face unless your Divine Brother.
the Lord Jesus, be with you"
O, anxious sinner! o. dying sinnerl
o. lost sinner! all you ave got to do is
to have this Divine Benjamin along
with you. Side by side. coming To the
gate, all the store houses Of Heaven
will swing open before your anxious
soul. Am right in calling Jesus Ben
jamin? O., yes, Rachel lived only long
enough to give a name To hat child.
and with a dying kiss she called him
I;enoni. Afterward Jacob changed his
name, and called him benjamin The
meaning of the name she gave was
''son of my pain" The meaning of the
name the father gave was 'son OF my
right hand" And was not Christ the
son of pain? All the sorrows OF Rachel
in that hour. when she gave her child
over into the hands of strangers, was
nothing compared with the struggle of
God when he gave up His only Son
The omuipotent God i'm q birth throe,
And was not Christ appropriately called
"Son Of the Right Hand?"
My text also suggests the reason why
SO many people do not get any real
comfort You meet ten people; nine of
them are in need of some kind Of con-
| uoaeuCt. lutTt II SpiltllllffE III tI1ciT
health. OF in their state, or in their
domestic condition that demands sym
patty. And yet the most of the worlds
sympathy amounts TO absolutely moth
ing. People go to the wrong crib, or
they go in the wrong way.
When the plague vas in Rome. a
great many years ago, there were
| eighty men who chanted themselves To
death with the litanies of Gregory the
Great-literallv chanted. themselves TO
death, and yet il did not stop the plague.
And all the music of the word cannot
halt the plague of the human heart. |
come to some one whose ailments are
chronic, and l say: ''In Heaven you
will never be sick" That does not give
you much comfort. What you want is
a soothing power for your present dis
trcss. Lost children. have you? / come
TO you and tell you that in ten years.
perhaps. you will meet those loved ones
before the throne Of God. But there is
little coincidence in that. One day il .
year without them. and ten years Is q
small eternity. What you want Is q
sympathy now-present help l come TO
those OF you who ave lost dear friends
and say: Try To forget them. 10 not
keep the departed always in your
mind" How can you forget them when
every figure in the carpet and every
picture and every room calls ont their
name? Suppose come to You and say
by way Of coincidence; God is wise. ="
30" You say, that gives me no help"
Suppose l come TO you and say: God.
from all eternity, has arranged this
trouble" "Ahr" you say, that does
me no good" Then l say: with the
feet of prayer so direct to the corn-crib
for q heavenly supply" You 60. You
say: Lord help me: Lord comfort
me" But no help yet No comfort
yet IL is all dark. What is the mat
ter? have found. You ought to 60
to God and say: Here, q, Lord. are
the wounds of my soul and | bring
with me the wounded Jesus Let His
wounds "a for my wounds. His be-
reavemcnts. His loneliness for my lone
illness. His heartbreak for nv heart
break. O. Cod for the sake of the