The Red Cloud chief., 1891-07-24

will tell the truth, the whole tsuth and
nothing but the trnth. With what yoa
have seea with your own eyes and from
what you have heard with your OWE
earn Ii there power In this Gospel 20
give calmness and triumph In The last
e~xigency? The response comes from
all sides. from young and old and mid
die aged: I'VE are witnesscsii"
You see. my friends, ] have not pu1
before you ~ abstraction or . chimesa
or anything like guess work. present
you afidsvits Of the best men and
women living and dead. Two witnesses
in court will establish . fact Here are
not two witnesses. but millions Of wit
nesses on earth and in Heaven testify.
ing that there Is power In this religion
TO convert the soul. TO give comfort in
trouble and 70 afford composure in the
last hour.
II ten men should come 20 you when
you are sick with appalling sickness
and say they had the same sickness and
took . certain medicine and IL cured
them You would probably take it, Nov.
suppose ten other men should come up
and say: 1--WE don't believe that there
is anything in that medicine" ''weli."
I say. ''have you tried III" mo. !
have never tried il, but I don't believe
there II anything In it." OF course you
discredit their testimony. The skeptio
may come and say: There Is no power
In your religion" Have you ever
tried it?' mo. no." Then svaunt!"
Let me take the testimony Of the mil
lions of souls that have been converted
to God, aud comforted in trial. and
solaced In the last hour. We will take
their testimony as they cry: I'VE arc
witnesses"
Prof. Henry, Of Washington. dis
covered n new star. and the tidings
sped by submarine telegraph, and all
the o~bservatories Of Europe were
watching for hat new star. o. bearer,
looking out through the darkness OF
thy soul. canst thou see . bright light
beeming on thee? "Where?" you say.
where? How can ] find it?' Look
along the line of the cross OF the Son
Of God DO you not see II trembling
with all tenderness and beaming with
all hope? 1t is the star Of Bethlehem.
Deep horror then my vitsls froz.,
Death struck I ceased The tide to stem,
when suddenly . star arose
II was the star Of Bethlehem
o. hearers, get your eye on it. 1t h
easier for you now to become Christians
than il is 10 stay away from Christ and
Heaven. When Madame Sontag began
her musical career she was Kissed on
the stage at Vienna by the friends Of
her rival, Amelia Steininger. who had
already begun to decline through her
dissipation. Years passed on and one
day Madame Sontag. in her glory. was
riding through the streets OF Berlin
when she saw a little child lead.
ing a blind woman and she said:
Come here, my little child. come
here. Who is that you are lead
ing by the hand?" And the little
child replied: That's my mother; that's
Amelia Steiniuger. She used to DO .
great singer, but she lost her roice. and
she cried so much about IL that she lost
her eyesight" ''Give my love to her."
said Madame Sontag. land tell her an
old acquaintance will call on her this
AFTERNOON. ne ueAt WccA III 1PCAsHn
a vast assemblage gathered ut a benefit
for that poor old woman and II was
said that Sontag sang that night rs she
had never sung before. And she took .
skilled oculist who in vain tried
to give eyesight TO the poor blind
oma Until the day of Amelia
Steiniuger's death, Madam Son.
tag TOOK care Of her and her
daughter after her. That was what
the queen of song did for her enemy.
But o, hear a more thrilling story still
Blind. immortal. poor and lost thou
who, when the world and Christ we're
rivals for thy heart, didst hiss thy Lord
away-Christ zones now TO give thee
sight, to give thee a home, to give thee
Heaven. With more than n SOutag's
generosity. he comes now to meet your
need. With more than q SOntag's mu-
sic, he comes to plead for thy deliver
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