The Red Cloud chief., 1891-09-18

hard heart' Caust thou not feel one
throb Of gratitude toward the God that
made you, and the Christ who came 70
redeem you. and the Holy Ghost who
has all these years been importuning
you? II you could sit down Eve min
utes under the tree of . Saviour's
martyrdom and feel His warm life
trickling on your forehead and cheek
and hands. methinks yon would get
some appreciation OF what you owe to
q crucified Jesus
Heart OF stone. relent, relent.
. Touched by Jesus cross subdued:
See His body. mangled. rent.
Covered with . gore of blood.
Sinful soul. what hast thou done7
Crucin.d the eternal Son.
Jacob with a good deal of tug and
push took the stone from the wells
mouth, SO that the hocks might be
watered And I would that to-day my
word, blessed of God. might remove the
~hindrances to your getting up TO the
gospel well Yea, 1 take it for granted
that the work is done. and now like the
original shepherds I proceed TO water
the sheep.
Come, all ye thirsty! You have an
underlined longing in your soul. You
tried money making; that did not salts
fly you. You tried Office under govern
ment; that did not satisfy you. You
tried pictures and sculptures, but works
Of art did not satisfy you. There are
men who are perfectly discontinued.
Unhappy in the past unhappy to-day.
to be unhappy forever. unless you come
to this gospel well. This satisfies the
soul with a high, deep all absorbing
and eternal satisfaction.
The wealth of Cresus and of all the
Rothschilds is only . poor, miserable
shilling compared with the eternal
fortunes that Christ offers you to-day.
In the far EAST there "a q king who
used once a year to get on the scales,
while on the other side the scales were
placed gold and silver and gems; in
deed enough were placed there to bal
ance the king; then, at the close of the
weighing, all those treasures were
thrown among the populace. But
Christ to-day steps on ono side the
scales and on the other side are all the
treasures of the universe. and he says:
"All are yours-all height, all depth,
all length. all breadth, all eternity; all
are yours" We don't appreciate the
promises Of the gospel. When ar aged
clergyman was dying-a man very emf
nent in the church-s young theological
student stood by his side, and the aged
man looked up and said to him: Cant
you give me some comfort In my dying
hour?" NO" said the young man; 81
can't talk to you on this subject; you
know all about II, and have known 1t
SO long" "Well," eaid tho dying
man. lust recite to me some promises"
The young man thought a moment, and
he came to this promise: 1.-THE blood
Of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all SIM"
and the old man clasped his hands, and
in his dying moment said: That's just
the promise I have been waiting for.
The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth
from all sim"
Come. also. to this gospel we'll all We
troubled do not suppose you have
escaped. Compare your view of this
life at fifteen years OF age with what
your view of it is at forty, or sixty. or
seventy. What a great contrast Of
opinion! We're you right then or are
you right now? Two cups placed in
your hands, the one a sweet cup, the
other a sour cup. A cup of joy and a
cupof grief. Which has been the near
est to being full. and out Of which have
you the more frequently partaken?
What a different place the cemetery
is from what it used to be. Once it
was to you a grand city improvement
and you went out on the pleasure ex-
cursion and you ran laughingly up the
mound and you criticised in a light way
the epitaph. But since the day when
you heard the bell toll at the gate as
you went in with the procession, it is a
sad place and there is a flood of rushing
memories hat suffuse the eve and over
master the heart. Oh, you have had
trouble, trouble, trouble. God only
knows how much you have had. 1t is
a wonder you have been able to live
through il. 1t is a wonder your nervous
system has not been shattered and your
brain has not reeled. Trouble. trouble.
IL could gather all the griefs Of all
sorts from this great audience, and
could put them in one scroll neither
man nor angel could endure the recita-
ton. Well what do you want? Would
you like to have your property back
again? NO." you say. as n Christian
man; II was becoming arrogant and |
think that is why the Lord took it away.
| don't want to have my property
back" Well, would you have your
departed friends back again? NO."
you say. 81 couldn't take the RESPONSE
billy of bringing them from fearless
realm to a realm of tears. l couldn't
do it." Well. then, what do want? A
| thousand voices in the audience cry out:
Comfort, give us comfort" For that
reason l have rolled away the stone
from the wells mouth. Come, all ye
wounded of tho flock, pursued Of the
wolves, come to the fountain where the
| Lords sick and bereft ones have come.
An" says some one, you are not
old enough to understand my sorrows.
You have not been In the world as long
as 1 have, and you can't talk to me about
my misfortunes in the time of old age"
Well, l have been q great deal among
old people, and know how they feel
about their failing health. and about
their departed friends and about the
loneliness that sometimes strikes
through their soul.
After two persons have lived together
for forty or fifty years and one of them
Is taken away, what d~esolation! shall
not forget the late Rev. DIR. he Witt, OF
New York. when he stood by the open
grave Of his beloved wife, and after the
~obsequies had ended, he looked down
into the open place and said: Fare
well. my honored, faithful and beloved
wife. The bond that bound us is sew
cred Thou art in glory, and I Am here
on earth We shall meet again. Fare
we'll! FAREWELL" To lean on q prop
for fifty years and then have Ii break
under you!
There were only two years difference
between the deaths Of my father and
mother. After my mothers decease
my father used to go around rs though
looking for something; and he would
often get up from one room, without