The Red Cloud chief., 1891-09-04

that benaved mother give7 am glad
that thee are those who know some
thing oflhe value Of n child. Its pos
sibilities are tremendous What will
those ha,ds yet do? Where will those
feet yet walk?
Come. chronologists, and calculate
the decades On decades. the centuries
on centutes, of its lifetime. o. to ave
. child! Am I not right in putting that
among tie great exploits? But what
are You gting TO do with those children
who are worse Of than II their fathers
and motters had died the day they
were bort? There are tens Of thou
sands Of such. Their ~parentage wa
against thsm- Their name is against
them. Tie structure Of their skulls
against thsm. Their nerves and mus
cles contaminated by the inebricty OF
d~issoluten,ss Of their parents; they are
plank In the middle Of the Atlantic
ocean, ia IN eguinoctial gale. and told To
make for shore. What TO do with them
Is the question often asked. There is
another question quite as pertinent
and that IS what they are going To do
with US? They will. ten or eleven
years from now, ave as many votes as
the same number Of well born children.
and they will hand this land over TO
anarchy and political damnation just
as sure as We neglect them, Suppose
We each one of us save a boy or save q
girl You ear do It. Will you? will
On the English coast there was a
wild storm, and a wreck in the ofing,
and the cry was: MAN the lifeboat-'
But Harry, the usual leader Of the
sailors ere W. was not To be found, and
they went without him. and brought
back all the shipwrecked people but
one. By this time Harry. the leader Of
the crew. appeaIed and said: ''why did
you leave that She?' The answer was:
''He could not help himself at all, and
we could not get him into the boat"
MAN the lifeboat!" shouted Harry.
''and we will go for that one." no"
said his aged mother, standing by. you
must not go, I lost your father in a
storm like this, and your brother Will
went off six years ago, and | have m
heard a word from Will since he left,
and I don't know where he is, poor
Will, and | cannot let you also go. for
] am old and dependent on you" His
reply was: Mother, ! must go and
save that one man. and il l am lost,
God will AXE care of you in your old
days" The life boat put out, and after
an awful struggle with the sea they
picked the poor fellow out of the rig
ging just in time to save his life. and
started for the shore. And As they
came within speaking distance Harry
cried out: I'VE saved him, and tell
mother il was brother Will"
How shall we get ready for one or all
of these three exploits? We shall make
n dead failure il In our own strength
we try To save a man or oma or child.
But my text suggests where we are 10
get equipment THE people that do
know their God shall be strong and do
exploits" And while you are saving
strangers you may save some Of your
own kin.
q. yes. my friend. let us start out tn
ave someone for time and eternity,
some man. some woman, some child.
And who knows but it may, directly or
Indirectly. be the salvation of one of
our own kindred. and that will bc an
exploit worthy of celebration when the
world itself is shipwrecked, and the sun
has gone out like a spark from a smit-
ten anvil, and all the stars are dead!