The Red Cloud chief., 1891-07-03

There shall be no Pyrenees; there
shall be no AlpA
Again, ! notice that this resolutioa
Of the young man Of the text was
founded in sorrow II his mishehsv,os.
II RI not mere physical plight II
wss grief that he had 20 m~sitrested his
father. II il . sad thing after . father
has done everything for . child. 20
have that child uryrsseful
''Hov sharper than . serpcat's tooth 10 ID.
To have Q thankiess ehibd
That is Shakespeare. "A foolish son
is the hesviness of his mother That
il the Bible
Well my friends have not some Of
us been cruel prodigals? Have we not
maitrested our Father? And such .
father. So loving. % kind II He had
been . stranger. il He had forsaken m.
il He had hagellsted US IL He had
pounded Us and turned us out Of doom
On the COMMONS. IL would not have been
so wonderful-our treatment OF him:
but He Ii father 30 loving. 20 kind,
and yet how many Of rs for our wan
behring's have never spologized We
apologize for wrongs done 10 IA fel-
lows but some Of n perhaps have
committed ten thousand times ten
thousand wrongs against God and never
apologized-
remark still further that this reSo-
luton Of the text was founded IN . feel
ing Of homesicknesS ] don't know how
long this young man. how many months
how many years he had been away
from his fathers house. but there Is
something in the reading Of my text
that makes me think he was homesick-
We read nothing in this story-this
parable founded on everyday hfe-we
read nothing about the mother. II
says nothing about going home 70 her.
I think she was dead. think she had
died of . broken heart at his wander
ingx A man gets yer having
lost his mother. Nothing said about
her here. But he is homesick for his
fathers house. He thought he would
Just like 70 go and walk around the old
place. He thought he would Just like
10 go and see il things were As they
used TO be.
A sailor. after having been long on
the sea, returned to his fathers house.
and his mother tried TO persuade him
not TO go away again She said: Now
you had better stay at home; don't go
away; we don't want you TO go; you
will have il q great deal better here"
But il made him angry. The night be
fore he went away again TO Sea he heard
his mother praying in the next room
and that made him more angry. He
went far out on the sea and q storm
came up and he was ordered 70 very
perilous duty, and he ran up the ratlines
and amid the shrouds Of the ship he
next room. He tried to whistle il of.
he tried to rally his courage. but he
could not silence thst voice he had
heard in the mex room, and there in
the storm and the darkness he said: 20
Lord! what a wretch ! have been: what
q wretch l am Helpm me just now, Lord
God"
But ! remark concerning this resolu-
ton. it was Immediately put into x
cution. The context says: HE arose
and came TO his father" II ! resolve
TO become q Christian next year that
amounts TO nothing at all. II ! resolve
10 become q Christian tomorrow. that
amounts to nothing at all. The only
kind of resolution that amounts TO
anything is the resolution that is i'm
~mediately put into execution.
There is a man who had the typhoid
fever. He said: 'Oh! il I could get
over this terrible distress. il this fever
should depart; il could be restored to
health. ! would all the rest OF my life
serve God" The fever departed. He
got well enough to walk around the
block. He got well enough to go over
to New York and attend to business.
He is well t~o-day-as well a he ever
was Where is the broken VOW? There
Is a man who said long ago: "If !
could live until the year 1891. by that
time I will have nv business matters
arranged. and I will have time TO attend
to religion, and I will be a good, thor
ough. consecrafed Christian" The
year 1891 has come. January, February.
March, April, May, June-almost half
Of the year gone Where is your
broken vow? 90" says some man, I'll
attend 70 that when / can get my char
acter fixed up: when ] can get over my
evil habits; j am now given TO strong
drink" DO you know there were many
who came just y near as you are TO the
kingdom Of God and never entered IL?
WAS at East Hampton and I went
into the cemetery to look around. and
In that cemetery there are twelve
graves side by side-the graves Of
soldiers. This crew. some years ago,
in q ship went into the breakers At
Amagsnsett about three miles away
My brother. then preaching at East
Hampton. had been 1t the burial
These men Of the crew came very near
being saved The people from ANA
gansett saw the vessel, and they shot
rockets. and they sent ropes from the
shore. and these poor fellows got into
the boat and they pulled nightly for
the shore. but just before they got to
the shore the rope snapped and the
boat capsized and they we're lost, their
bodies afterward washed mp TO the
beach. There are some men who come
almost TO the shore OF Gods mercy, but
not quite. To be only almost saved &c
not to be saved ut all
In England two young men started
from their fathers house and vent 10
Portsmouth The father could lot pur-
sue his children; for some n he
could not leave home. and 50 he wrote
. letter down TO Mr.. Griffin. saying:
mr.. Griffin. I wish you would 60 and
see nv two sons They have arrived in
Portsmouth and they are going to take
ship. and going away from home i
wish you would persuade them back"
Mr.. Griffin went and he tried to per-
suade them back. He persuaded q to
go. He went with very easy persuasion
because he was very homesick already.
The other young man said: II will not
60 have had enough Of home. I'll
never 90 home" s'WelL," said Mr.. Grit
I'm, then If you won't go home. I'll get
you . respectable position on . respect
able ship mo. you won't said the
prodigal mo you won't I am going