The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22

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in and smuggle him ont, but call in your
best friends and take him to the house
of God and introduce him to your
pastor, and say: This is my father"
If he had kept for himself the advan-
tages which he gave you, he would be
as well educated and as well gotten up
as you
Never be ashamed of your early =
roundings. Yes, yes, all the green
leaves we walk over were torn off soma
| palm tree. l have cultivated the habit
Of forgetting the unpleasant things Of
life, and l chiefly remember the smooth
things, and as far as I remember now
my life has for the most part moved on
. road soft with green leaves. They
were torn off two palm trees that stool
at the start of the road. The prayers,
the Christian example, the good advice,
the hard work of nv father and mother.
They long ago went into siumher
among their kindred and friends on the
banks of the Raritan, but the influences
they threw in the way of their children
are yet green as leaves the momen they
are plucked from a palm tree and We
feel them on our brow and under II
feet and they will strew all the way I'M
til we lie down in the same slumbe-.
Self sacrifice. What a thrilling word.
Glad am that our world has SO many
specimens of it. The sailor boy on ship
board was derided because he would not
fight or gamble and they called him \
| coward. But when a child fell over
board and no one else was ready tn help
| the derided sailor leaped into the sea
and though the waves We're rough, thc
sailor swimming with one arm, carried
the child in the other arm till rescued
and rescuer were lifted into safety, AMI
the cry of coward ceased and all huzzaed
at the scene of daring and self sacrifice.
When recently Capt. Burton, the great
author, died he left a scientific book in
manuscript which he expected would
be his wife's fortune. He said: This
will make you independent and affiuent
| after / am gone" He suddenly died
| and it was expected that the wife would
publish the book. One publisher told
| her he could himself make nut of it
| 500, 600. But it was a book which,
though written with pure scientific de-
| sign, she felt would do unreasonable
damage to public morals. With the two
large volumes, which had cost her hus-
band the work of years, she sat down
on the floor before the fire and said to-
herself: There is a fortune for me in
this book, and although my husband
wrote it with the right motive and
scientific people might be helped
by it, to the a majority of
people it would be harmful,
and l know it would damage
the world" Then she took apart the
manuscript sheet after sheet and pL. it
into the fire until the last line was con-
sumed. Bravo. She flung her Iiveli-
hood, her home, her chief worldly re-
sources under the best moral and re-
lfkious interests of the world.
How much are we willing to sacrifice
for others? Christ is again on the
march, not from Bethpagc to Jerusa-
lum, but for the conquest of the world.
He will surely take it, but who will
furnish the palm branches for the tri-
umphant way! Self sacrifice is the
word. There is more MONEY paid to de-
stroy the world than to ave it. There
is more depraved literature to blast
men than good literature to elevsX
them. o, for a power to descend
upon us all like that which
whelmed Charles G. Finney with mercy,
when kneeling in his law office, and be-
fore he entered upon his apostolic
career of evangelization he said: The
Holy Ghost descended upon me in a
manner hat seemed to go through me,
body and soul. / could feel the impress
sion like a wave of electricity going
through and through me. Indeed it
seemed to come in " and waves of
LIQUID love. 1t seemed like the breath
of God. / can recollect distinctly that
it seemed to fan me like immense
wings. 1 wept aloud with joy and love.
These waves came over me and over me,
one after another, and until, l recollect.
1 cried out: Il shall die if these waves
continue to pass owe me- I said:
Lord, l cannot bear any more" And
when a gentleman came into the office
and said: Mr.. Finney, you are in pain?'
he replied: NO, but SD happy that I
cannot live"
My hearers, the time will come when
upon the whole church of God will de-
scend such an avalanche of blessing,
and then the bringing of the world To
God will be a matter of a few years,
perhaps a few days, or a few hours.
Ride or, o Christ. for the evangelical;
ton of all nations. Thou, Christ, who
|; didst ride on the unbrOken colt down
the sides of Olivet, on the white horse
of eternal victory ride through all ma
tions, and may we. by our prayers and
our self sacrifices and our contributions
and our CONSIDERATIONS throw palm
branches in the way.
/ clap my hands at the coming victory.
l feel this morning as did the Israel.
ties when, on their march to Canaan,
they came not under the shadow of one
palm tree, but of seventy palm trees,
standing in an oasis among a dozen
gushing fountains, or. as the Bible puts
it: Twelve wells of water and three
score and ten palm trees" Surely there
arc more than seventy such great ant
glorious souls present to-day. Indeed
it is n mighty grove of palm trees. and
feel something of the raptures which
shall feel when our last hattie