The Red Cloud chief., 1892-10-07
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men cosnc back from an ecclesiastical
massacre rs proud of their achieves
ments rs an Indian warrior boasting Of
the number of scalps he has taken.
have more admiration for n man who
goes forth with his fists to get the
championship than ! have for these
theological pugilists who make our
theological magazines ring with their
war cry. There are men who seem to
think the only use of the sword of truth
II to stick somebody. There Is one
passage OF the Scriptures that they like
better than all Others, and that is this:
"Blcsscd be the Lord which teachcth
my hands to war aud Wy fingers To
fight" Woe to us II we come To Gods
word IA controvcrsialists, or ns skcptics,
or rs connoisseurs, or ~ fault finders,
or merely ~ pocts'
Those only get into the heart OF Gods
truth who come seeking Christ. Wei.
come all such! They will find Him
coming out from behind the curtain Of
prophcsy until lie stands in the full
light of New Testament disclosure,
Jesus, the Son Of God, the Saviour of tho
world. They will find him In gcnca.
logical table and In chronological cal.
culation. In poetic stanza and In histor.
ical narrative, In profound parable ard
in startling miracle. They will see Ills
foot on every sea and His tears In tho
drops OF dew on Hcrmon,
and hear His voice In the wind
and bchold Ills words all abloom
in the valley between Mount Olivct and
Jerusalem. There are some men who
come and walk around the temple Of
truth and merely see the outside. There
are others who walk into the porch aud
then go away. There are others who
come in and look ut the pictures, but
they sncw nothing about the chief
attractions of the Bible. 1t il only tho
man who comes and knocks ut the gate.
saying, 81 would sec Jesus" For him
the glorics of that book open and he
goes In and finds Christ and with him
peace, pardon, life, comfort and Heaven.
"All In all Is Jesus In the Bible.
rcmars again that Christ IN every.
thing In the great plan of redemption.
We are slaves; Christ gives dcliverance
to the captive. We are thirsty; Christ
is the river Of salvation to slakc our
thirst We are hungry; Christ says: II
am the bread of life" We are con.
demncd to die; Christ says: Save that
man from going down to the pit; I am
the ransom" We arc tossed on u sea
Of troubles; Jesus comes over 1t, saying;
1T Is !, be not afraid" We are In dark.
ness; Jesus says: ~ am the bright and
morning STAR" We are sick, Jesus Is
the balm OF Gilead. We arc dead;
hear the shrouds rend and the
grave hillocks heave Ms he cries:
II I'm the resurrection and the
life; hc that believeth In Me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live"
We want justification; Being justified
by faith, we have peace with God
through u Lord Jesus Christ" We
want to exercise faith; believe In tho
Lord Jesus Christ, ana thou shalt b
saved" want to get from under con.
~demnation; There Is now, therefore.
no condemnation to them who are In
Christ Jesus" The cross-He carried IL
The flames Of hell-He suffered them.
The shame-He endured II. The crown
He won II. Heights Of Heaven sing Il,
and worlds Of light TO worlds Of light
all round tho Heaven cry: 'Glory,
glory!"
I remark again, Christ Is everything
to the Chistian in trouble. We must ali
stoop down and drink out of the bitter
lake. The moss has no time to grow on
the buckets that come up out Of tho
hearts we'll, dripping with tears. Great
trials are upon III track as certain 40
greyhound pack on the scent OF deer.
From u hearts In every direction there
are q thousand chords reaching out
binding ms TO loved ones, and ever and
anon some OF these tendrils snap The
winds that cross this sen of life are not
all abaft The clouds that cross our
sky are not feathery and afar, straying
like flocks Of sheep on heavenly
pastures: but wrathful, and SOM
Der, and cleaning with terror,
they wrap the mountains In FIRE, and
come down baying with their thunders
through every gorge. Tho richest
fruits Of blessing have o prickly shell.
Life here is not lying ut anchor; II IL
weathering q gale. II Is not sleeping
In q soldiers tent with our arms
stacked; 1t il q bayonet charge. We
stumble over gravestones and we drive
on with our wheel deep in the old rut
OF graves. Trouble has wrinkled your
brow and II has frosted your head.
railing In this battle OF life, II there
no angel to bind our wounds? Hath
God made this world with SO many
things TO hurt and none TO heal? For
this snake bite of sorrow Is there no
herb growing by the brooks TO
heal the poison ? Blessed be
God that in the gospel we find the
%antidote! Christ has bottled an ocean
of tears. How many thorns He hath
plucked out of human agony! o! He
knows too well what 1t is to carry q
cross not to help us carry ours. lie
knows O well what II Is TO climb the
mountain not to help us up the steep.
He knows too well what 1t is to he per-
secuted not to help those who are i'm
posed upon. He knows too well what
1t is to be sick not to help those who
suffer. Ay, He knows too well what it
Is to die, not to help us in our last ex-
tremity. Blessed Jesus, Thou knowest
1t all Seeing Thy wounded side, and
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