The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-01

measurable curiosity to know what IL
Is, and how IL Is, and where 1t Is. Co
lumbus risked his life to find this con-
| tinent, and shall we shudder TO go out
on a voyage Of discovery which shall
reveal n vaster and more brilliant
| try? John Franklin risked his life to
find q passage between icebergs, and
shall we dread to find q passage to
eternal summer Men in Switzerland
travel up the heights of the Matterhorn
with alpcnstocka and guides, and rockets.
and ropes, and, getting half way up,
stumble and fall down In a horrible
massacre. They just wanted to say
they had been on the tops of those high
peaks.
And shall we fear TO go out for the
ascent of the eternal hills which start
one thousand miles beyond where stop
the highest peaks Of the Alps, when in
| that ascent there is no peril? A man
doomed to die stepped on the scaffold
and said in Joy: snow in ten minutes I
will know the great secret" One min
ute after the vital functions ceased, the
little child that died last night knew
more than Jonathan Edwards, or st.
Paul himself, before he died. Friends,
the exit from this world, or death, II
you please to call 1t, to the Christian 10
| glorious explanation. 1t Is demonstra-
ton. IL is illumination. It Is sunburst-
1t is the opening Of all the windows.
II Is shutting up the catechism Of doubt
and the unrolling Of all the scrolls Of
positive and accurate Information.
Instead Of standing at the foot
Of the ladder and looking up,
IL is standing at the top Of the ladder
and looking down. 1t is the last mys-
terry taken out of botany, and geology.
and astronomy, and theology. o, will
it not be grand to have all questions
answered? The perpetually recurring
interrogation point changed for tho
mark of exclamation. All riddles solved
Who will fear to go ont on that discov-
cry, when oil the questions are to be-
decided which we have been discussing
all our lives? Who shall not clap his
hands in the anticipation of hat blessed
country, il IL be no better than through
holy curiosity crying: 1.-The time of my
departure Is at handY"
l remark, again, we ought to have
the joy Of this text, because, leaving
this world, we move into the best so
ciety OF the universe. You see a great
crowd Of people in some street, and you
say: ''Who Is passing there? What
general, what prince Is going up
there"" Well, I see q great throng in
Heaven say: "Who is the focus of
all that Animation Who Is the GEN.
ter Of that glittering company" It is
Taaus Tho chanc;nn - oil rvo,1I, &Lo
f~avorite Of all ages. DO you know
what is the first question the soul will
ask when IL comes through the gate Of
Heaven? think the first question will
be: where Is Jesus, the Saviour that
pardoned my sins; that carried my sor-
rows; that fought my battles; that won
my victoriesr' D radiant one! how I
would like to see thee! thou Of the
manger, but without its humiliations;
thou Of the cross, bat without its
pangs; thou OF the grave, but without
its darkness.
The Bible intimates that we will talk
with Jesus in Heaven just as a brother
talks with a brother. Now, what will
you ask him first? I do not know. I
can think what I would ask Paul first
If ! saw him in Heaven. , think I
would like to hear him describe the
storm that came upon tho ship when
there were 2T5 souls on the vessel, Paul
being the only man on board cool
enough to describe the tom There II
n fascination about a ship and the sea
that l never shall get over, and I think
l would like To hear him talk about that
first. But when l meet my Lord Jesus
Christ, OF what shall I first delight
to hear him speaxe Now l think
what it Is I shall first want 10
hear the tragedy OF his last hours;
and then Luke's account of the
crucifixion, and Marks account Of the
crucifixion, and Johns recount OF the
c~rucifxion will be nothing, while from
the living lips of Christ the story shall
be told of the gloom that fell, and the
devils that arose, and the fact that
upon his endurance depended the res
cue OF a race; and there was darkness in
the sky, and there was darkness in the.
soul, and the pain became more sharp,
and the burdens became more heavy.
until the mob began to swim away from
the dying vision OF Christ, and the ours
ing OF the mob came to his ear more
faintly, and his hands were fastened
to the h~orizoutsl piece OF the cross, and
his feet were fastened to the perpen-
dicular piece of the cross, and his.
head fell forward in q swoon as. he.
uttered the last moan and cried: 'It Ia
hnlshed'' All Heaven will stop to lisa-
en- until the story is done, and every
harp will be put down, and every, lin
closed, and all eyes fixed upon the
divine narratos, until the story is done;
and then, at the tap of the baton. the
eternal orchestra will rouse up; finger
on string OF ilfrp and lips to the mouth
OF trumpet, there shall roll forth tho
oratorio of the Messiah: worthy is the
Lamb that was slain to receive. bless
ing, n riches, and honor, and glory,
ana power, world without end!"
What He endureth o who can tell
TO save our souls from death and helli
When there was between pn,tl ana
that mlUnifrnut parooc. -