The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-16
Amid the whirl wind and tho darkness

oAi y ioNt tut INV htN ,h'pt ~
the wreck on the beach Sleeping that
night in Longstone lighthouse was q
girl of gentle spirit and comedy coun-
tenance. AS the morning dawns, l SEQ
that girl standing amid the spray and
tumult Of ~contcnding elements, look
ing through n glass upon tho wreck
and the nine wretched sufferers. She
proposes to her father TO take boat and
put out across the wild sen To
rescue them. The father says: 1T
cannot be done! just look ut In
tumbling surf" But she persisted and
with her father bounds into the boat
Though never accustomed to plying the
orr she takes one and her father the
other. Tho sea tossed up the boat rs
though II were IA bubble, but amid the
foam and the wrath Of the sea tho
wreck was reached, the exhausted peo.
pie picked up and saved. Humane So
cieties rendered their thanks. Wealth
poured into the lap OF the poor
girl. Visitors from all lands camc to
look on her sweet face; and when loon
after she launched forth on n dark sea
and death was the oarsman, dukes and
duchesses and mighty men sat down In
teuTs III hiuWiCh CoStte, w th'bN thcy
never again might see the face Of Grace
Darling.
No such deeds Of daring will ~probab-
~ DO asked Of you, but hear You not
the howl Of that awful storm OF trouble
and sin that hath tossed ten Thousand
shivered hulks into tho breakersf
Know you not that the whole earth Ia
strewn with the shipwrecked? That
there aro wounds To be healed and
broken hearts to be bound and drown
ing souls TO be rescued? Some have
gone down and you come too late, but
others are clinging to tho wreck, are
shivering with the cold, are stranglinR
In the wave, are crying to you for de-
l%iverance. Will you not, ore In hand.
put out to-day from the li%ghthousef
And Christ, pointing to tho incbriatc
that you reformed, and the dying sim
ncr whom you taught TO pray, and tho
outcast whom you pointed to God for
shelter, will say: 'You did II to them!
You did 1t to mel"
Again, the scene of the text imprcsscs
upon us the strength of maternal attach
mcnt Not many men would have had
courage or endurance for the awful
mission of Rizpah. There Is no emotion
so completely unselish rs maternal AZ
lection. Conjugal love expects the ro-
turn of many kindnesses and atten.
tons Filial love expects parental care
or 10 helped by tho memory Of past
watchfulness. But the strength of q
mothers love is entirely independent OF
the past and the future, and Is, OF all
emotions, tho purest. The child
has done nothing in the past
TO earn kindness, and in tho future
it may grow up to m%altreat its
parent; but still from the mothers
heart there goes forth understandable
affection. Abuse cannot offend it;
neglect cannot chill it; time cannot
efface it; death cannot destroy it. For
harsh words it has gentle Gliding, for
the blow it has bcneficent ministry, for
neglect it has increased watchfuluesA
!, But from this weird text OF the morn.
ing rushing in upon my soul q
thought that overpowers Inc. This
watching by Rizpah was an after death
watching. I wonder now If there is an
, after death watching? l think thore 10
There are Rizpahs who nave passed
death, and who are still watching.
= cannot believe that those who
before their death were inter
; ested in us have since Their
!. death become indifferent as to what
y happens to us. Not one hour Of the six
months, during which Rizpah watched
seated upon the rocks, was she more
alert, or diligent, or armed for us than
.. our mother, IL glorited, is alert and dill,
/, gent and armed for us 1t Is not now
Rizpah on u rock, but Rizpsh on a
: throne. How long has your mother
been dead? Do you think she has beer
dead long enough to forget you? My
? mother has been dead twenty-nine
,, years / believe she knows more
. about me now than she did
when I stood in her presence, and
am no spiritualist either. The
Bible says: Are they not oil minister.
ing spirits sent forth to minister to
: them that shall be heirs Of salvation"
Young man! Better look out what you
do and where you go for your gloriied
mother is looking at you. You some.
times say TO yourself: "What would
mother say II she knew this?" She does
know. You might cheat her once, bu,
. you canno cheat hcr now.
!. oh, this tremendous thought of my
text, this after-death watching! What
IN uplifting consideration. And what
!, a comforting thought, Young mother,
, you who have just lost your babe, and
. who feels the need of q nearer solace
than that which comes from ordinary
sympathy, your mother knows all
about it. You cannot run in and talk
1t all over with her as you would II she
. were still a terrestrial resident, but Il
will comfort you some, l think, yea Il
will comfort you a good deal to know
that she understands it all. You see
, that the velocities of the heavenly con-
ditions are SO great that II would not
, take her a half second to come to your
bereft heart o, these mothers in
Heaven! They can do more FOR us now
. than before they went away. The
bridge between this world and the next
Is not broken down. They approach
the bridge from both ways, departing
a-s.A u- -.