The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-16

reigning king. So, in the great arena
of spectators that watch our struggles,
and in the first divine gallery, as I shall
call 1t, sits our king. one Jesus. On his
head are many crowns. The Roman
emperor got his place by cold blooded
co%nYuests; but our King has come TO
His place by the broken hearts healed,
aud the tears wiped away, and the
souls redeemed. The Roman emperor
sat with folded ARIES Indifferent as to
whether the swordsman or the lion
beat, but our Kings sympathies are all
with us. Nay, unheard of condcsccn-
sion! I see Him come down from the
gallery into the arena to help us in the
fight, shouting until all up and down
his voice is heard: Fear not. I will
help thee! I will strengthen thee by
the right hand of my power"
They gave to the men In the arena,
In the olden time, food TO thicken their
blood, so hat 1t would flow slowly, and
that for a longer time the people might
gloat over the scene. But our King
has no pleasure in our wounds, for we
blood of His blood.
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The man OF sorrow bore "A part
Once, in an anchient apphitheater, a
lion with one paw caught the combat
ants sword, and with the other caught
his shield. The man took his knife
from his girdle and slew the beast The
king, sitting in the gallery. said: That
wa not fair; the lion must be slain by
a sword" Other lions were turned out
and the poor victim fell. You cry,
shame! shamc!" at such
| But the King in this case is our brother,
and He will see that we have fair play
He will forbid the rushing out of more
lions than we can meet; lie will not
| suffer us to be tempted above that we
are able. Thank God! The King is in
the gallery! His eyes are on us. His
heart is with us. His hand will deliver
us. blessed are all they who put
their trust in Him."
look again and see the angelic gal
lcry. There they are; the angel swung
the sword at the gate of Eden, the same
that Ezekiel saw upholding the throne
of God, and from which l look away
for the ~splcndor is insufrerable. Here
are the guardian augeis. That one
watched IL patriarch; this one protected
a child. That one has been pulling a
soul out of temptation! All these are
messengers Of light! Those drove the
Spanish Armada on the rocks. This
turned S~ennachcrib's living hosts into
n heap of $4,000 corpscs. Those.
yonder, chanted the Christmas carol
over Bethlehem until the chant
1.. xlr ,Lnt-Jp T1,.an ~ .,,
ton, stood in the balcony Of Heaven and
sercnaded the new born world wrapped
in swaddling clothes Of light. And
there, holier and mighticr than all, j.
Michael, the archangel To command
an earthly host gives dignity, but this
one Is leader of the twenty Thousand
chariots of God, and Of the ten thousand
times ten thousand angels. l think
God gives command TO the ~archangel,
and the archangcl to the seraphim. and
the seraphin to the chcrubin, until al
the lower orders Of Heaven near the
command and go forth on the high BE-
hest.
Now, bring on your lions! Who can
fear? All the spectators in the angelic
gallery are our friends. "He shall Civ,
his angels charge over thee to keel
thee in all thy ways. They shall besS
thee up in their hands, lest thou dasl
thy foot against a stone. Thou shall
tread upon the lion and adder; tn
young lion and dragon shalt thou tram
pie under foot"
Though the arena be crowded witt
temptations we shall with the angcli
help strike them down in the name o
, our God and leap on their fallen car
! casses! U bending throng Of brigh
angelic faces and swift wings ant
|, lightning foot! hail you TO-DAY fro.
tho dust and struggle of the ARR NJ
! l look again and see the gallery o
the prophets and apostles. Who ar
| those mighty ones up yonder? Hosea
, and Jeremiah, and Daniel. and Isaiah
, and Paul, and Peter, and John, an
James There sits Noah, waiting TO
all the world to come into the ark; an
Moses waiting till the last Red sea shall
divide; and jeremiah, waiting for tn
: Jews to return, and John of the Apoca
l lypse, waiting for the swearing OF tn
, angel that time shall be no longer
Glorious spirits! Ye were howlcd n,
We were stoned. ye were spat upon
: They have been in this fight themselves
t and they are all with us Daniel know
all about lions. Paul fought wit
beasts at Ephesus.
+ look again, and sec the gallery @
the martyrs. Who is that? Hugh Lat
3 mer, sure cnoughl He would no
apologize for the truth preached; an
= so he died, the night before swingin
t from the bed post in perfect glee ut tn
Q thought of emancipation. Who are tina
e army of G,9G6? They are the Theba
legion who died for the faith. Here
a larger host in magnificent array
Ss4, O0O-who persisted for Christ in tn
prosecutions of Diocletian. Yonder is
! family group, Felicitas OF Rome, an
e her children. While they were dyin
n for the faith she stood encouragin
them. One son waA whipped to deaf
by thorns; another was flung from
rock; another was beheaded. AZ las
o the mother became u martyr. Their
S they are together-a family group !
G Heaven! Yonder il John Bradford, VIII