The Red Cloud chief., 1892-10-14
A missionary In Franoe oTcred a

years after II missionary happened in
the same house. The family had just
lost their son In the Crimean war, and
his Bible had been sent back home.
The missionary took IL mp aud saw that
Il was the very same Bible that he had
left in the house and from which the
leaves had been torn. The dying sol
der had written on one of the leaves Of
the Bible: Rejected and scofYcd at, but
finally believed In and saved" The
bible may be used TO light the pipe Of
witticism by some, but for us n Is n
staff In life, a pillow In death and our
Joy for eternity.
Walk oil up and down this Bible do
main! Try every path. Plunge In at
the prophecies, and come out at the
cpistlcs. Go with the patriarchs, until
you meet the cvangclists. Rummagc
and ransack, as children who are not
satisfied when they como TO a new
house, until they know what IL in every
room, and into what every door opens.
Open every jewel casket. Examine the
skylights. Forever be asking qucs-
tions. Put 10 q higher use than was
intended the Oriental pro,ero: Hold
all the skirts OF thy mantle extended
when Heaven is raining gold"
Passing from Bonn TO Coblcntz on
the Rhine, the scenery is comparatively
tame. But from Coblcntz to Maycnce
II is enchanting. You sit on deck, and
feel that the last fash of beauty must
exhaust the scene; but in n moment
there is a turn of the river, which COW
ers up the former view with more lux
uriant vineyards, and more defiant cas-
ties, and holder bluffs, vine wrcathed,
and grapes so ripe that II the hills be
touched, they would bleed their rich
life away into the bowls Of Bingcn and
HocShcimer. Here and there, there
are streams OF water melting into the
river, like smaller joys swallowed in the
bosom Of u great gladness. And when
night begins to throw It's black mantle
over the shoulder OF the hills and
you are approaching Decentralization at
the Mayence, the lights along the shore
fairly bewitch the scene with their
beauty, giving one a thrill that he feels
but once, yet that lasts him forever.
DO ttt TlNtT VI uOu WOTu III uOb u
straight stream, but n winding splendor
at every turn now wonders to attract,
still ripe vintage pressing to the brink
and crowded with castles of strength
(Stol zcnfels and Johannisb,rger rs
nothing compared with tho strong tower
into which the righteous run and are
saved), and our Decentralization ut last
In the evening, amidst the lights that
CLEAN from the shore Of Heaven. The
trouble Is that the vast majority OF
Bible voyagers stop Mt Coblentz, where
the chief glories begin.
The text is appropriate TO all Chris
tians of shallow experience. Doubts
and fears have In our day been almost
elected to the parliament Of Christian
graces. Some consider II a bad sign
not to have any doubts. Doubts and
fears are not signs Of health, but testers
and carbunclex You have q valuable
house or farm. II Is suggested that the
title Is not good. You employ counsel.
You have the deed examined You
search the record for mortgages. judg
ments and liens. You are not satisfied
until you have q certificate signed by
the great seal of the state, assuring YOU
that the title Is good. Yet how many
leave their title to Heaven an undecided
matter! Why do you not go to the record,
and find out? Give yourself no rest,
day o night, until you can read your
title clear TO mansions in the skies.
Christian character Is to come NJ
to higher standards. VT have now T.
hunt through u library to find on,
son, OF one Harlan Page. The tim,
will come when he win find half
dozen OF them sitting in the same sea
with US. The grace Of God a make a
great deal better man than those
have mentioned. Christians seen
afraid they will get heterodox by goin.
too far. They do not believe in Chris
tian perfection. There is no danger o
your being perfect for some time yet
I will keep watch and give you motto
in time II you get too near perfection
for the safety OF your theology. One
half Of you Christians are simply stucl
In the mud. Why not cut loos
from everything but God? Give no
to Him that formal petition mad
up Of 'Os'-''O Lord!' this. and Il
Lord" that When people are cold an,
have nothing TO say TO God they sire,
their prayer with TO-" and ''Foreve
and ever, amen" and things TO fill ar
Tell God what you want, with the feel
ing that he is ready to give II, and he
lieve that you will receive, aud yol
shall have il. Shed that old prayer yo
have been making these ten years.
Is high time that You outgrew /,
Throw II aside with your old ledger
aud your old hats and your old shoc'
Take q review of your present wants
OF your present sins and of your pres
ent blessings. With a sharp blade Gu
away your past half-and-half Christia
life, and with new determination an
and new plans and new expectation
launch out into the deep.
The text is appropriate to all who a,
engaged in Christian work. The churc
OF God has been fishing along the shor,
| We set our net In a good, clean plac'
and In sight Of u fine chapel, and we &
; down every Sunday TO see II the ts
have been wise enough to come into o,
net We might learn something fro
that boy with his hook and line. I