The Red Cloud chief., 1893-09-01
THE RED Cloud GHfEE.. RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA a. FR1t1AY .gsEt!p1

II, while the occupants glared on him
with a look WHICH scemcd to- say:
"Weil, IL | must must Amy with
such accurNed indecencys from the
houSe of God. Lctc veryschureh that
would maintain large Christian inilu-
cncc in community, culture sabbath
by Sabbath this beautiful grace of
christian hospitality. - g.
Again. this woman ih-ms tcxtfwns
great in her kindnss@taMArds Gad's
messenger. Elisha may have been u
stranger in that household, but as she
found out he had conne on a divine
mission, he was cordially welcomed.
We have u great many books In DIR
day about the h%ardships of ministers
and the trials of Christian ministers. |
wish sumebody wbutA write ~ book
abentthe joys of IN Cbrktian minis
ter, about the svmpathics all around
him. about the kintincsscs, ni,out the
genial considerations ,of him. Does
sorrow come To oer homo ana is thcrc
Il shadow on tho cradle? There are
hundreds of hands tn help, and many
who weary not through t1ie lou3 night
watching. and hundreds ~ prayrrs'go
ing up that God would restore tho sick.
Is there II burning, trimming cup of
calamity PLACED on tho pastors table,
are there not many to help him drink
of that cup and who will not he com.
forted because he is stricken? Oh, for
somebody to write II book about the
rewards of the Christian ministry
about his surroundings of Christian
sympathy. y
This woman of tho text was only a
type of thousands of men and women
who come down from the mansion and
from the cot to d0 kindness 10 the
Lords servants. suppose the men OF
Shunem had tp pay the bills, bat it was
the large-hcarted, Christian syihpathics
of the women of Shunem that looked
after the Lords messenger.
Again, this woman in the text was
great in her behavior under trouble.
Her only son 1uid died on her lap. a
very bright light vent ont IN that
household. The sacred writer puts it
very terscly when nc says; ole sat on
her knees until noon, and then he died"
Yet the writer goes on to say that She
exclaimed: at is wcll.i' yGreat in
prosperity, this woman was great in
trouble.
Navigators tell us about the rivers.
and the Amazon and the Danube and
the Mississippi have been explored, hut
who can tell the depth or length Of the
great river of sorrow made up of tears
and bloou rolling through all lands and
all ages, bearing the wreck of families
and of communities and of empires
foaminSs, writhing, boiling with the
agonics OF d. 900 years. Etna and Coto-
paNi and Nesuvius have been described,
hut who has ever slictched the volcano
of suffering retching up from its depths
the laya and the scoria and ipouring
them down ths Observation-Disclosures ma.
tions? Oh, if | could gather all the
heart strings. the broken heart strings
into a harp | would play on it n dirge
such rs was never sounded.
Mythologists tell US of Eorson aha
Centaur and Titan. aud 'gcoloaists tel.
us of extinct species of monster Rs; hut
greater than Gorgon Or Megathertnin,
and not belonging to therealm vi table,
and not of an extinct species. is a mon
stcr with iron jaw and iron hoofs walk.
ing across the nations. and history and
poetry and sculptor in their attempts
to sketch il ano describe il have seemed
to sweat great drops OF blood. 0.'
But. thank God. there are those who
can conquer as this oma of the text
conquered, and say: 1T is we'll, though
my property he gone, though my chill
drcn be gone, though my home be
broken up, though my health be sacri-
feed, it is well, it is WE'LL There is no
storm on the sea but Christ is ready To
rise in the hinder part of the ship and
hush IL. There is no darkness but the
consultations of Gods eternal love can
illuminate IL. and though the winter
comes u of the northern sky. YOU
have sometimes seen the northern sky
ali ablaac with auroras that seem to
say: Come up this way; up this way
are thrones of light and seas of Sap.
phire, and the splendor of an eternal
heaven. Come up this way" p
We may, like The ships, by tempest be tossed
On perilous dccps, but cannot he lost;
Though Satan cnrage, the wind and tho tide
The promise assures us, tho Lord will provide
Again, this woman of my text was
great in her application to domestic
duties. Every picture is n home picture,
whether she is entertaining an Elisha,
or whether she is giving careful atten-
tion to her sick boy, OF whether she /,
appealing for the restoration of her
property every picture in her ease is a
home picture. Those are not disciples
of this Shuncmite woman who, going
ont to attend to outside charities, neg.
lect the duty of home-thc duty of wife,
of mother. of daughter. No faithful
ness in public b%cncfaction can ever
atone for domestic negligence.
There has been many Il mother who
by inaefatigab BILE toll has reared "A large
family Of children. equipped them for
the duties of life with good manners
and large intelligence and Christian
principle, starting them ont, who has
done more for the world than many an
other woman whose name has sounded
through all the lands and through all
centuries.
! remember when Kossuth wns in
this country there were Some ladies
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