The Red Cloud chief., 1893-08-04

Enthusiastically that Cupid had sest his
golden tipped arrows with unerring
aim deep into the hearts Of this grand
good man and this noble woman.
I have from my youth up abhorfed
oil soft sentimentalism, believing, as
l ever have, that great proportion Of
tho p~rotestations Of love We hear so
much about Is but the hollow vapor.
isgs Of diseased minds.
But here vas 4 demonstration Of
the blessedness Of . love born Of
heaven; . love such Is God hath or.
dained; . love purely unseldsh, grand
and almost n, not altogether, incom-
~prehensible to those who beheld II
only In others, but who had not East.
Cd OF It's sweetness for themselves.
Dick and Naomi read together,
walked together, played and sang Co.
gethcr, and drank together from the
same blessed fountain Of love.
And here though at this long dis.
tanoo Of both time and place from the
scenes and experiences Of those few
bright days whose happenings I am
trying TO narratc, allow me to leave
upon record my gratitude to the Az.
thor of all good, for this divine some.
thing called love; that spirit born Of
heaven which permeates the souls Of
men, women and innocent children.
I have come to the point whore I have
all faith in the spirit Of love, regard.
ing II a. the very foundation principle
on which stands securely not only civ.
II law, but the home, the grand intel.
l~cctuality Of tho human race, and tho
future destiny Of US all after VIC shall
have passed beyond our present ap-
proximate environments.
I believe the passion Of the soul to
be, when ia conformity with the law
Of God, as sacred in the mind Of God
as are His promises. Is it not so that
Gods kingdom is chiefly composed Of
love? l insist that love is the ruling
passion Of the soul. Hatred 10 q
strong and fearful passion, but not so
strong as not to yield to the gentle,
subtle, yet all powerful, all consuming
influence Of pure love.
Divines may talk about the great
love Of God and His Christ, and do.
clare that no man can love his fellow
until after he has learned to love the
Deity, but after all they cannot &c,
over the fact that no man has as ye'
been able to love God, until after hav
ing tasted Of that loye which God or
dained should be felt by mortals 70,
one another. Says one Of the bibl'
writer's: "For how can q man low
God Cwhom he hath not seen, ant
hate his brother whom he hath sesn2'
firmly believe that without frs
having loved our fellows, 1t would b.
impossible to love God.
And I give it further as my belle
that nine.tenths Of the religious in
structers Of the present ago are vast
ing time in their frsitless efforts Il
convert the people by appealing T.
them to fall in love with the Deity
l believe that the chief ingredient i,
the Christian religion is love not Il
God, but love for our fellows; an,
when l listen to the appeals Of tn
Christian ninistry-falsely SO Gale,
In many iustances--to SINNERS to Civ
their hearts to the Lord, and Low
Him, l feel that it is but a waste o
time, so long as these sinners hav
not been taught that the Suprcm
commandment is that "Ye love on
another"
}, Doubtless u 6rst conception o
love 10 the demonstration Of tn.
great principle on the part Of one o
more Of our fellows.
), But as l am not writing q work Of
moral ethics, but am simply recordinI
r the happenings to q limited numbe
r Of my fellow beings, and giving som
Of their experiences, l beg pardon 70
|, the above DEPRESSION, and shall agai
take up the thread Of my narrativ
where it fell, and endeavor to weav !
into the wool Of my story.
One delightful afternoon as Die
, and Naomi were ont walk,n0 and m