The Red Cloud chief., 1893-08-04

himself, fretting at the world, fretting
at God; and he who gave to the world
"Childe Harold" and "Sardanapalus."
and 'The Prisoner OF Chillon." and
1.-THE Siege of Corinth," reduced to
nothing but a file! Oh, sin has great
facility for making promises. but IL
has just as great facility for breaking
them. A Christian life is the only
cheerful life, while "a life Of wicked
surrender is remorse, ruin and death.
Its painted glee is sepulchral ghastli-
ness.
In the brightest days of the Mexican
empire. Montezuma said he felt gnaw-
ing at his heart oin thing like n
canker. Sin. like u monster wild
beast of the forest, sometimes ticks all
over its victim in order that the victim
may be more easily swallowed; but
generally sin rasps, and gals, and
tears. and unbraids, and files. Is it not
SO, iIerod? Is IL not SO, Iiildebrand?
Is it not so, Robespicrrc? Aye. aye! il
is SO: 1t is SO. 'Thc way of the wicked
he turneth upside down" History
tells us that when Rome was founded,
on that day there were twelve vultures
flying through the air; but when a
transgressor dies, the sky is black
with whole ilocks of them. Vultures!
When | see sin robbing so many people,
and ! see them going down day by day,
and week by week, | must give a plain
warning. | dare not keep IL back lest
| risk the salvation of my W soul.
Rover. the pirate, pulled down the
warning bell on l%nchcape rock, think
ing that he would have a chance to
despoil vessels that were crushed on the
rocks;but IN night his own ship crashed
down on this very rock, and he ven
down with all his cargo, God declares:
when | say to the wicked, thou shalt
surely die, and thou givcst him not
warning, that same mar shall die in
his iniquity; but his blood will | re-
quire at thy hands"
learn from this subject what u sad
thing it is when the church of God
loses its metal. These Philistines saw
that If they could only get all the
metallic weapons out of the hands of
the lsraelites all would be well. and.
therefore. they took the swords and the
ol'uiN' ihtN tll IoJ NdIlL llclH W
have a single metallic weapon. When
the metal of the IsracliteS was gone
their strength was gone. This is the
trouble with the church of God to-
day. II is surrendcring its cour-
age. 1t has not got enough metal.
How seldom it is that you see
Il mar taking his position in pew,
or in pulpit, or in a religious So
cicty, and holding that position against
all oppression, and all trial, and all
persecution, and all criticism. The
church of God to-day wants more back
bone. more defiance, more concentrated
bravery, more metal. How often you
see Il man start out in some good enter
prise. and at the first blast Of newspa-
pcrdom he has collapsed, and all his
courage gone, forgctful of the fact that
if II man be right, all the newspapers
of the earth. with all their columns
pounding away at him, cannot do him
any permanent damage. II is only
when a man is wrong hat he can he
damaged. Why, God is going to vindi,
cath His truth, and He is going to stand
by you, my friends, in every effort YOU
make for Christ's cause and the saliva
! ton of men.
sometimes say to my wife: There
is something wrong; the newspapers
have o assaulted me for three
months. | have not done my duty
against public iniquities, and | will
stir them up next Sunday Then
stir them up, and on the following
week the devil bowls, and bowls, show
ing that | have hit hi.n very hard. q,
forth in the service of Christ and dc
your whole duty. You have one sphere
! have another sphere. 1.-The Lord o
Hosts is with us, and the God of jacob
is our refuge. Sclsh."
We want more of the determination
of Jonathan. do not suppose he wa
Il very wonderful man: but he got Oh
his knees and c~lambered up the rock
and with the help of his armor-bearcI
he hewcd down the Philistincs: and
tainmcnts on his knees ear storm any
thing for God and for truth. We wan
something of the determination of tn,
general who went into the war, and a
he entered his first battle his knee
knocked together, his physical courage
not quite up To his moral courage. am
he looked down ut his knees and said
"Ah, if yon knew where was going t
take yU0, you would shake worse tina
that!N There is only one question fo
YOU to ask and for me to ask. Wha
does God want me to do? Where is tn
field? Where is the work? Where
the anvil? Where is the prayer NEE,
ing? Where is the pulpit? And, find
ing IL what God wants Ms to do, z
ahead and do tall the energies of on
body, mind and soul enlisted in the III
dertaking. oh, my brethren, we hav
but little time in which To fight fo
God. You will be dead soon. Put /
the Christian every energy tina
God gives you. What thy hand fine
eth to do. do it with all thy might, fo
there is neither wisdom nor device /
the grave whittier we are all haster
ing Oh, is it not high time that W
wake out of sleep? Church of God, Iii
up your head at the coming victory
The Philistines will go down, an
the Israelites will go up. W
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