The Red Cloud chief., 1894-05-11

ern politics as in the light Of the COS
pei Of Jesus Christ, which has trans
formed them, ar1 Samoa, and those
vast realms of New Zealand. and Aus.
tralia and Ceylon and India l want 10
see what Christianity has accomplished.
l want to- see how the missionaries have
been lied about Us living in luxury and
idlcness
l want 10 know whether the heather
religions are really as tolcrablc and rs
commeudablc a. they were represented
by their adhcrcnts in the parliament Of
religions at Chicago. l want t. SEQ
whether Mohammcdanism and Bud.
dhism would be good things for trans.
plantation in America, as IL hasagain and
again been argued. want TO hear tho
Brahmans pray. / want to test whether
the Pacific ocean treats its guests any
better than does the Atlantic. / want
to sec the woudrous architecture Of In.
dia, and the Delhi and Cawnpore where
Christ was cruciiied in the massacre Of
his modern disciples, and the disabled
, Juggernaut unwhoeled by Christianity,
and TO see il the Tai which the Emperor
Sha Jehan built in honor Of his empress
really means any moro than the plain
slab we put above our dear departed. |
want to see tho fields where Havelock
and Sir Colin Campbell won the day
against the sepoys. i want to see the
world frVm all sides. How much Of IL
is in darkness, how much Of it is III
l.uls ..l,ns tl,, h,11A ,,,na,a hx- thA
lends of the earth" and get myself
ready to appreciate the extent Of the
present to be made to Christ as spoken
Of in the Psalms, ASK Of mo, and l
shall give thee the heather for thine III.
heritance md the uttcrmost parts OF
the earth for thy possession" and so l
shall be ready to celebrate III heaven
the victories of Christ in more raptur-
Gus song than Icould have rendered had
l never seen the heather denominations
before they were conquered. And SO ]
hope TO come back refreshed rc.enforccd
and better equipped. and to do in 10
years more ~effcctual work than l i have
done in tho last 20.
A Garland and "a Palm.
And now, in this twcnty-fifth ami
versary sermon, / propose to do tive
things-first, to put % garland on the
grave Of the generation that has just
passed off and then to put "a palm
branch in the hand of the generation
Just now coming on tho field of action,
for my text is true, Zone generation
passeth away, and another generation
cometh." Oh, how many we revcrcd
and honorcd and loved in the last gem
Grafton that quit the earth! Tears fell
ut the time of their going, and dirges
were sounded, and signals of mourning
were put on, but neither tears nor dirg,
nor somber veil told the half we felt.
Their going left a vacancy in u soul'
that has never beer filled up. We neve,
get used to their absence. There ar,
times when the sight Of something will
which they We're assoclated-a picture
or q book, or q garment, or Il staff
breaks US down with emotion, but w,
J bear it simply because we have to bea
: il. Oh, how snowy white their hair got
! and how the wrinkles multiplied, an,
, the sight grew more dim, and the hearing
less alert, and the step more frail, an
one day they were gone out of the chat
: by the fireside, and from the plate Il
l the meal, and from the end Of tn
church pew, where they worshiped wit
us. oh, my soul, how we miss them
But let us console each other with tn
thought that we shall meet them agai
in the land of salutation and reunion.
And now l twist a garland for tina
, l~.,l ,a,nr;,, IL ,,,al not T.. ,Ac,
ly perhaps, just n handful Of Glove
blossoms from the field through whic
: they used to walk, or as many violet
as you could hold between the thum
and the f%orefinger, plucked out of til
: garden where they used to walk in tn
cool of the day. Put these old fashion
ed flowers right down over the hear
: that never again will ache, and the H.,
: that will never again be weary, and tn
arm that has forever ceased to tot.
Peace, father! Peace, mother! Everlas'
ing peace! All that for the generatio
y gone.
j. The Moving Throng.
o But what shall we do with the pail
branch? That we will put in the han
! Of the generation coming on. Yours
o to be the generation for victories. III
u last and the present generation hay
e been perfecting the steam power, al
% the electric light, and the electric force
II To these will be added transportation
1t will be your mission to use all the
10 forces. Everything is ready now for &c
to march right up and take this wor
l for God and heaven. Get your hea
II right by repentance and the pardonil
B grace of the Lord Jesus, and your mil
10 right by elevating books and picture
70 and your body right by gymnasium al
y field exercise, and plenty Of ozone al
by looking as often as you can upon d
III face of mountain and of sea. Then stai
In Gods name, start! And here is q
palm branch. From conquest to co
quest, move right on and right up. "
" will soon have the whole field for you
self. Before another 25 years have gon
IN we will be ont of the pulpits, and t
in offices, and the stores, and the factorit
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