The Red Cloud chief., 1894-01-26

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dress tia. will mako her n mere "dum-
my framc," o. fashion plate, for 10
years. Ezekiel xvi, li, AS is the mother
| go il her daughter" Before ono decade
has UH.s,l you can decide whether. that
hoy shall ho a Shylock or a GcorSo
Pcu0oly, Boys and girls arc generally
echoes Of fathers and mothers. What
an iucolerent thing for u mother out of
temper 10 punish a child for getting
mad, or fora father who smokes to shut
his b1y UP in u darl. closet because ho
has found him with an old stump Of Il
cigar in his mouth, or fer that mother
to rciukn her daughter for staring at
herself too much III tho looking glass
when the mother has her own mirrors
50 arranged as to repeat her form from
all sides! Tho great English poets
loose moral character was decided be-
fore he left the nursery, and his school
master ia The schuulruuia overheard this
conversation: Byron, your mother il
Il fool and he answered II know IT,. "
You can hear through al the heroic lifo
of Senator sam Houston the words of
his mother when she in tho war of 1912
put a muskct in his hand and said:
There, my son., takc this and never
disgrace it. for remember | had rather
all my sOuS should ill ono honorable
grave than that one of them should turn
his back on an enemy. Go and romem-
Der, too. that while the door Of my cot
tage is open to all brave men it il al.
ways shut against towards" Agrip-
pima, the mother of Nero, murdcress,
You are not surprised that her son was
n murderer. Give that child an over
dose of c%atechisIn, and mako him recite
verses Of the Bible as Il punishment,
and make Sunday Il bore, and he will
become a stout antagonist of Chris
tianity. Impress him with tho kindness
and the gcniality and the lovcliness of
religion, and llo will he its advocate
and cxcmplar for all timo and eternity.
A few days ago right before our ox-
press train on the Louisville aud Nash
Vile railroad tho preceding train had
gone down through Il broken bridge, IL
cars falling 100 feet and then con-
sumed, l saw that only one span of the
bridge was down and all the other spans
were standing. Plan "a good bridge Of
morals for your I'M and daughters,
but have the'iirst span of 10 years de-
fective. and through that they will crash
down, though all the rest keep stand
ing. q man, q woman, If You have
preserved your integrity and are really
Christian, you have first of all to thank
God, and | think next You have TO
thank your mother. The most impress
I've thing mt the inauguration of James
A. Garfield rs president of the United
States was shat after he had taken the
oath Of Office he turned round and in
the presence Of the supreme court and
the senate of the United States kissed
his old mother. II | had timo to take
statistics out of this audience. and |
could ask what proportion Of you who
are Christians owe your salvation under
God 10 maternal fidelity, | think about
threc-fourths of you would spring 10
your feet. "Ha. hal said the soldiers
of thc'regiment 10 Charlie, one Of their
comrades. What has made The change
in you! You used to like sin as well rs
any Of u.s." Pulling from his pocket
his mothers letter, in which, after tell
ing of some comforts she had sent him,
she concluded, 1--WE are all praying for
you, Charlie, that you may be Il Chris
tian," ho said, boys, that's the SEN
tcnce.'
THE NEEDLE ENTuRoNED.
The trouble with Sisera's mother was
that, while sitting ut the window of my
text watching for news of her son from
tho battlefield, she had the two bad
qualities Of being dissolutc and being
too fond of personal adornment. The
Bible account says: ''Hcr wise ladies
answered her yea. She returned answer
to herself: Have they not sped? Have
they not divided the prey--to every
man Il dalnscl or two, to Sisera a prey
OF divers %coloTs, a prey of divers col0rs
OF needlework, of divers colors of noe
dlework on both sidesI'" She makes
no anxious utterance about the wound
ed in battle, about the ~bloodshed, about
the dying, about the dead, about the
principles involved in tine battle going
on, a battle so important that the stars
and the frrshets took part, and the clash
of swords was answered by the thunder
of the skies. What she thinks most Of
is the bright colors Of the wardrobes to
DO captured and the needlework. ITO
Sisera u prey Of divers colors, a prey of
divers colois Of needlowork. of divers
colors Of needlework on both sides"
Now neither Sisera's mother nor my
n else "A say too much in eulogy Of
the needle. II has made more useful
conquests than the sword. Pointed at
one end and with an eye at the other,
whether of bone or ivory, as in earliest
time; or Of bronze, as in Pliny's time;
or of steel, as i'll modern time; whether
laboriously fashioned ms formerly by
n hand, or as now, when 100 work
men in n factory arc employed to make
the different parts of one needle, it is
an instrument divinely ordered for the
comfort, for the life, for the health, for
the adornmcnt Of the human race. Tho
eye of the needle hath seen moro domes-
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