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guide ntul com
panion on fre
quent hunting
uud fishing
trips n in o n (,'
the lakes of
the Pnrlc re
gion of Minne
sota, had pad
died those
waters when tho Sioux, the original
possessors of Unit beautiful section,
wore numerous. Not tho least plcasuro
of these trips was that of listening to
tho old man's tales of thoso early days.
"I've played many a trick on the red
skins," said old Thad, speaking in a
slovenly dialect that 1 will not tran
scribe, "but tho ncntcstschcmo I ever
worked on them was our I played on a
couplo of Sioux one summer In tho for
ties. "1 hnd frozen my feet the winter be
fore, and was not well able to get
round on tho prairie, so 1 made up tuy
mind to tako a good long rest and get
ready for tho fall trapping. With that
Idea I rigged up a brush camp on the
creek that joins these two big lakes,
and took things easy.
"I had been having n nice quiet titno
nil by myself for a mouth or more be
foro I know thcro was an Indian with
in fifty miles. 1 could kill a doer any day
within half a rnllo of camp, so 1 hunted
just enough to keep meat on hand.
Most of my timo I spent fishing and
paddling about and speculating where
I'd bo likely to find tho best trapping
that fall.
"Thinking about Indians didn't
trouble mo n bit. I had had so many
brushes with the Sioux, ntul hnd always
made them sufTcr so much and then
got out of their way so mysteriously,
that they had sized mo up as a great
medicine may, with a special manitou
to look out for me. Thoy meant to
keep out of my way; and I knew it.
"Hut I didn't go round with my eyes
shut, I cau tell you, for I knew too
much about Indians to expect them to
stay lu one mind.
"Ono warm morning I got into my
canoe and started for tho upper lake.
You know thcro aro lots of bulrushes
round that lake, and 1 needed about a
canoe load of them to btop the leaks in
my cabin roof.
"After I had cut a lot. of tho bul
rushes und tied them in bundles about
as big around as my body, I laid them
in the bottom of tho canoe and paddled
farther up tho hike for a little fishing,
you recollect that place betwixt the
islnnd and tho point of timber where
wo struck that school of big black bass
last summer? Well, there wore far
more bass thcro forty years ago.
"1 cut mo a good pole among tho wil
lows on tho island, and tied a big rock
fast to tho rope at the bow of my canoe.
Then I paddled closo to the islnnd,
hoisted tho rock overboard for an
anchor nnd began fishing.
,"It was about tho first of July, nnd
tho hot tftin made me sleepy. There I
Hat, nodding, nnd htarting awako to
pull in a fish whenever 1 felt
u jerk, lint cnution provented me
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c-.:rtMni1
g&si&l
"noTii ov 'i:m kki.i
from falling completely asleep, nnd
I tell you it was lucky for tno that I did
occasionally open my eyes wide and
take a good look around. For one of
thoso times I caught bight of u canoe
crossing the upper end of the lake.
"There were two redskins in it, nnd
thoy wero about half n milo away. I
guessed at onco how thoy hnppencd to
be there They had come from above,,
nnd btartcd down tho lnke when thoy
caught sight of mo, nnd hurried up to
get ashore und under cover before I'd
bco them.
"I knew they had their eyes on me,
and I knew it wouldn't do to let them
know that I had sighted ttiem. So I
protended to keep on fishing while I
watched them out of the corner of my
eye. I knew well what their game
v?ould be. The shores of the lako were
nil prairie excepting tho island and the
big wooded point. I was anchored be
tweeu thoso two bits of woodland. The
Indinns meant to sneak into the main
land woods, and shoot me from that
point.
"Well, theso two reds made their
paddles fly till thoy reached shore.
Then thoy pulled their canoe up into
tho bulrushes out of sight. Noxt thoy
cut ncross tho prnlrlo, bonding so low
thnt I could see nothing of them in the
tall grass qxcopt tho hump of their
backs now nnd then.
"I sat still ns a mouse till they went
out of sight behind the trees, lly that
time I had my plnns all ready. 1 might
have paddled behind tho Island and got
away easily, but it wasn't in my stylo
of thoso dnyB to run away from two
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Indians. Uesldcs, I know thnt I'd soon
hnvo a whole tribe of Sioux nftcr me if
I let thoso two carry away tho news
thnt they had seen me.
"The minute they went out of sight
I pulled up my anchor stone, nnd put
thnt big rock into ono of my bundles of
bulrushes. 1 did not take tho anchor
rope off the rock, but just tied the bul
rushes firmly round tho stone. ,
"Next I took off my buckskin cent
nnd buttoned It round tho bundle.
Then I propped It up solidly in tho mid
dle of the canoe, just where 1 hnd been
sitting, and I clapped my old hat on
top of It.
"Finally I stuck the butt of my fish
ing pole ntnong the other bundles of
bulrushes, and set It slanting out over
tho water In front of tho dummy I had
pressed up.
"In my pocket 1 had a heavy two-hundrcd-fcctllno
that I used for trolling
with llvo frogs. I tied one end of this
to the dummy, nnd took the other end
In my teeth. My intention was to
swim ashore, but just as I was about
to do so I reflected that tho boat was
not now nnchorcd, nnd I might a-s well
paddle the distance, because the Indians
certainly could not sco me from where
they must have reached bv that time.
"So I paddled to tho island. Then I
took out my old double-barrel and my
powder-horn, nnd gave the canoe a
shovo outward. The trolling line paid
out nicely. When the canoe, with tho
dummy in it, had gone out to where It
hul been with me, I slopped it by hold
lug tho line.
"There was n gentle breeze from the
island, which kept tho canoe pretty
steadily In place in the little channel
between the island und tho point the
Indians were making for.
"When I saw that the dummy nncl
fish-pole looked nil right, I dodged
back among the willows out of sight.
Then I looked out again attny dummy.
"Well, Hob, I just had to He down
and roll and laugh when I squinted 'at
that linage. It sat up faclug me as
straight as a judge, und held that polo
as natural as life.
"I lay In tho bushes u long time, look
ing at tho opposite shore, before I saw
another sign of tho two Indians. The
breath of wind kept tho canoe well out
at the end of the- trolling-linc. The
dummy was about fifty yards from mo,
and about tho same from tho opposite
bushes, to which I expected the Indians
to crawl.
"lly und by I saw ono of them put
out his head from behind a tree a good
way back from the lake. They know
who they were after, and that made
them so cautious they were a good half
hour in working their way to the point
Now ntul then I'd see them dodging
from tree to tree. At last they reached
the edge, and 1 could see them peeping
out from among the bushes.
"I'rotty toon I saw both of them
poke out their rllles nnd take stonily
aim. Just when their guns cracked 1
gave such a pull with my Hue that' the
canoe capsized, and out tumbled
tho dummy head first on the side
of the canoe that -had swung round
nearest to me. As the bowline was tied
to the stone in tho dummy, the canoe
was now anchored. It sort of hid the
tumblo from the two shooters.
"I've socu some comical things in my
time, but 1 never wanted to luugh niore
than when I saw thai old hat go diving
for the bottom. Hut I kept ns still as a
mouse, and so did those Sioux for n
spell.
"Tho weight of that rock jfflpt the
dummy at tho bottom, but my old hat
came oft nnd rose to the top, where it
lloatod with the fishing pole.
"Still the two Sioux made no move.
You bee the rascals weren't sure they
hud killed me. They didn't know but
I'd jumped overboard, and was hiding
behind the canoe, Hut when they had
waited long enough for mo tp be
drowned if 1 hadn't come up, tho wind
turned the canoe round so that they
could see both sides of it,
"That batisflod them, and thoy both
came jumping out of the bushes to the
edge of the wuter. Such n screeching
and yelling with delight you never
heard. t .-.
"They wero both young fallows, nnd
the idea that they had succeeded in kill
ing the man that all their old braves
half believed was protected by some
magic, just tickled them half to death.
A white mnn'a scalp and gun,
and that scalp my scalp, and ray old
double-barrel, to carry back to their
village why, they thought they felt
the biggest kind of feathers in their
caps already 1
"Wlton thoy got tired of yelling nnd
dancing they took on? their powder
horns and bullet pouches about ull
they had on except their paint nnd
breech-clouts und laid them on the
beach with their rifles. Then they
jumped in und swam for tho canoe.
l,Aa wrwin nu tliov rpnnliiiil If 1,r,H, nt
'cm climbed into it, nnd began to look 1
round for their victim. Tho water was
clour as crystal, but just at that place
the bottom was covered with wuter
moss two feet deep; thnt'H why it's such
a good place for bass.
"Tho weight of that rock sunk tho
dummy so deep into tho moss that the
Indians could see no sign of it. They
looked nnd looked, and ut the sume
time inspocted und jnbbercd about my
hutchot und knife, whioh I had left
aboard when 1 landed.
"After peering down Into tho water
for a long time, und chattering away in
Sioux, one of them took hold of tho
rope and began to pull up tho anchor.
I kept my gun on them nil the timo,
and had the bent kind of a chance nt
them while they were peeping Into tho
wnter, but I knew I'd have as good u
pop nt them when they pulled up that
dummy. I'd rather havo let both of
them get away than miss seeing their
surprlso when thoy clapped their eyes
on thnt
" 'Ugh! Ugh!' they both grunted, and
their knees knocked together so they
camo nigh falling out of the canoe.
"I didn't mean to kill either ono of
them, but to snvo myself from tho rest
of tho tribe It was necessary to wound
and capture them. So I drcwu bend us
close as I could on tho shoulder of the
biggest one.
"At the crack of ,my gun both of 'em
fell. The one 1 hud hit came slap
down la- the canoe, the other follow
jumped head-first into the water bo
fore I could get a bend on him with tho
other barrel.
"1 ran down to the beach ntul
watohed for tho swimmer to come up.
My notion wns that lie would dtvo nnd
swim for the other shore. I meant to
let him have it in tho hip whenever ho
tried to go up the bank. The distance
across was about eighty yards of wntcr,
and I knew 1 could hit him when I
pleased.
"I could hear the ono In tho canoo
groaning with tho pain of the bullet in
his shoulder. Sometimes he lifted his
head and looked at me. Hut what had
become of the other?
"While 1 wns waiting I jammed n.
chnrge Into the barrel I had fired. Wo
had no breech-loaders In those days,
but I calculate 1 had a knack of pour
ing hi powder and ramming patch and
bullet down ns fast as any living man.
"Just as I opened my cap box 1 saw :i
black head come up close to the ennoe.
The unwounded one uiennt to hide be
hind the canoe till he could make up
his mind what to do. Hut he camo up
on the wrong side.
"Next moment he was down again,
but in that instant I had fired.
"I missed hlin on purpose, for I
reckoned ho would think my double
barrel unloaded by the two shots.
"Next moment I had the cap fairly
on tho newly-loaded barrel, and up ho
came with a yell. He laid his two
hands on tho canoe from behind, nnd
lifted himself in. Next moment he un
tied tho anchor rope, and threw the end
over.
"Then ho picked up n paddle. I wns
afraid I'd have to shoot him, but 1
waited to see what he meant to do.
Mind, I didn't want to shoot him less'n
I had to; but if 1 hnd to, I shouldn't 'a'
spent much time cry in' over it
"Well, sir, If ever there was n brave,
that young fellow was one. Instead of
".NOW Col"
making off, he came straight ashore nt
me I You see, he wns sure I hnd not an
other shot ready.
"He had my hatchet and knife, and
I'll be hanged "If he wasn't coming
ashore to have it out against mo with
my own weapons.
"When he was within five yards I
lifted my gun und put tho buit to my
shoulder.
"lie. laughed in ridicule and shoved
tho canoe ashore. At that instant I
didn't see what to do except shoot him;
but, the other Indian gave a cry from
the canoe. Ho had seen tuc loading, and
his word told theyoungbravo tho tlxho
was'ln. .
"Well, sir, that worn and my mer
cifulness in kind o' hcsitatlu' about
shooting him was nearly the end of me,
for tho reckless young rascal flung my
hntehct so suddenly nt my head that I
only just managed to dodge it. Next
instant he sprangat me with the knife.
"Hut ho jumped straight at tho
muz.lo of my gun, and the force of tho
blow that he got took the breath out
of him. Hu grubbed himself with both
hands nnd fell forward. Hefore ho
could pick himself up 1 knocked hi m
senseless with the butt of the gun.
"What did I do then? Why, I hauled
at my trolling line, and pretty soon it
came loose from tho dummy. Then I
tied tho hands of the ono I had struck
tied them behind his back and tied
his legs und left him to come to his
senses.
"When 1 went to tho other fellow In
the elm oo I found he had fainted from
loss of blood. I lifted him out und tied
him so that he could not move in case
ho' should revive whllo I was off for
their guns.
"lly tho time 1 came back thoy had
both returned to their senses. I carried
the one that I had hit on the head over
to where the other one was and ex
plained to them both, ns well as I could
with my limited commaud of their lan
guage, what I intended to do. Then I
put them both into my cuuoo nnd mndo
for my cabin.
"Well, sir, I got the bullot out of tho
wounded redskin and nursed and fed
him for more than two weeks before ho
wus abhj to sit up. Monntlmo I kept
the other ono bound firmly with thongs
nnd chains from my traps. I wished I
hnd not felt it necessary to do so, but
I know there was no trusting him.
"As soon ns I thought the wounded
one was strong enough to stand tho
trip I put them both in their own canoo,
which I hud recovered. I gnvo them
enough to eat for a week and placed be
side them their rifles, unloaded. I gavo
them no ammunition, for I did not
think 1 could trust them. Then I cut
tho thongs thut bound tho unwounded
one.
" 'Young braves,' I said, 'go back to
your people and toll them tho whlto
man Is their friend. If Indian does not
try,to kill white man, white man will
not kill Indian. Tell your brothers
how you tried to murder mo und how I
treated you. And nsk them if they do
not belle vo that n great spirit watches
over me. If Indian hunts mo Indian
heap die. Now go.'
"I tell you, Hob, It made mo feelgood
for a week to seo tho look of joy and
hope In tho faces of those two young sav
ages. Did I seo them again? Yes, and
their tribe, too, all good frienilsof nilno
after Unit.
"Hut it's bedtime, if we're going
trolling early In tho morning, nnd I'll
tell you the rest nuothur time." Myron
U. Ulbsou, In Youth'a Companion.
THE GLORIOUS MAKCII.
Dr.'Tolmao Tolls of tho Progress
of Christianity.
Th Wnrlil Still Fur from lUlngr Dp to tho
Church, tlici Kourrp of I.lRlit to Um
Worlit-Clirliit tho 11 rent
Lender.
Rev. T. Hewitt Tnlinage, of Brooklyn,
continues to delight foreign uudl
cnecs. In a Into sermon nt Loudon he
took for his subject "Tho (Morions
March," tho text being from Solomon's
Songs, vl. 10: "Fair as tho moon, clenr
as tho sun, and terrible as an army with
banners." Dr. Talmngo said:
The fragrance of spikenard, the flash
of jewels, the frultfulness of orchards
the luxuriance of gardens, the beauty of
Ileshlsm fish pools, the dewof thenlght
nnd tho splendor of the morning all
contribute to tho richness of Solomon's
stylo when he comes to speak of tho
glory of tho church. In contrast with
his euloglum of the church, look at tho
denunciatory things that nre said In
our day In regard to It If one stock
holder becomes n cheat, does that de
stroy tho whole company? If ono
soldier be n coward, docs that con
demn the whole army? AnA yet there
nre many In tills Ony so unphllosoph
ic, so illogical, so dlsfionest, nnd so un
fair as to denounce the entire church of
tlod because there uro hero nnd there
bad men belonging to it There nre
those who snj that the church of (lod is
not up to the spirit of the day In which
wo live; but I have to tell yon that, not
withstanding all tho swift wheels, und
tho flying shuttles, und tho lightning
communications, tho world has never
yet Is-cn able to keep up with the
church. As high as (Jod Is alwve man,
so high Is tho ehurch of Ood higher
than nil human institutions. From her
lamp the best discoveries of the world
hsvo been lighted. The best of our In
ventors hnvo believed in tho Christian
religion the Kultons, the Morses, the
hltuoys, tho l'errys und tho IJvlng
otones. She has owned the best of the
telescopes and Loyden jars, and whllo
Infidelity nnd atheism have gone blind
folded among the most stnrtllng discov
eries that were about to be developed,
the eartii und tho air and the sea have
made quick and magnificent responses
to Christian philosophers.
Tho world will not be up to the
church of Christ until tho day when all
merchandise has become honest mer
chandise und all governments have be
como freo governments und ull nations
evangelized nations and tho last deaf
car of spiritual death shall be broken
open by tho million voiced shout of na
tions born in u day. Thu ehurch that
Nebuchadnez.r.ur tried to burn In the fur
nace and Darius to teur to pieces with
the lions und Lord Claverhousu to cut
with the sword, has gone on, wilding
tho floods and enduring tho fire until
tho dcejicst barbarism nnd the fiercest
cruelties und tho blackest superstitions
have been compelled to look to the cast,
crying: "Who is she that looketh forth
ns the morning, fair as the moon, clear
as tho sun und terrible ns an army with
banners?"
Yet thero nrcpeoplo who nro ashamed
to belong to tho church of Christ uud if
you nsk them whether they uro In such
associations they say: "Yes, I some
times attend the church," insteud of
realizing the fnct that there Is no honor
compared with tho honor of being u
member of tho church of (lod. 1 look
back with Joy to thu most honored mo
ment of my Hfo when in thooldcountry
meeting house th minister of Christ
announced my name us a follower of
tho Lord.
You nro floating about In tho world,
socking for better associations, why do
you not join yourself to some of the
churches? An old sea captain wus rid
ing In the cars toward Philadelphia,
nnd n young man sat down besides him.
lie said: "Young tnnn, where nro you
going?" "I am trolng to Philadelphia
to live," replied tho young man. "Have
you letters of Introduction?" usked tho
old captain. "Yes," said tho young
man, and hu pulled some of them out
"Well," mid the old sea captain,
"havn't you a church certificate?"
"Oh, yes," replied tho young man; "I
didn't suppose you would want to look
at that" "Yes," said tho sea captain,
"I want to soo that Ab soon as you
get to Philadelphia present it to some
Christian church. I nm an old bailor
nnd have been tin und down in tho
world und it's my rulo nB soon as 'I get
Into port to fusten my ship foro nnd uit
to thu wharf, although it muy cost a
little wharfage, rather than havo my
bhlp out In the stream floating hither
and thither with tho tide."
0 men and women, by tho tides of
frivolity und worldlinesa swept this
way booking for associations and for
satisfactions for thu immortal soul,
come into the church of Jesus Christ.
Lash fast to her. Sho is tho pillar and
tho ground of truth. I proposo to
spi'ak of the threofold glory of the
church as It Is described in tho text
Firbt, "Fuir as tho moon." (lod, who
has determined that everything shall
bo beautiful in its season, has not loft
tho night without charm. Tho moon
rules the night The stars rro only sot
as gems in her tiaru. Sometimes be
fore, tho sun has gone down the moon
mounts tho throne, but it isufter night
fall that sho sways her undisputed
scepter over island and continent, river
and sea. Under her shining the plain
est maplo leaves become shivering sil
ver, tho lakes from shore to shore look
like shining mirrors, and the ocean
under her glance with gieut tides oomes
up panting upon tho beach, mingling,
us it were, foam and fire.
Under tho witchery of tho moon, tho
nwful steeps lose their ruggedness, and
tho chasms their tenor. Tho poor man
blesses Ood for throwing so cheap n
light through tho broken window pane
of his cabin, and to the sick it seeuin
like u light from tho other shore thut
bounds this great deep of human pain
nnd woe. If the sun be like n song,
full and loud and poured forth from
brouou instruments that fill Heaven
uud earth with harmony, tho moon is
plaintive and sad, standing beneath
tho throne of (Jod, scuding up her boft,
sweet voloe of praise, whllo the stars
listen and the sea! No mother over
more lovingly watched n sick crndlo
than this pale watcher of tho sky bends
over tho weary, henrt sick, slumbering
earth, singing to It silvery music, while
It Is rocked in tho cradle of the spheres.
Now, says my text "Who Is she, fair
as tho moon?" Our answer is thu
ehurch. Like the moon, she Is a bor
rowed light. She gathers up the glory
of u Saviour's sufferings, n Saviour's
denth, a Saviour's resurrection, n Sa
viour's ascension, and pours that light
on palace nnd dungeon, on squalid
heathenism and rlnltorato skepticism,
on widow's tears and martyr's robe of
llame, on weeping penitence uud loud
mouthed scorn.
Sho Is the only Institution today that
gives any light to our world. Into her
IHirtnl the imorcomu und get the sym
pathy of a once plllowlcss Christ, the
bereaved come uud see tho bottlo in
which (lod saves nil tears and the cap
tives come, and on tho sharp corners of
her ulturs dash off their chains, and tho
thirsty come mid put their cup under
tho "Uock of Ages," which pours forth
from Its smitten side living water,
sparkling water, crystallno water from
under the throne of (lod nnd the Lamb,
lllessed the bell that calls her worship
ers to prayer, lllessed tho water In
which her members aro baptized,
lllessed the wine that glows In her
sncramental cups, lllessed the songs
on which her devotions travel up and
tho nngels of (lod travel down.
As the moon goes through the midst
of the roaring storm clouds uullushcd
nnd unharmed, and comes out calm and
beautiful on the other side, so tho
church of Ood has gone through nil
file storms of this world's persecution
und come out uninjured, no worse for
the fact that Kobcspierre cursed It, and
Voltalro caricatured It, nnd Tom Puino
sneered at it, and all the forces of dark
ness have bombarded It. Not. like some
baleful comet shooting across the sky,
scattering terror ntul dismay among
the nations, but ubovu the long howling
night of the world's wretchedness tho
Christian church has made her mild
way, "minis the moon."
1 tuke u step further In my subject
"Clear as the sun." After a season of
storm or fog, how you nre thrilled
when thesuncoiuesoutatnoondayl The
mists travel up hill above hill, mount
ain above mountain, until thoy nre sky
lost Tho forests are full of chirp utul
buzz ntul song; honey makers on the
log, bird's beak pounding tho bark, tho
chatter of the squirrel on the rail, tho
call of a hawk out of thu clear sky,
make you thankful for thu sunshine
which makes all the world so busy nnd
so glnd. Tho same sun which In the
morning kindled conflagrations among
tho castles of cloud, stoops down to
paint the Illy white, and the butter
cup yellow, and the forget-me-not blue.
What can resist the sun? Light for
voyager on the deep; light for shep
herds guarding tho flocks afield; light
for thu poor who have nnhimp.iloburn;
light for the downcast and the weary;
light for aching eyes and burning brain
and consuming captive; light for tho
smooth brow of childhood uud thu dim
vision of tho octogenarian; light for
queen's coronet and sowing girl's needle.
"Let thcro bo light"
Now, says my text: "Who Is sho that
looketh forth clear as tho sun?" Our
answer Is, the church, You havo been
going along n road before daybreak,
and on one bide you thought you saw a
lion, nnd and on tho other side you
thought you saw a goblin of tho dark
ness, but when tho sun came out you
found these wero harmless apparitions.
And it Is the great mission of the church
of Jesus Christ to come forth "clour ns
tho sun," to Ultimo nil earthly darkness,
to explain, as far as possible, all mysto
ry, uud to maku the world radiant
in Its brightness; and that which you
thought was nn uroused lion Is found
out to be a slumbering lamb; and the
sepulchral gates of Heaven; and that
which you supposed was u flaming
sword to keep you out of Paradise, is un
tiugel of light to beckon you in.
Tho tamps on her altars will east
their glow on your darkest pathway,
and cheer you until, far beyond tho
need of lantern or lighthouse, you nro
safely anchored within tho voll. O, sun
of thu church I shine on until there is no
sorrow to soothe, no tears to wipe
away, no hhackles to break, no more
souls to be redeemed Ten thousand
hands of sin luivo attempted to extin
guish the lamps on her altars, but they
aro quenchless; nnd to sllenco her pul
pita, but thu thunder would leap and
the lightning would flame.
Tho church of Ood will yet eomo to
full meridian,' und In that day all the
mountains of tho world will be sacred
mountains, touched with thu glory of
calvary, und all streams will flow by
the mount of Ood like cool Slloara, and
all lakes be rudiant with gospel mem
ories like Ocnucsnrct, and ull islands of
tho sea bo crowned with npocalyptio
visions lika Patinos, utul all tho cities
bo sucred ns Jerusalem, and nil gardens
luxurlunt as Paradise, with Ood walk
ing in tho cool of the day. Then tho
chorals of grace will drown out ull tho
anthems of earth. Then tho throne of
Christ will overtop ull earthly author
ity. Then tho crown of Jesus will out
flaine nil other coronets. Sin destroyed.
Death dead. Hell defeated. Tho
church triumphant All the darkness
of sin, till tho darkness of trouble, all
tho darkness of eurthly mystery, hieing
themselves to their dens. "Clear us
tho sun! clear as tho sun!"
Further, "Terrible nn an urmy with
banners." I take one inoro step in this
subject and uny that If you wero placed
for tho defense o( n feeble town, nnd a
great army wero Been coming over tho
hills with flying ensigns, then you
would Imi able to get some Idea of tho
terror that will strike the hearts of tho
enemies of Ood when Uio church at last
marches on like "mi urmy with ban
ners." You know thcro is nothing that ox
cites iv soldier's enthusiasm so much ns
an old flag. Many a man almo.it dead,
catching a glimpse of tho national en
sign, has sprung to his feet, und
started ngMii to tho battle. Now, ray
friends, I don't wnntyou to think of the
church of Jesus Christ us a dufeuted in
stitution, us the victim of iufldcl sar
casm, something to bo kicked and cuffed
and trampled on through nil tho ngos
of the world. It is "iu army with ban
ners," It hns an Inscription nnd color
such as never stirred the henrta of any
earthly soldiery. We hnro our banner
of reeult, and on It Is InscriUsl: "Who
Is on the Lord's sldo?" Our bannor of
defiance, and on It is inscribed: "Tho
gates of hell shall not prevail against
us." Our banner of triumph, and on it
Is Inscribed: "Victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ!" anl wo mean to
plant that banner on cvvry hill top and
wave it ut tho gates of Heaven.
With Christ to lead us wo need not
fear. I will not underrate tho enemy.
They are n tremendous host They
come on with ucutest strategy. Their
weapons by all the Inhabitants of dark
ness have been forged in furnncea of
everlasting lire. Wi contend not with
flesh and blood, but with principalities
und powers uud spiritual wlckeduuss in
high places; but If Ood bo for us, who
enn be ugalnst us? Come on, ye troop
of tho-Lordl Full Into line! Close up
the rnuksl On, through burning sands
and over frozen mountain tops, until
the whole eartii surrenders to Ood. Ho
made it; Ho redeemed It: Ho shall havo
It They shall not bo trampled with
hoofs, they shall not be cut with siln'rs,
they shull not bo crushed with wheeln,
they shall not tie cloven with battle
axes, but thu marching uud the ousel
and tho victory will bo none tho losndo
elslve for that
With Christ to lead us, nnd Heaven
to look down upon up, uud unguis ut
guard us, uud martyr spirits to bend
from their thrones, and the voice of
Ood to bid us forward Into the combat,
our enemies sh.ill fly like chair lu the
whirlwind, und ull thu towers of- Heavnu
ring because the day is ours. I dlvldo
this urmy with banners into two wlnn-s
- -tho American wing ami the European
wing. Tho American wing will march
on neros the winds of the wilds of tho
west, over tho tablelands, and come to
the ocean, no more slopped by tho Pa
cific than tho Israelites wero stopped
by the lied sea, marching on until t.'io
remaining walls nt China will fall be
fore this army with banners, and cclil
Siberia will bo turned to thu w.ittn
heart of Christ, und ovur lofty Hima
layan peaks shall go this army with
banners until it halts nt Palestine.
The European wing will march out
to meet it, und Spanish superstition
shall bo overcome, nnd French Infidelity
shall be conquered; hnd over thu Alps,
with more than Hannibal's courage,
shall inarch that army with banners,
ami up through tho snows of Itusstn,
vaster In multitude than tho hosts that
followed Napoleon Into tho conflict
And Hungary nnd Poland, by thu blood
of their patriots and by the blood of
Christ, ithall at last bo free. And cross
ing into Asia, thu law shatl aguln ha
proclaimed on Sinai, and Christ in Uio
person of his ministers will airuln preach
on Olivet, uud pray in Oethsomnne und
exhibit Ills lovo on Calvary. And then
the army will halt in front of thu other
wing, tho twain having conquered all
thu earth for Ood.
History tells us thnt ono day tho
armies of Xerxes shouted all nt onco
and the vociferation was so mighty that
tho birds flying through tho ulr
dropped ns though they wero dead. O,
what u shout of triumph when nil tho
armies of eartii and all tho armlos of
heaven shall celebrate tho victory of
our King all at onco and all together:
"Hallelujah! for tho Lord Ood omnip
otent rcigucth. Hallelujah t for tho
kingdoms of this world havo become
the kingdoms of our Lord Jesus Christ."
When the Prussian army enmo back
from tho war thoy wero received in lBOU
ut the gates of llcrlin nnd a choir stood
above tho gates and as the flrst regi
ment advanced and camo to tho gates
tho choir, in music, asked them what
right they had to enter there, And
then the flrnt regiment, in song, replied,
telling over Uio stories of their conflicts
and their victories. Then thoy marched
In and all the city was full of gladness
and triumph. Hut, 0, tho greater joy
when the army with banners shall como
up to tho gates of our King!
It will bj choir to choir, music td
music, hosannu to hosannn, hallclhjah
to hallelujah. Lift up your heads, yo
everlasting gates, and let them como
In. Then will bo spread tho banquet
of eternal victory, and thu unfallea
ones of Heaven will sit at it, and all the
ransomed of earth will como in and
celebrate the jubilee, with unfading
conquests. All the walls of thnt coles
tial mansion will be aglltter with
shields won in victorious battlo,
nnd adorned with tho banners of
Ood that wero carried in front of tho
host Hnrp shall toll to harp tho hero
ism In which tho conquerors won their
palm, and tho churuli that day will sit
queen ut tho banquet Her wander
ings over, her victories gained, Christ
shall rlso up to introduce her to all tho
nutlons of Heaven; and as sho pulls
aside her veil nnd looks upon tho faco
of her Lord tho King, Christ shall ex
clnlm: "This is sho Unit looketh forth
as tho morning, fair as tho moon, clear
as tho sun, und terrible as an army with
banuers." ,
About Even.
American EagleThat roaring of
yours every time you hold an elecUon
makes me tired
llrltish Lion How did you got thai
sore eye, and that lamo wing, and all
those tail feathers singed, nnd half your
claws torn off?
American Eagle (with dignity) Cele
brating tho Fourth of July, sir. Chica
go Tribune, '
llcartlrM Illrnlo.
Ous De Smith Miss Hlrdlc, If yow
refuse to bo my wife I shall do some
thing desperate. I shull take a pistol
nnd bhoot myself.
Hlrdlo Dear me, how dreadful It
would bo if tho bullet wero to hit soma
body else Texas Slftlngs.
Looked Up to by Every One. Wngg
"Do you Bee Uiut man? I suppose ha
is the most looked up to man in this
city." llownow "1 want to knowl
Who Is he?" Wagg "Why ho Is tka
man who goes u.tj in a balloon nnd cornea
down with u parachute. Boat
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