Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
A HAPPY END.
The Religious Experience of Lord Chan
cellor Lyndhurst.

The Religious Experience of Lord Chan
cellor Lyndhurst.
1t is rare to find an old man whose
life has been passed in mental labor
and intellectual conflicts, who does not
begin to die at the top. Lord Chancel-
lor Lyndhurt lived until he was ninety
two and then died without passing
through the dimncss of old age.
IL tell you what, Lyndhurst," said
Lord Brougham to the Chancellor, one
day when he was old and feeble in
body, Il wish I could make an ex-
change with you. I would give you
some of my walking power, and you
should give me some of your brains"
During his active life he had been so
absorbed in professional and political
work that he rarely had opportunity to
mediate on religious things and the
relations of this life to the future. But
he redeemed the time, when physical
weakness forced him into the retire
ment of his home. His mind was
skeptical, and toward the religious
questions of his day his position had
been that of IN Indifferent spectator.
But he now bent his powerful intellect
upon the II question: Has God re-
vealed Himself in Jesus Christ? He ap-
preached the question as he had been
used to search for truth in his judicial
work. He examined the evidence for
the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures,
and when he had satisfied himself that
they contained the word of God, he
searched them that he might more fully
a%pprehend what they taught The
search ended by his bowling with brain
and heart before the Son who revealed
the Father.
lhe effect was apparent to his fami-
~ and friends. He had been noted for
his kind and genial spirit, but now they
experienced an overflow of constant
and thoughtful tenderness, inhibited
from the teachings and spirit of him
whom he now called his Lord and King,
and to whom he had given his unre-
served allegiance.
"A cataract iii both eyes threatened
him with blindness. He prepared for
the calamity with calmness, and en-
ployed much time in getting by heart
the daily services of the PRAYER Book,
ana the greater part Of the Psalms. One
morning his elder daughters compan-
Ion suddenly entered the aged mans
room. he was seated in an easy chair.
while before him stood his youngest
daughter, eight years old, with an open
Prayer-book in her small hands, hear
ing her father repeat the prayers, and
now and then prompting and correct
ing him. So absorbed was he in say
ing the prayers that he did not notice
0he lady's entrance, and when con.
sclous OF her presence said, with a
smile:
~ like no one but my little girl to
hear me say my lesson"
When the last moment came, his
mind was clear and self-possessed. He
seemed to the loved ones gathered at
his bedside to be absorbed in the con-
temptation of the new world he was
about to enter.
Ave you happy?" asked his daugh.
Happy Yes, happy!' came the
feeble but distinct answer.
linen rousing himself, he added, in 4
clear' strong voice: "Supremely hap
Py!' and passed gently away.-YoutA's
Companion.
Gold is gold, whether there be 4
wedge OF it, or only a grain; and water
is water, whether it be the mighty
ocean or an atom of varor condensed
upon a glass. There is no word or deed
OF me SO small that it may not be filled
with the spirit of Christ, and be Chris,
Ilan, Just as truly as the crowned life OF
raul. When the high heavens can be
in a drop of. dew, why msy
not the smallest deed of life mirror tue
spirit of Christianity s. o.