Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-31
RELIGION.
preached by Rev. T. De-
Witt Talmage.

|, If the Tabernacles-Typical of
tong March to Hesvon-Our
..,.nce Here p Temporary
Affair at Most.
.Grccn and Fresh Religion"
=, viii. Is: eco forth unto the
M fetch olive branches and pine
~ Ind myrtle branches and palm
nd branches of thick trees to make
,,,nt OF Olives seems unmoored.
branches arc being cut off and
[o1 and carried on down in great
an to the city of Jerusalem. These
,ches are bent and twisted into
rr booths, and set on the house,
,lonc the streets. Foliated booths
here, and the people coming out
air homes to live in them for seven
why do the people come from their
able houses to this temporary
IL is Il grand festival. 1t is the
the T~abernacles. The people cele-
~deliverance of their fathers from
t~ravel, where they lived in tents.
is also typical of u march to
pilgrims in a temporary booth on
to Canaan, SO that 1 say in a fig
sense what was said to the Jews in
sense: go forth into the mount
h olive branches and pine branches
rtle branches and palm branches
branches of thick trees to make
esidence here is q temporary affair.
OF lease or buy a house; but the
bon runs out, and the deed must
e surrendered. Bowling Green,
habited by merchant princes, has
shipping offices. Where are the
10 did importing in Dur great cities
wears ago? Passed off the stage.
are the men who owned New York
ears ago? They have departed this
the most part. There is no use in
wing our stakes too deep, for we
JON have to pull them up. We are
march, and are stopping only in a
Farv booth of twisted branches on
y to palaces eternal. Where are
Ipr generations? So far gone that
not even hear the sound of their
They have passed up the hill. We
con follow them. But, blessed be
Ee are not living here out of doors
sheltered. No; we may go into the
of God and bend and twist for our
@ shelter of comfort and delight,
bid you to ego forth into the mount,
tch olive branches and pine branches
lin branches and myrtle branches
6 branches of thick trees and make
t.
olive branch, you know, is always
a sign of peace. The olive-tree
in warm climates to the height OF
twenty-five feet, has an upright
and many outshooting branches,
can easily be stripped off. II a
# this tee in time Of war is handed
bne General to another it means the
ding of cavalry horses and the
BIZ up OF the war %knapsacks. After
tiles have ceased these branches are
over doorways, and they are bull:
f2mphal arches, and they are waved
e%ssions. They spell out in verdur-
ctters that Heaven-bo word Of
e" Now, my friends, in this Cos.
yor which God sends us to build we
have two of these olive branches.
with God! Idon't mean to intimate
It that God is a bloody chieftain and
grudge against us; but I want to in.
e that there is more affinity between
and u hound, between o hawk and
let, Eetween an elephant and tho
than there is between holiness anc
nd since God is I'LL holiness, and we,
AZURE, all sin, there must be some re.
tment, some appeasement, some re-
action, some treaty, some stretch.
Prth Of olive-braEches. The fact is
he race has begun a lawsuit agains
hker, and that lawsuit is low on the
liar. 1t is the human versus til.
c, 1t is iniquity versus the i'm
late, 1t is weakness ersus ON
tHcc. God did not begin wal
st us; we began war agains
and it is high time that thii
of tue finite struggling against thu
te were ended. We are tired of til,
We want to back out. But how
We get a cessation of this contest
plns up into the mount of God ant
flns olive branches. What mount
lry. Modern travellers say it is only
Significant hill; but | persist in call
Il mount, because, through tn
leuf OF its meaning, it overtops tn
highest of all earthly elevations. Til,
and the Himalayas are less than ant
compared with it. In the very ex.
ION on Calvary, where the cross wa:
Pct, afterward the olive was planted
IS green and thrifty and foliaget
y, and strip it off and wave it, cry
leace with God through our Lore
Christ." Oh, if there is any Joyful
snV enough to overthrow ones equi
IL That is the thought. 1t may be
OF very little Importance what
Il Victoria or Emperor William thinl
one;i but to be brought into clos
Ultimate and hearty and glowing re
Us with the God of the round univers
makes a hallelujah seem stupid. l
Do continued this fight against CO.
Il thousand years, we could not hav
l'e1 SO much as a sword, or taken $
"s Il cavalry stirrup Dr. wrenched Of
1en as a chariot wheel of his olnnipo
out God and all Heavens artiller,
''er On our side at the first swing o
1--WE branch. Peace with God through
1ota Jesus Christ, and there is n
IN any other way.
ainity with God is not enough. W
nave W olive branches. Peace wit
''Hef. Oh, it is eaSv enOuph to ge