Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-16
Religious Services

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Religious Services
Rev. Mr.. Wesley occupied the pulpit
Sabbath morning. He read the 46tl
Psalm, and Rev. %: Ill, speaking O
the fourth verse as giving Il blessed
encouragement; and he gave an exhor
tatlon from verse II, on the acquire
ment of ixedness Of character. II,
took for his text, lisa. 32:ao. How com
forting, refreshing and cheering, under
all circumstances, to prove such a di
vine assurance as that in the text:-"f
man shall be as an hiding place from
the wind, and q covert from the TEN.
pest; as rivers of water in a dry place
as the shadow Of great rock in a wea.
ry land" A man! a human being, and
do all this for mcrtals' But when we
look more closely at these metaphors
we find they refer to more than a COM
mon man: the Goldman, the Prince of
Peace. We behold the MAN, who
spake as never man spake;" VINO was
made Head over all, and abundantly
able to protect those who trust him.
The land of Israel must have been
something like this. When we look out
upon these hills, valleys and gulches.
we think OF the hills and valleys of
Palestine. When we feel the heat of
the blazing sun or feelthe hot blasts of
air, we think of the land Of Canaan.
There were storms there as here; and
a shelter was needed from the winds
and tempests. The text speaks Of a
sure shelter. There are moral storms.
The speaker remembers the storm of
Socialism which sprang from theteach-
ings of Robert Dale Owen. There was
a shelter needed not only for those who
were outside of Socialism, but for the
believers themselves, in that the theory
was the cause of even it's own result.
~Spiritualism, also laid its hands even
upon the ministry, some thirty years
ago, with such a storm as caused a
great need for shelter. Journalism also
storms our spiritual fort and how
greatly we need g sheltering from this
storm. We may have the form OF Cod
illness without the power thereof; but
never the reverse, since, as the quick
lining power in a grain Of wheat will
cause it to bring forth its own form so,
the power of Goodness will bring forth
the proper form in due season. There
are other. storms. adversely may lay
hands harshly upon us. Speculation
may fail. Crisis may come. Then is a
shelter needed The speakers own past
had proven that in such times there's
only n perfect shelter. But a great
er storm is sure to come upon us, when
Judgement is to be laid TO the line.
and righteousness to the plummet.'
Then, upon whom can we depend for
shelter. Can prayer avail us then?
can we look to our %cleanness of hands
to our friends /? to the goodness of our
to~refathers? Nay! Christ is the only
shelter; Gin him will ! trust"
Mr.. Harris has treated his house to
q coat of paint, which improves it's
looks very much.
The Huron Times gives an account
OF the finding of a dead dog in the ar.
tesian well after passing through "a,
scale of coal; and it seemed to excite
wonder thereabouts. Gentle Huron
ties, why wonder? You could not ex.
pect to find a live dog in that hot hole
existing even before the hole was there
away back in the carboniferous age
and that too when jack-rabbits ant
other animals are running at large to at
tract a dogs attenti on surface-ward.
At the republican territorial conven
tion,to be held at Yankton, Wednesday
Sept. %, 1886, at 10 O'clock a. M. .Jer
auld county will be entitled to 4 dele
gates. A resolution is to he offered
That the delegates from each legisla
tive district be authorized to name the
member Of the central committee, an(
report 1t to the convention for approx
al, the convention to select one from
each judicial district. and one delegat,
at large, who shall be foreman.
NOTICE. Those faded orange Flow
ers by Geo. Schleiffarth is one Of tn,
most beautiful and pathetic songs To-
Piano or organ ever published. An,
music dealer will mail it to you on re
celpt Of the price 40 cts, or the publish
er L. M. Wolsieffer, 665 Sedgwlck str
Chicago, III. will send you a sample
copy on receipt of 25 cts. His late list,
OF music sent to any address free 9: