Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
man made in Gods own image; and the

nan made in Gods own image; and the |
poor wretch crawled up to the feet Of |
the invalid and asked for strong drink,
and the invalid took his wine flask from |
his pocket, and gave the poor wretch |
something to drink, and then, under the |
stlmulus he rose up and gave his his
tory. He had been q merchant in Glas-
gov, Scotland. He had gone down UNI
der the power of strong drink. until he
was wa; so reduced in poverty that he was
lying in boat just off the beach. why"
said the invalid, II knew a merchant in
Glasgow, once," merchant by such and
such a name, and the poor wretch
Strengthened himself and said, II am
that man" "Let him that thinketh he
take heed lest he fall"
Again, Iremark that the senior brother
OF my text stands for the spirit of
envy and jealousy. The senior brother
thought that all the honor they did to
the returned brother was q wrong to
him. He said, Il have stayed at home,
and ought to have had the ring, and
ought to have had the banquet, and
ought to have had the garlands." Alas
for this spirit of envy and jealousy COM
ing down through the ages! Cain and
Abel, Esau and Jacob, Saul and David,
Haman and Mordecai, Othello and Iago,
Orlando and Angelica, Caligula and
Torquatus, Caesar and Pompey, Colum-
bus and the Spanish Courtiers, Cam
byses and the brother he slew because
he was better marksman. Dionysius
and Philoxenius, whom he slew because
he was better singer. jealousy among
painters. Closterman and Godfrey
Kneller. Hudson and Reynolds. Francia,
anxious to see picture of Raphael,
Raphael sends him picture. Francia,
seeing it, falls in a fit of jealousy from
which he dies. jealousy among au-
thors. How seldom Contemporaries
speak of each other. Xenophon and
Plato living at the same time, but from
their writings you never would suppose
they heard of each other. Religious
lealousies. The Mahommedans praying
for rains during drought, no rain COM
ing. Then the Christians began to pray
for rain, and the rain comes. Then the
Mahommedans met together to account
for this, and they resolved that God was
so we'll pleased with their prayers he
kept the drought on SO as to keep them
praying; but that the Christians began
to pray, and the Lord was SO disguised
with their prayers that he sent rain right
away SO he would not hear any more of
their supplications. Oh, this accursed
spirit of envy and jealousy! Let us
stamp it out from all our hearts.
A wrestler was so envious Of Theoge-
mes. the prince of wrestlers, that he
could not be consoled in any way; and
after Theogenes died and statue was
lifted to him in a public place, his envi-
GUS antagonist went out every night and
wrestled with the statue until one night
he threw it, and it fell on him and
crushed him to death. So jealousy is
not only absurd, but it is killing to the
body and it is killing to the soul. How
seldom it is you find one merchant
speaking we'll Of merchant in the same
line of business. How seldom it is you
hear of physician speaking we'll of a
physician on the same block. Oh, my
friends, the world is large enough for
all of us. Let us rejoice at the success
of others. The next best thing to own
ing a garden ourselves is to look over
the fence and admire the flowers. The
next best thing to riding in fine equip
age is to stand on the street and admire
the prancing span. The next best thing
to having q banquet given to ourselves
is having banquet given to our prodi
gal brother that has come home to his
fathers house.
Besides that, if we do not get as much
honor and as much attention as others,
we ought to congratulate ourselves on
what we escape in the way of assault.
The French general, riding on horse
back at the head of his troops, heard a
soldier complain and say, 1T is very easy
for the general to command us forward
while he rides and we walk" Then the
general dismounted and compelled the
complaining soldier to get on the horse.
Coming through a rayine bullet from
sharpshooter struck the rider and he
fell dead. Then the general said:
How much safer it is to walk than to
ride"
Once more have to tell you that this
senior brother of my text stands for the
pouting Christian. While there is so
much congratulation within doors, the
hero of my text stands outside, the cor
ners of his mouth drawn down, looking
as he felt-miserable. am glad his
luguburious physiognomy did not spoil
the festivity within. How many pout-
ing Christians there are in our day
Christians who do not like the music of
our churches, Christians who do not like
the hilarities of the young-pouting,
pouting. pouting at society, pouting at
the fashions, pouting at the newspapers,
pouting at the church, pouting. at the
Government. pouting at the high heaven.
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does not work, their digestion is broken
down. There are two cruets in their
castor always sure to be we'll supplied
vinegar and red pepper! oh, come
away from that mood. Stir little sac
charine into your disposition. While
you avoid the dissoluteness of the
younger son, avoid also the irascibility
and the petulance and the pouting
spirit of the elder son, and initiate the
father, who had embraces for the re-
turning prodigal and coaxing words for
the splenetic malcontent.
All! the face of this pouting elder son
is put before us in order that we might
better see the radiant and forgiving face
of the father. Contrasts are mighty.
The artist in searching the field of Wa
terloo, years after the battle, put dove
in the mouth of canon. Raphael, in
one of his cartoons, beside the face of q
wretch, put the face of a happy and in.
nocent child. And SO the sour face of
this irascible and disguised elder
brother is brought out in order that in
the contrast we may better understand
the forgiving and the radiant face of
God. That is the meaning of it-that
God is ready to take back anybody that
is sorry, to take him clear back, to take
him back forever and ever, to take him
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