Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-17

MT own ever m = ,lluen as that fer te doc
,i.a - I ssen the place IN wbieh - 49,. ~
. we cemetery. The &c ~ n ,hss iss hes Il
WIG eAeeutors and { 10 hains NJ, a.,ss Y
~ YOU Propose 10 give me so',..s y .i'ae
y you nell aeilt Of goois. vo, ~, ~ sot.i
cunning room an say 10 yopr n.s,,, INTO w
sou solhk tnat man Is good for this hiils ~ ~
M az i pss,oper security; VIII he NEE, ~.
world ~ = - Nv@s when YOU are offered III
u p ssoR want Won I, -, ~
,haa.teE. d. not want YOU 10 ~ AS 49, .,'
oasain biindly. Iwant Won 70 -. nv .hl
sue spe, about the Insurance. about r,,,,s',s.
Inee pave ever had any a o ,hie with !, ~
msetner YOU can keep 1t, about ,rnstl.a. -.
hui ~ ~, Or The ten thoasanhth. or s,,s
hnnared thuSandth part OF II. VI ohs
There is the world now. 7 s..,i
more about 1t Make nm vanr r sW nc
yourself, as 1 shall, before Col. ba,,, io o.
nSAe Up my mind for myself. sha,,, -, =
tNtue OF tnis world. Icannot AFFORD - :. ~ ny
mistake ior NV soul. and Won csnn,t .sssss
70 make mistike for your soul. a''oru
=, NOW, LEI US look at the other nraraS,n
sa,t Jul ,. W cannot make a batra,n yv;,t,
g Mn,, sesing the comparative value. The sn,I
nv o ~. snsn l estimate the value OF Ii? We'll
wonderful piece of mechanism ever Wy, ~. Nus
gesher. Machinery is Of value in nropor,, -,
Ss y = mighty and silent at the sama ,;,.',
lVu look az the engine and the naeh;,,as-
ia tne fhiiadelphia mint, and. as Won 90 Z,
PsIlorningits wonderful work, Won viii ~
~, 20 md how silently it goes Ma.
LII. ~. 'aa. roars and tears soon DESTROY II.
s ECU, uut silent machinery is often most ar
ieetlve.. Now. so II is with the son ~ 81
Win All us tremendous facultiesit ,,sn,.a
i l.s snehce. Judgment, without any racket
anaug us scales; memory. without anx No..
o.hglng down all It's treasures: conseiea.i'
@Alng its Judgment seat without any excite.
d ihsnss me understanding and the will all
NJ s3, snen WORK Velocity, majesty, might
pet aience-silence. You listen at the door
81 your heart You can hear no sound Tbs
soul aIl quiet 1t is so delicate an lnstr,l.
Sieht that no human hand can touch n
iou oreak bone, and with splfpters and
oanuages the surgeon sets it; the eyes he-
comes Unnamed. the apothecar.'s wash cooIs
y, oul soul on tse track. unbalanced. no Inn.
man power can readjust il. With one syvesr,
OF It's wing 1t circles the universe. and oysr'
vaults the throne OF God. Why. IN the henr
~ ueath the soul Is 50 mighty 1t throws asida
tue nouy as though it were d TOW. II drives
nack medical skill as impotent II breaks
tnrOugh the circle Of loved ones who stand
around the dying couch. With one lean n
springs beyond star and moon and sun and
ehssns OF University. Oh. 1t Is soui m.
perior TO al, material things. No fire can
consume IL; no foods can drown It; no roeks
can crush NJ no walls can impede n. NO
time can exhaust it. 1t vans no bridge on
winch TO cross chasm. 1t wants no Mum.
met with which 70 sound a depth. < sonl
% mighty, so swift so silent, must be a price.
l calculate the value Of the soul, also, by
II can get in this would out of FRIENDSHIPS.
out OF books. out OF clouds, out Of the sea. out
Oh the nowers, out Of ten thousand things
and yet all the JOY it has here does not teSt
It's canacity. You are in q concert before the
curtain boists, and you hear the instrument
preparing-the sharp snap of the broke
s.nng, the scraping cf the bow across the
VOL. There is music in that YOU say. liz
Is only getting ready Tor the music. And ali
the enjoymentsot the soul in this world, the
enjoyment we think is real endowment n
only preparatiye; il Is Only anfieIpatiye: IL
Is only the first stages Of the thing it is only
the entrance, the beginning of that which
shall be the orchestral harmoniesiand splen-
doris of the redeemed
feu cannot test the full power of the son
Tor happiness In this world. How niue 4
power the soll has here t. find en- ovment in
fri ndshipsi but, oh I o grand erfriends aIps
Tor the soul IN TIE SKI 5 How sweet the 10 "
ers he e, but Low much ~ eeter they will be
there. do not think that when towers 4 Q
on earth they die flreyer. think that the
fragrance Of the flowers is the spirit being
palm tres IN heaven and fruits In heay en-.
II so. why not tn spirits ofthe de I'd flower?
n the sunny VALLEYS OF heaven shall not the
marrigold Creep on the hills OF heaven, will
not the amaranth bloom? On the amethys-
tine wa l. Of heaven, will not the jasmine
cl mb' 'sMs beloved is come down in his
garden to gather lisies.o No flowers in heav-
en-. Where, then, do they get their gariands
ioT III brows OF the rghteousl
Christ Is glorious TO our souls now, but how
much grander our appreciation after while !
A conQueror comes back after the battle
He has been fighting for us. He comes up
on tie PATTERN. He has one arm in a sling.
and tie other arm holds a cruteh. As he
mounts The platform, oh, the enth, sias Of
the auilien e. Tney say: ''That man fought
for u, and imperilei his life for us;' and
how wild the huzza that 70 lows hIlzza
When the Lord Jesus Christ shall at last
sta vi oft b 10 e the mul;itudes If the re-
deemed of heaven, aud we meet Him ia q to
face and feel that He was wounded in ,e
head and Won del In te ba d. and wo md
ed in the feet and wounded in the Il he fer
us, methinks we will be overwhelmed. We
viii sit % netime gazing in silence, until
some leader amid the white-robed c. DIR shall
lift the baton of light and g We TIE signal th (
IL Is time 70 wake the song o fjub lee, and all
heaven wi | then break forti in o: ..Hosan-
ma! h sanna! hosanna Wo.t thy is tie
Lamb that was slaInv
! calculate further the value of the soul by
the pr ce that has been paid for il In ST
Pet rs Iurg there Is q diamond that the gov
eminent paid 81 5000 for. "Well,o you
say, .sIt must have been very valuable. or the
government would not have paid s2 0,0J0 for
it." want to see what my soul il worth,
and what your soul l. wor h, by seeing what
has be en- aid Tor IL. For that mmt rtll soul,
the richest blood that was ever shed, the
deepest groan that was ever uttered. all the
griefs OF earth comp s.sed into one tear, all
sui rings Of earth gathered into one
rap;er OF pam and struck through His holy
heart Does it not imply tremendous value;
argue, also, the value of the soul from
the h ms that had been fitted up for it in the
future. One would have thought a street Of
ALBANIAN. would. have done. No; lit is a
street of gold. One wouid have thought
that a wall of granite would have done. No;
1t is the fame OF the sardonyx uin2ling with
the green of eme sald. Orc would Lave
thought that an occasional doxology would
have done. NJ; IL IS perpetual soHg II
the ages OF even marched in suaigi
line me day tie last regiment, perhaps,
mi gIt pAss out of sight: but no. tie AGES OF
heaven do OF march in straight 4 re, bu,
in Circle around about tho throne OF Ge d.
forever, forever, tramp, tramp. A sonl Q
bou hit, 50 equipped, so provided for, mutt 9
a Ir.ce ess soul, a ma estlc soul, tremen'
dotis soul.
Now, YOU have seen the two properties
the world, the soul. One perisRable, tie
other immortal. One unsatisfying, the other
capable mountaineering felicity. VIII you
trader Will You trade even? Remember,
it Is the only Investment you can make. II
a man sell a bill of goods worth $1,000 and
he is cheated out of il, he may get $1,000
somewhere else hut man who invests his
soul invests all. Losing that, he loses all.
Saving shat, he saves all. In the light OF my
text il seems 10 me a. IL you wei this MORN
ing offering your soul to the highest bidder,
and hear yol say; "What Is bid for IL, my
deathless spirit. What is bid for ity" satan
saw: .I'Ii bid the world" You say: .Be-
gone, that i NJ equivalent Sell my soul
To- the worldg No, Besonel - But there
Is someone else in the audience not 50 wise
as that He says: What Is bid for my i'm
mortal soul:" Satan says: I'll bid the
world @The worlds Going at that, going
1t that, going at that, going! Conc" Gone
forever
What is the thing OF greatest price
The whole creation roundf
That which was lost in Paradise,
That which in Christ is found.
Then let us gatherronnd the cross
That knowledge 10 obtain;
Not BY the souls eternal loss,
But everlasting gain.
Well, there are 4 great many people in the
house who say: 81 will not sell my soul for
the world. find the world isan unsatisiy-
ing portion" What, then, will YOU 10 with
yo,lr souls Someone whispers here: 81 Will
give INV soul 10 Christi Will you? That Is
the wisest resolution you ever made. VIII
You give it 10 Christ. When. Tomorrow!
No; now. congIarulste Won Il YOU have come
10 silcb a decision Oh, IL this morning the
eternal Spirit of God would come down nj OF
this audiencc, and slow yoa the vanity OF
this world and the immense importance OF