Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-22

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he is in q great state of excita M MN
worry and fume. and cannot s ~
religion comes to him and soS rieep
God is on your side; He will tal
Your reputation; if God be for @A a
can be against yau?" How muc you
that man worry about his rsnl,
Not much. If that broker ', Ts
years ago i'll Wall street. aft sa9
lost money, sat down and wrotaa
we'll letter to his wife before u
his brains out-if instead of t,l ~
of his pocket pistol he had tala
a we'll read New Testament tbera
have been one less suicide, on
Gus and feverish people of Tho
try this almighty sedative. You ";
twenty-five years longer underits
ing power. 1t is not choral H.
want, or morphine that YOU won..
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. "WHi
life will l satisfy him"
Again, practical religion is f.;
longevity in the fact that it rema|
corroding care about a future ey;,l
Every man wants to know what *
come of him. If you get on board
train you want to know at what
it is going to stop; if you get on b
ship you want to know into what
it is going to run, and if you shou
me you have no interest in what
your future destiny. 1 would in as
a way as knew how, tell you !
believe you. Before I had this
settled with reference to my fut1
istence the question almost Worn
into ruined health. The anxietiI
have upon this subject put ID
would make a martyrdom. Thi
state of awful unhealthiness. TIL
people who fret themselves to de
fear of dying.
1 want to take the strain od
nerves and the depression off yo]
and l make two or three experl
Experiment first: When you go|
this world it does not make any|
ence whether you have been Cd
bad, or whether you believed I'll
error, you will go straight to
Impossible" you say; my cd
sense as we'll as my religion B
that the bad and the good cannl
together forever. You give me nj
fort in that experiment. Expe
the second: When you leave thi]
you will go into an intermediat
where Won can get converted =,
pared for Heaven. Impossible
say; "as the tree falleth so it mi
and cannot postpone to an inteI
ate state reformation which on
have been effected in this state
pertinent the third. There is no
world; when man dies that is Il
of him. Do not worry about wi
are to do in another state of beia
will not do anything. "Impos
you say; there is something tha
me that death is not the append
the preface; there is somethingtl
me that on this side of the grave
get started, and that 1 shall go d
ever; my power to think says i'd
my affections say forever, my CT
to enjoy or suffer, forever.
Well, you defeat me in my thr
periments. / have only one nj
make, and if you defeat me in thu
exhausted. A mighty. One on a
back of Jerusalem one day-thd
filled with forked lightnings al
earth filled with volcanic disturb
turned His pale and agonized
ward the heavens and said: Il Ia
sins and SORROWS of the ages into
heart. 1 am the expiration. v
earth and Heaven and hell, am
piation." And the hammer struck
and the spears punctured Him
Heaven Numbered: "The wages
is DEATH" The soul that sim
shall diet" Il will by no means
the guilty!" Then there was a
for half an hour, and the ligl
We're drawn back into the scabb
the sky, and the earth ceased to
and all the colors of the sky beg
shift themselves into a rainbow
out of the fallen tears of Jcsu
there was red as of the blood she
and there was blue as Of the bH
and there was green as of the be
foliage, and there was orange as
day dawn. And along the line
blue 1 saw the words: Il was
for their iniquities." And alo1
line of red ! saw the words: "Th5
of Jesus Christ cleanseth from al
And along the line of green | s.
the words: "The leaves Of the
life for the healing of the nal
And along the line of the orange
the words: THE day spring t'
high hath visited us.
And then l saw the storm was
and the rainbow rose higher ana
until it seemed retreating to a
heaven, and planting one coluu7
colors on one side of the eterl'
and planting the other column
colors on the other side Of the
hill, it rose upward and rpwai
behold there was rainbow aO'1
throne
Accept that sacrifice and qa't
ing. Take the tonic, the lns|p?
the longevity of this truth. heil5
sunshine, that is health. kells
fresh air and pure water. ~
healthy. Religion is warmth y
healthy. Ask all the doctors a.
will tell you that quiet Gov,
and pleasant anticipations are "
1 offer you perfect peace now aA'
after.
What do you want in the future ta
Tell me and you shall have .h
chards? There are the trees VIII .aa;
manner of fruits, yieldlnIs; isa
month. Water scenery! hei y,
River of Life, from under tue -,
God. clear as crystal, and the sea- SEA.
mingled with fire. Do you wan, wan
There is the oratorio Of the 0Ft t,
on by Adam, and the oratoTlo a y.
Sea led on by Noses and the e. v .rl
the, Messiah led on by st: l Ia
the. archangel with swlnSlhs, g f0t
trolls the. one hundred anu a ~.
thousand who make up the 9TH I'll,
Do you want reunion: Il:
your dead children waiting 10
waiting to embrace you, Villa lad