Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-06-07
MANAGES SERMON.
flx Rrsoklyn Divine Discourses On
Topics Incident TO Every
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Yte subject OF the eloquent doctors dis
.y.e was: .tDsabled Hunters Bringing
resu tie Meet Came His text was from
f..j.h. xxxiii. "a
The lame take the prey.
* foloAinx Is the sermon:
fiSs MT = demolition Of the AsSyrian host
there predicted. Not oaly 10 Of men
,sssid 10 ferta and gather the, spoils OF Goa.
cosIi, Int even men crippled Of ara and
s.sis much thst wss valuable. Their physi.
y - Disadvantages should not IL der their
.e.af enrichment, 60 il has been in the
sssf 90 4 isIow. 20 10 will be In the future.
{. Il Is 10 ali departing nts. Men labor uH.
A. see,nsagiy great disadvantages aud
srs,d the ms ST unfMcrable circumstances,
- feking grand schis vements, getting
- -, hlssSii. . Tor themseIves, Great blessing
e. ne ucrld, great blessing Tor the church,
~ - ..the Iznte take the prey.
IA ven know that the three great poets of
a. vel. were totally blindr Homer.
fssslan. .-ohu Nj ton. Dc you know that Mr..
prsscssi. who wrote that enchanting book.
~Thr coHuest OF Mexico" never saw Mex
,cc-- ould net eytn see the paper On which
~ xas wIitirgs A framework across the
<eeet bttween which. up md down, went
ne !, a immor al. 10 you know that Gam
hss.,o The s. ulp'or. could not see the marble
t,lors him, OF ne eli ell with which be cut
Il into shapes lewitehing, Do you know
mai Alexander Pops. whose poems viii
i id ss song ss the Engli h language. was so
much IL an inyslid that be had 70 be sewed
/ rr every morning in rough canvass In order
3 stand Oh bis feet at all.
i IA xsal Know that stuart, the celebrated
,.infer. did much of his wonderful WORK
/ rider The shadow OF the dungeon, where he
Nd been unjustly imprisoned for debt. DO
en- know that Denosthenes by almost
e.,sfrlIuman exertion first had TO conquer the
III, al bus own speech before he conquered
.ssamhiaces with his elo1uenees Do you
Know thai Bacon struggled all through in
MIN .raile sfrkuesSes anu that Lord Byron
md Sir Walter scott went lin Ping on club
/ foof through all their lives, aud that mxay
4 the great poets and painters and orators
4 md historians and hs rses Of tine wozld had
omethiur TO keen them back and luil them
Town and Impede their way and cripple
fheir physicist or their intellectual N o,ement
md vel thai they pushed OH and lu-hed up
NATL they reached the spoils OF worldly sue
~. and amid the huzza OF NATIONS and CEN
,,.ries ..the Isme took the preyr'
tFU Nu9M ln1t - NS>i ttlllttltuut CI lleSe
men started under tie disadvantage Of OBJ
sure pafentage. Columbus, the son Of the
[ueasef Ferguson, the astronomer, the son
4 X The shepherd. America the prey OF the
4 ,Ss; worlds on worlds the prey of the other.
/ Bat what j. true in secular directions is
<spcrs true in spiritual and religious direc.
|tiass, and / proceed 20 prove H..
There are In oil communities many inya.
DE. They never know a well day. They
,dhere 10 their occupations. but they GO
Zosnting along the streets witli exhaustion,
/.nt At evening they lie down on the lounge
rslfh settings besend all medicament They
hsss sfied all prescriptions, they have gone
:. sseh al the cures which were proclaimed
infaiiible, and they have come now 10 sur
sider they are among many disadvantages;
bod when they see those who are bnoysnt in
health yass by, they almost envy then ro-
bns; is1mes and easy respiration.
Fat / have noticed among that invalid
rirss those who have the gre aiest knowledge
the Bib'e. who are in nearest intimacy
NTH Jesus Christ, who have the most glow
ng experience OF the truth, who have had
be most remarkable answers TO prayer. and
<Hho have m 81 exhisarant antieipaaons Of
heaven. TIE temptations which weary US
6Fbo fts n robust health they have cen
uefyd. They have divided among them
be tpoils Of the conquest Many who are
ksy. These are the lame that take the
sey. Robert Hall, an invalid; Edward
ayson. sn Invalid; Richard Baxter, an in
|sild; Samuel rutherford. an invalid. This
rcrning. when you want 10 call 10 mind
bose who are most Christiike, you think OF
pne dsrSened roam in your fathers house
Icm which there went forth an influence
ofent for eternity.
step farther; Through raised letters
be art Of printing has been brought TO the
fieruon Of the blind.
You lake up the Bible for the blind, and
oa close your eyes, and you run your nm
en over the raised letters, and you say:
Why never could get my Information an
bis wy. What a slow, humorous way OF
sdine. God help the 5lind''
And yet fnd among that class OF per-
ns. lhe blind, the deaf and the dumb, the
OF iheroush acquaintance with tsods
ord stu out from all other sources Of in
rmntnh, no sooner does their hand touch
g rai~ea letters THIN they gather prayer.
ieouf eyes they. look OF upon the
A. doms OF Gods love. Without hearing,
~ cath the minstrelsy Of the skies.
uInh. yet with pencil. or with iffsdiant
uniensnEe, they declare the glory of God.
large sudience assembled in New York
TIE anniyersary OF the Deaf and Dumb
siun. ind one OF the visitors with chalk
The b'ack board wrote this question TO the
p; and du nbS' And one Of the pupils
ok he snsik and wrote on the blackboard
Sc fujlSme sentence in answer: "When
soEg Ct tie angels shall burst upon our
fsIfmed car we nil scarce regret tbst
I ears we're neyes marred with earthly
ugts' OH the brightest eyes in heaven
q De those that never saw on earth. The
: r hisst slerf in heaven will be those tbst
bis ord heard neither voice Of fliend.
tHFrIm Of harp, nor carol of bird. nor
+ Eo osy 81 ngTegafious
had who had been blind from infancy
t.red- The oculist operated upon the
q nd then put very heavy bandsge ever
q eyes, and after n few weeks had gone by
ifznaage wa< removed, aud the mother
4 10 her CHILD: "Wiilie, can you see.o
sid; 'Oh. mamma, Is this heaven"
e contrast between the darkness before
TIE Brightness afterward was over
einsHg. And tell you the glories OF
sen Viii be thousand fold brighter for
e. who never Jaw anything on earth.
= pile riany with good yiSIon closed their
: N night. and many who had a 900.
Z sfie, and cultured ear went down int
Eord. these afflicted ones cried unto The
2 in tteir houble, and He made their
i fsws ;keir advantage, and so .'tne lame
E The prey
The seventh century there was a legend
y Hodobeft Ii was said that hIs mother
- 49, ~ q ~ ~ ue! NJ H n ~
~ go rs M 70 s!mpathenc LOT ner pima
ssal e rushed forwari and kissed Ter
u YES snd, the legend lays, her VISION
n , alsm' oiateiy. That was only leg
bai u na truth. glorious truth, that a
eternal love mas brought 70
eye e'efnh illumination,
q sep suTib z: 1hse are those IN all conf
'itles who toil nightly for o livelihood.
have scant wsg.S. p.rhars they are
ped or have physical iriirmi,ies. 80 they
nnde ed from d,ing contihupus days
o. 4. A q y i'sienary finds them up the
aies, With no fire, with thin clothing,
; a irfy.o re bread. They never ride in
n et-car5 they can not afford the 5
y ltey never see anv pictures save
IN the sh,w-window ON the street,
which they are ofien Jostled and look
rts income who seems 10 saw in the
= Move on. Mkst are you doing here