Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-10

them before it be too late, and may they
who have sat in judgment in this lonely
place on this blessed morning upon me,
a poor, defenseless fellow creature-
may they in the last Judgment find that
mercy which they have refused to me,
thy most unworthy, but faithful servant.
Amen" He rose up and said: Isabel,
the hour has come of which spoke to
you on the morning when I proposed
hand and heart to you; and are you will
ing now, for the love of God, to let me
dle!" She put her arms around him and
said: The Lord gave, and the Lord hath
taken away. Blessed be the name of the
Lord!" Stop that sniveling," said
Claverhouse. Il have had enough of it.
Soldiers, do your work. Take aim!
Fire." And the head of John Brown was
scattered on the ground. While the
wife was gathering up in her apron the
fragments of her husbands head-gath-
eering them up for burial-Claver house
looked into her face and said: Now,
about your bonnie MANI" "Oh," she
said. Il always thought we'll of him; he
has been very good to me; had no reason
for thinking anything but we'll of him,
and l think better of him now" O what q
grand thing it will be in the last day to
see God pick out his heroes and hero
ines. Who are those paupers of eter-
nifty trudging off from the gates of
Heaven? Who are they? The Lord
Claverhouses and the Herods and those
who had scepters, and crowns, and
thrones. but they lived for their own
aggrandizement, and they broke the
heart of nations. Heroes of earth, but
paupers i'll eternity. beat the drums of
their eternal despair. Woe! woe! woe!
But there is great excitement in
Heaven. Why those long PROFESSIONS?
Why the booming of that great bell in
the tower? It is the coronation day in
Heaven.
Who are those riding on the thrones
with crowns of eternal royalty?
They must have been great people on
the earth, world renowned people. No.
They taught in q ragged school.
Taught III ragged school! Is that all?
That is all. Who are those souls waving
scepters of eternal dominion? Why,
they are little children who waited on
invalid mothers. That all? That is all.
She was called Little Mary" on earth
She is an empress now. Who are that
great multitude on the highest thrones
of Heaven? Who are they? Why they fed
the hungry, they clothed the Naked
they healed the sick, they comforted
the heartbroken. They never found
any rest until they put their head down
on the pillow of the sepulcher. God
watched them. God laughed defiance
at the enemies who put their heels hard
down on these His dear children; and
one day the Lord struck His hand SO
sword ratified in His buckler, as He
said Il am their God, and no weapon
formed against them shall prosper" "
What harm can the world do you when
the Lord Almighty with unsheathed
sword fights for you?
| preached this sermon for comfort.
Go home to the place just where God
has put you, to play the hero OF the
heroine. Do not envy any man his
money or his applause OF his social posi-
ton. Do not envy any woman her ward
robe or exquisite appearance. Be the
hero or the heroine. If there be no
-four in the house and you do not know
where your children are to get their
bread, listen, and you will hear some
thing tapping against the window pane.
Go to the window and you will find it is
the beak of a raven, and open the win
dow and there will fly in the messenger
/ that fed Elijah. Do you think that the
God who grows the cotton of the South
will let you freeze for lack of clothes?"
Do you think that the God who allowed
the disciples on Sunday morning to go
into the grain field, and then take the
grain and rub it in their hands and
F, eat-do you think God will let you
starve? Did you ever hear the expert
ence of that old man: Il have been
young, and now am old, yet have I
never seen the righteous forsaken, or
his seed begging bread?" Get up out of
your disc engagement, o, troubled soul!
| o. sewing v oman! o, man kicked and
cutfed by unjust employers, o! ye who
are hard beset in the battle of life and
know not which way to turn, o. We be-
reft one. O! We sick one with complaints
you have told to no one, come and get
the comfort of this subject. Listen to
our great Captains cheer: ITO him that
overcometh will give to eat of the
fruit of the tree of life which is in the
midst Of the Paradise Of God"