Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
Yon cannot test tha full noxa.

You cannot test the full power of.
soul for happiness in this world, INA .ae
much power the soul has here to find nov 0
ioylnent in friendship! but, oh, the gran sas
friendships for the soul in the skies, Tuu l
sweet the flowers here! but how NOV NOV
sweeter they will be there! do not th;sta
that when flowers die on earth tLe sD ,n
forever. think that the fragrance Of t Ws
flower is the spirit being waited away Jus as
glory. God says there are palm trs trey into
Heaven and fruits in Heaven. II 50 IN N
not the spirits of the dead flowers? IN .i
sunny valleys of Heaven. shall M, we
marigold creep? On the hills of Hear..uas
will no. the amaranth bloom? On ~.
nmethystine walls Of Heaven, will mt ~
jasmine climb? "AIy beloved is co we
down in his garden to gather lilies" We W
flowers in Heaven? Where, then, do n. o
get their garlands for the brows Of ny n.y.
righteous?
Christ is glorious to our souls now h..
how much grander our appreciation af,ss
a while! A conqueror comes back ,f,e.
the battle. He has been fighting for ' ne
He comes upon the platform. He ha.
one arm in sling, and the other a ras
holds crutch. AS he mounts the Mai. u
form, oh, the enthusiasm of the audience
They say: "That man fought for ma M
the huzza that follows huzza. When ,hu
Lord Jesus Christ shall Mt last stand on,
before the multitudes of the redeemed ~
Heaven, and VIE meet Him face to faos
and feel that He was wounded in the heoS
AMI wounded in the hands, and wonn1a,
in the feet, and wounded in the side for nv
methinks we will be overwhelmed. W.
will sit some time gazing in silence. IN
some leader amidst the white.robed cHXIsH
shall lift the baton of light, and give tha
signal that it is time to wake the song Of
Jubilee; ana all Heaven will then break
forth into: "Hosanna! Hosanna! Ho.
sauna! Worthy is the Lamb that is slap,n
calculate further the value of the son,
by the price that has been paid for it. In
St. Petersburg there is diamond that thu
Government paid S2OO.O0O for. "Well,'
you say. cit must have been very valuable.
or the Government woull not have paid
s;2OO,0OO for it," I want to see what nv
soul is worth, and what your soul is worth
by seeing what has been paid for it. For
that immortal soul, the richest blood that
was ever shed, the deepest groan that was
ever uttered, all the griet of earth CON-
pressed into one tear, all the sutferings Of
earth gathered into one rapier of pain and
struck through His holy heart. Does il
not imply tremendous value?
argue also the value of the soul from
the home that has been fitted up for it in
the future. One would have thought
street of adamant would have done. No,
it is street of gold. One would have
thought a wall Of granite would have done
No; it is the flame of sardenyx mingne
with the green of emerald. One would
have thought that an occasional doxology
would have done. No; it is perpetual
~e
straight line, some day the last regiment,
the ages of Heaven do not march in
straight line, but in circle around about
the throne of God; forever, forever, tramp,
tramp A soul so bought, SO equipped, 50
provided for, must be priceless soul,
/ majestic soul, n tremendous soul.
Now, you have seen the two proprieties
the world, the soul. One perishable, tho
other immortal. One unsstisfying, the
other capable OF ever increasing felicity.
Will you trade? Will you trade even? Re.
member it is the only investment you can
make. If man sell a-bill of goods worth
$4,000, and is cheated out of it, he may
get $4,000 somewhere else; but man vino
invests his soul invests oil. Losing that,
he loses all. Saving that, he saves all. In
the light of my text, it seems to me as if
YOU were tulS OlOl1uS your sOul W
the highest bidder; and I hear you say:
"What is bid for it, my deathless spirit9
What is bid for it? Satan says: "I'll bid
the world" You say: "Besone! that is
no equivalent. Sell my soul for the
world? No! Begone!" But there issoms
one else in the audience not so wise as
that. He says: "What is bid for my i'm.
mortal soul7" Satan says: ell bid the
world?" "The world? Going at that, go.
ing at that, going! Gone!" Gone for
ever!
What is the thing of greatest price.
The whole creation round?
That which WAS lost in Paradise,
That which in Christ is found.
Then let us gather round the cross,
That knowledge to obtain;
Not by the souls eternal loss,
But everlasting gain.
Well, there are great many people IN
the house who say: II will not sell my
soul for the world. l find the world is an
unsatisfying portion" What, then, will
you do with Your soul? Some one whispers
here: II will give my soul to Christ
Will your That is the wisest resolution
you ever made. Will you give it to
Christ? When? Tomorrow No; now,
I congratulate you if you have come to
such decision. Oh, if this morning the
eternal Spirit of God would come down
upon this audience and shew you the VAN
ity of this world aud the immense i'm
portance of Christ's religion, and the inn.
mite value of your own immortal souls, what
house this would be! what an hour TINS
would be! what moment this would DO!
Do you know that Christ has bought your
soul? DO you know that He has paid an
infinite price for it? Do you know that he
ls worthy of it? Will you give it to Him
now?
was reading of o sailor who had Just
got ashore, and was telling about his las.
experience at sea. He said: 1.-The las'
time crossed the ocean we had terrlnc
time. After we had been out three or tour
days the machinery got disarranged sna
the steam began to escape, and the Captain
gathering the people and the crew on deck;
said: Unless some one shallgo down anu
shut Off that steam, and arrange that ma ma
chinery at the peril of his life, we must all
be destroyed He was not willing to e.
| down himself. No one seemed willing y
/! go. The passengers gathered at one en-, emu
of the steamer waiting for their fate. LUZ
Captain said: 4 give you last warming
If there is no one here willing to impei"
his life and go down and fix that mn.
chinery, we must all be lost A plalll
sailor said: I'll go, sir aud he wrappsdd
himself in coarse piece of canvas an l.r
went down, and was gone but lew
moments when the escaping stea al
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