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the sympathy of all. The funeral will
take place at the house tomorrow at
10 a. M.
SUNDAY IN The CHURCHES,


L St~EH SSs0h NV. f1G
New Year Observances Under the va
ions uipits of Yankten-The Occa
Sion Well Observed,
At the Episcopal church, or aceonn
of the illness of Rector Bohn, only /
short morning service was held in guile
hall Sabbath morning and no service 81
night and no Sabbath school. TIE re-
pairs have not yet commenced on the
church editice. the adjustment of loaf
by the FIRE having only been settled as
Yet. The way is now open to begin the
repairs. 1t is nov the purpose of the So
ciety to remove the fusnace from the
church and heat 1t by means of steam TO
avoid q second blaze. 1t is cot thought
that the necessary repairs and changes
In the church will be accomplished be.
fore Ash Wednesday.
At the congregational church Pastor
bradley discoursed in the morning on
The Need of the Holy Splrit,"-she
doctrine of the Holy Spirit practically
considered. He went on to say that.we
are inclined to confine our thoughts and
give q attention to temporal things
and to neglect spiritual things. We
are living under the dispensation ofathe
Holy Spirit since the ion Of Jesus
Christ. The duty of the honr is TO pray
for the Holy Spirit. We can do nothing
without his aid. The Holy Spirit is re-
CURED in conversion. There is no true
conversion from a life of sin to holiness
without his aid. We are beginning o
new year.. 1t is all important that we
call upon him tt help us in the new year
to 1--we q better life and do more for the
Of the master. This week is to be
the week of prayer to be observed by
evangelical churohee throughout the
world. We can accomplish nothing in
these extra services without the aid of
the Divine Spirit. It was communion
Sabbath with the church. One addition
was made to the church on profession of
faith, On account of the storm only
about 100 persons we're in attendance at
the morning service, but a larger
audience was in attendance at the even
ing service. The subject OF the evening
discourse was the parable of "Dives and
L%azarus." The parable of the prodigal
son was placed in contrast of the rich
and Lazarus. The one pertaining
only TO this world while the other lifts
the veil and permits a view of the world
come. The speaker went on to des.-
cribe the rich man, his rich clothing, his
table Injuries, his styie OF living, costly
dwelling, his beautiful grounds, his
train of servants. Nor was This style of
living without its advantage to the poor,
it gave employment to the poor, it
cultivated tho TASTE oi Shs poor. With
out cost to the poor the rich mans
residence and grounds fail not to give
pleasure. He mentioned the case of the
philosopher, who, on meeting on
nobleman covered with diamonds,
and thanked the nobleman for
the pleasure the sight of the diamonds
gave him. III he hsd not worn them the
philosopher would not have seer them.
He described the poor man as q beggar,
diseased In body. wholly dependent on
mis- fellows. He said there was no virtue
N his poverty. God had chosen the
surroundings ot-rioh men and poor men.
then went on to speak of what God
saw in the two. He saw in the rich map
selfish heart, an unbelieying heart and
careless heart. In that of the poor
man q true heart and a heart OF faith
the circumstances had been changed
the begger man woRld have
occupied the mansion and the
rich man would have lain at the gate.
The difference was not in the circum-
but in the purpose ofthe heart.
One died and was buried, doubtless with
great pomp and laid in q costly casket.
The other died and was carried by angels
to Abrahan's bosom, the Jewish idea OF
the most perfect happiness. From the
parable he gathered the lesson for ne.
lst-Oircnmstances could not prevent
death-rich and poor must die. I'd
God comes to men now to look into their
as he is represented ss doing in
this parable. He comes to us at this
time in . special manner. The new year
before us, the week of prayer now
offered to us. After the congregation
dismissed the people we're invited
the lecture room to apend q short
time in prayer. The room was filed and
the prayers were many and urgent.
Pastor Burdick at the M. e. church,
discoursed in the morning from, the
words "Take heed lest thou forget not
the things thy eye hath seen." The
things to be Q Q were the children Of
Isarel as q nation, as q church and IS in
The speaker reviewed the
past year and considered the events
noticeable in the history of our nation OF
the church, and individual life as re-
CARDS blessings and sinfulness. The
dead were spoken of in the nation of the
past year. Bishop Of Harris. Daniel
Curry, editor Of the Methodist @ 1arterly
Review. and many more. There had been
no deaths in the local church here. Al
together there had been more joy than
About sixty were in attendance
in the morning and ahouse full in the
evening. The marriage ceremony OF the
former county superintendent OF schools,