Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-08

across the Western prairies dav f,. 60
saw little child come out in sa'er
cabin and wave to him; so ha .'ohi
habit of waving back to the l, ~. IN
and it was the days JOY to him S, W. CT
little one come out in front of ~, w. See
door and wave to him, while ba "e ca
back. "''sNe
One day the train was belatoa
came on to the dusk of the ey.n o" an
the engineer stood at his post W.
the headlight that little girl on l ,ho Saw
wondering why the train did not e IN
looking for the train, knowing no ot go
its peril. A great horror seized NUN
engineer. He reversed the enpin poA
gave it in charge of the other m ns.
, board, aud then he climbed over ia.
CINE and he came down on the cowo .us
He said, though he had re versed tho l"ss
it seemed as though it were poino ., t1 \:
ming speed, faster and faster. lbona
was really slowing up, and with 0 ~
supernatural clutch he caught tbo s
by the hair and lifted it up, and who.
train stopped and the passengers eath1
around to SEQ what was the matter
the Old engineer lay, tainted dead
the little child alive and in his sws
| arms.
"Oh!" you say, "thnt was we'll a.
But want you to exercise some Kind
and some appreciation toward thos'
community who are snatching the
ones from under the wheels of temnt,
and sin-snatching them from under
dering rail trains ofeternal disaster, b
ing them up into responsibility in
world and into glory for the world to
You appreciate what the engineer did,
can you not appreciate the grander
done by every Sabbath.school teachel
afternoon?
Oh! my friends. want TO impress q
myself and upon yourselves that it isl
the number of talents we possess, br
use We make of them.
God has a royal family in the
Now, if / should ask: Who are the
families OF history?" you would
House of Hapsburg, house of ST.
house of Bourbons. They lived IN
aces, and had great equipage. But
are the Lords royal family? Sou
them may serve in your household,
of them are in unlighted garrets, som
them will walk this afternoon dow
street, on their arm a basket of b
food; some of them are in the almsb
despised and rejected of mon, vet h
last great day, while it will be found
some of us who Jared sumptuously
day are hurled back into discomf
there are the lame that will take the
One step further: There are
many people discouraged about getti
Heaven. You are brought up in
families, you had Christian parentape
you frankly tell me that you are a
sand miles away from The right track,
My brother, you are the one l W,
preach to this morning. have been
ing for you. will tell you how yd
astray. 1t was not righteousness on
part. 1t was perhaps through the gen
and sociality of your nature that yo
into sin. You wandered away from
duty, you unconsciously left the hoj
God; you admit the Gospel to be trua
yet you have SO glievously and prolon
wandered, You say rescue is inpossib
1t would take week to count
names of those in Heaven who we
earth worse than you tell me You are.
went the whole round of iniquity, the
graced themselves. they disgraced
household, they despaired of retur
cause their reputation was gone,
property was gone, everything was
but in some hour like this they hear
voice of God aud threw themselye,
divine compassion, and they rose ND
than conquerors. And I tell you til
the same chance for you. That
reason why like to preach this Cd
SO free a Gospel, SO tremendous Cd
| 1t takes man all wrong and makes
all right.
In former settlement where prea
a member of my congregation qu
house of God, quit respectable eli
went into all styles of sin, and was sls
his iniquity. The day for his burial
and his body was brought 10 the houl
God. Some of his comrades who had
stroyed him were overheard aond
street, on the way to the burial, So
Come. let us go and hear Talmaee
this old sinner" Oh! I had no,hin
tears for the dead, and / had nothing
invitations for the living. You see
not do any otherwise. "Christ Jesus
to seek and save that which was
| Christ in his dying prayer said: III
forgive them, :" and that was pray
YOU and for me. Oh, start on the ro
Heaven to-day. You are not happy.
thirst of your soul will never be slack
the fountains OF sin. You turn every
but to God for help. Right whereyo
call on Him. He knows you, He
all about you, He knows oil the
against which you have been conts
in life. Do not go to Him with
ligmarole of q prayer, but just looh
say: Help! help."
Eut you say: "NIy hand tremb
from disslpations, can't even take
of hymn book to sing" Do not
about that, my brother; l will give
| hymn at the close so familiar you eau
it without a book. But you say:
| such terrible habits on me, can
O. them" My answer is, Almighty
can break up that habit, and will Org
! up. But you say: "lhe wrong
was to one dead and in Heaven noS,
can't correct that wrong" You can
it, by the grace Of God. 90 into toe
ence of that one, and the apolosle
| ought to have made on earth M
| Heaven.
oh" says some man, "if l stoo
to do right, if l should turn away
my evil doing unto the Lord, W.
| jostled, would be driven back;
would have any sympathy for me-
are mistaken. Here, in the press'
the church on earth and in Heaven.
YOU to-day the right hand OF ~
fellowship. God sent me mere
to preach this, and he sent you
hear this: "Let the wicked 1oE, ,S1
way and the unrighteous man DIS u.s. ~
| and let him return unto 'ne I'd
who will have mercy, and unto ri
who will abundantly pardon :,ns
you may have been the worst sum y, IN
may become the best saint, ana ~ aa ~
day of Judgment it will be t a,ss
| "whera sin ahounded. grace u"e,