Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-26

teopsr. ooutheyl Thomas Camnballi rshs
s nes.'ss ue,orge Crabbei Robert Burnsl N,
Pal 1esal the f1li q artists: Michael Anreloi
nui teronesei William TurnerI Chr;stssss' ~
mreai No answer. Eyes closed. Ear d Rasr
LIPS silent Hands palsied. Scentre r,s,,a;i
Ith, SWORD, oil down forever. Wbv sha,,ii
we struggle for such baublee7
anothsr reason why we should eultnre ,h;.
lpr,s, " .,., si,eefluiness Is the fact that God
KNOWS what is best for His creat,,ras vou
Know what is good for your child M t,,, npu
you are not so liberal as Won ought -, ~
ne elticises your discipline. hut Won Ios't
oyer over the whole field, and Won. losinc thst
Slillo, 90 what IA your deliberate judgement i
VT MN, NOW, God is the best offathers
Sometimes His children think thai. ha = hon =
on them and that He is NOT as 6bsra II n ,.;,S
them, .hein as HE might be. But children 10 not
KNOW as much as a father can toll 1,o,, NJ.
you are not afiiuent, and WHY Won have nrt
oeeh Rrandly successful. IL Is because vo,,
s.l OF stand the temptation. Ifyour path had
, D,en shlootn you would have depended upon
!our own sureiootedness; but God rourhened
mat path, so you have to take hold ~ M
nan1; II the weather had been mild vo,
would nave foitered along the winter eo,,rs I.
ou' at the first howl of the storr,
yo9 quiekened your pace heayenward,
~ ,sar wrapped around you the
eousness. "What have i doneg, sa Nv,
the wheatsheaf to the farmer, what have
aone that you beat ME SO hard with your
nahR The farmer makes no answer INF ths
rake takes on the straw, and the min blows
s sne ehsh TO the wind, and the golden grain
iaiis DOWN at the foot ofthe windmill. After
while, the straw looking down from NOV
upon the golden grain banked up on either
SIDE OF the Hoor understands why the farmer
beat the wheatsheaf with the DAHL
who IRE those before the throne? The nm.
sMer eanes These are they. who, out Of
great tribuiation, had their robes washed and
made white In the blood Of The ANIL .
Would God that we could understand TINT
our trials are the very best thing for tis IN
We had an appreciation of that truth tbcn w.,
should know why II Was that John Noyr,,.
the martyr, in the very midst of the flame
reached down and picked up one Of the Gag:
gots that was consuming him. and kissed n
aud said: Blessed he God for the time wbet,
was born for this preierment." They who
suffer with Him on earth shall be siar;fe,l
WIN HIM In heaven. Be content. then. with
such things as you have
Another consideration leading us 20 tho
spirit of the text is the assurance that tha
Lord win provide somehow. win He who
holds the water in the hollow of His hand;
allow His children to die of thristS viii Hs
who owns the cattle on thousand hills. and
az the earth's luxuriance of grain and fruit.
allow His children 90 starve? Go out to,
morrow morning at O'clock. into the woods
no breakfast, they know not where they will
dine: they have no idea where they will SUP,
but hear the birds chant Mt 5 O'Clock in tho
morning. Behold the fowls Of the air. for
they SOW not neither do they reap, nor
gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them. Are you not much better than
they Seven thousand people, In Christ's
time, went into the desert. They were the
most improvident people | ever heard OF
ihey deserved to starye- They might
have takea food enough to last them
Hntii they got back. Nothing did
they take A lad who, had more wit
than all of them put together asked
his mother that morning for some loaves of
bread and some fishes. They were put into
his satchel. He went out into the desert
From this provision the Z 1000 were fed, and
themore hey atethe larger the loaves grew,
Until eproyisions that the boy brought in
one satchel was multiplied sothat he could not
have carried the fragments homein six satch-
els. 80, you say, times have changed, and
the day Of miracles has gone" ! reply that
what God did then by miracle he does now
by natural laws. II have been young said
David, "but now ON old; yet have / never
seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed beg
ging bread" 1t is high time that you peo-
pie who are fretting about worldly circum-
stances, and who are fearing you are coming
to want, understand that the oath Of the
Eternal God is involved in the fact that you
are to have enough to eat and wear
Again, ! remark that the religion of
Jesus Christ is the grandest influence TO make
a man contented. Indemnity against all
financial and spiritual harmI 1t Gains the
spirit, dwindles the earth INTO insignificance,
and swallows up the soul with the Thought of
heaven o ye who have been going about
from placeto place expectingt to find change
of circumstances, something to give solace
to the spirit, commend you this morning,
ia n han fad ioal
mon sense religion of the Lord Jesus Christ.
There is no peace, saith my God, for the
wicked, and rs long as you continue in sin
you will be miserable. Come to Christ Make
Him your portion, and start for heaven, and
You win lie happy man-you will be a
happy woman
Yet, my friends, notwithstanding all these
Inducements to spirit OF contentment
have to tell you this morning the human race
IL divided into two classes--those who scold
and those who get scolded. The carpenter
wants to be anything but a carpenter, and
the mason anything but a mason, and the
banker anything but a banker, and the law
yer anything but a lawyer, and the minister
anything but minister, and everybody
would be happy If he were only somebody else.
The anemone wants to be a sunflower, and
the apple orchards throw down their bios
SONS because they are not tail cedass, and
the scow wants TO be a schooner, and the
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have the worst children that ever were, and
everybody has the greatest misfortune, and
everything is upside down. or going TO be.
All, my friends, you never make any advance
through such a spirit as that You cannot
fret yourself up; You may fret yourself down.
Amid all this grating of tone strike this
string Of the gospel harp: Goodness with
contantment is great gain. We brought
nothing into the world, and it is very certain
we can carry nothing out; having food and
raiment let us Herewith be content"
Let us all remember, If we are christians
that we are going after while, whatever
our circumstances now, to have glorious
vacation. As in summer we put on our gar
ments and go down into the cool sea 20
battle. so we viii put of these garments OF
flesh and step into the cool Jordon. We will
look for some place to lay down our weari-
ness; and the trees win say, "5ome and rest
under our shadow" and the earth viii say,
Come aud sleep in my bosom" and the wind
viii saw, Hush. while sing thee cradle
hymn and while six strong men carry us
out to our last resting place, and ashes come
TO ashes and dust to dust, we VIII see Two
SCARED feet standing amid the broken soil,
and lascerated brow bending over an open
grave, while a voice. tender with all affection
and mighty with all omnipotenee. viii de
clare: II am the resurrection and the life; he
that believeth in me, though he were dead,
vet he shall live" Comfort one another With
these words