Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-02
, picture S. fresh from the studio Of cburch

sot;eeae.:s sanatn part of q grain of solid
ssla e The English lord, moving in
fn,,n1 se.y Mehest sphere, was one day
1o9nd seated with his chin on his hand
and his elbow on the window sill, 1oai.; nu
ont and saying: ooh, i wish i conld axs
cnange places with that dog!" Mere social
posluon will never give happiness to a wo-
man man soul. l have had wide and con.
unuous observation. and tell the youno |
women that they who build on mere social |
positlon their souls immortal honniness
are building on the sand.
suppose mat young woman expends |
the nrlRhtness of her early life in this mn |
Satisfactory struggle and omits the present
opportunity of usefulness in the home
circle-what mistake! "o'n0
80 surely as the years roll around. that
home In which You now dwell will become
extinct. The parents will be gone. the
property Will 60 into other possessions.
you yourself will be in other Relationships.
and that home which, only year ago. was
Iul OF congratulations, will be ex-
tlngulshed. When that period comes. YOU
will look back to see what you did or what
you neglected to do in the way of making
home happy. 1t will be too late to correct
mistakes. IT you did not smooth the path
OF your parents toward the tomb: if you
did not make their last days bright and
happy: if you allowed the younger sisters
of your family to come up without feeling
that there had been Christian example
set them or your part there will be MOTH
ing but bitterness of lamentation. That
bitterness will be increased by all the sur
roundings of that home; by every chair,
by every picture, by the old-time mantel
ornaments, by everything you can think of
as connected with that home. All these
things will rouse up agonizing memories.
Young women, have you anything to do in
happy Now is the time to attend to a Il, or
leave it forever undone. Time is flying
very quickly away. I suppose You notice
the wrinkles are gathering and accumulat-
ing on those kindly faces that have so
looked upon you: there is frost in the locks:
the foot is not as firm in its step as it used
to be; and they will soon be gone. The
heaviest clod that ever falls on parents
coffin lid is the memory of an ungrateful
daughter. oh, make their last days bright
and beautiful. Do not act as though they
were in the way. Ask their counsel, seek
their prayers, and, after long years have
passed, and you 60 out to see the grave
where they sleep, you will find growing
all over the mound something lovelier than
cypress, something sweeter than the rose,
something chaster than the lily-the bright
and beautiful memories of filial kindness
performed ere the dying hand dropped
on you benediction, and you closed the
lids over the weary eyes of the worn out
pilgrim. Better that, in the hour of your
birth, you had been struck with orphanage,
ana that you had been handed over into
the cold arms of the world, rather than
that You should have been brought up un-
der fathers care and mothers tender
ness, at last to scott at their example and
deride their influence; and on the day
when you followed them in long process
sion to the tomb, to find that you are fol-
lowed by still larger procession of un-
filial deeds done and wrong words uttered.
The one procession will leave its burden
in the tomb and disband; but that longer
procession of CHASTITY memories will for
ever march and forever wall. Oh, it is a
good time for young woman when she is
in her fathers house. How careful they
are of her welfare. How watchful those
parents of all her interests. Seated at the
table, children on either side, and between,
but the years will roll on, and great
changes will be effected, and one will be
missed from one end of the table, and an
other will be missed from the other end of
the table. God pity that young womans
soul who, in that dark hour, has nothing
but regretful recollections.
Igo further, and advise you not to de-
pend for enjoyment upon mere personal
attractions. 1t would be sheer hypocrisy,
because We may rot have it ourselves, to
despise, or affect to despise, beauty in
others. When God gives it, he gives it as
blessing and as means of usefulness.
David and his army were coming down
from the mountain to destroy Nabal and
his fiocks and vineyards. The beautiful
Abigail, the wife of Nabal, went out to ar
rest him when he came down from the
mountains, and she succeeded. Coming
to the foot of the hill she knelt. David,
with his army of sworn men, came down
over the cliffs, and when he saw her
kneeling at the foot of the hill he cried
"Halt!" to his men, and the caves echoed
it "Halt! haiti" That one beautiful
had arrested all those armed troops. A dew
drop dashed back Niagara. The Bible
sets before us the portraits of Sarah and
Rebecca, and Abishag, Absaloms sister.
and Jobs daughters. and says: "These
were fair to look upon" By outdoor ex-
ercise and by skillful arrangements of APP
parel, let women make themselves attract
i've. The sloven has only one mission,
and that to excite our loathing and disgust.
But alas! for those who depend upon per-
senal charms for their happiness. Beauty
ID Sucn subtle Jung, IL uoes uot seoIn "
depend upon facial proportions, or upon
the sparkle of the eye, or upon the flush
of the cheek. You sometimes find it
among irregular features. 1t is the soul
shining through the face that makes one
beautiful. But alas! for those who depend
upon mere personal charms. They will
come to disappointment and to great fret.
There are SO many different opinions about
what are personal charms; and then sick
ness, and trouble, and Gge, do make such
ravages. The poorest god that woman
ever worships is her own face. The sad
dest sight in all the world is woman who
has built everything on good looks, when
the charms begin to vanish. Oh. how they
try to cover the wrinkles and hide the raw
ages of time! When Time, with iron shod
feet, steps on face, the hoof marks re-
main, and you cannot hide them. 1t is
silly to try to hide them. think the most
repulsive fool in MI the world is an old
fool!
Why, my friends. shouldyou be ashamed
to be getting old?lt is a sign. it is prima
facie evidence that you have behaved toll
erebly we'll or you would not have lived to
this time. The grandest thing, think, is
eternity. and that is made up of countless
wears. When the Bible would set forth the
attractiveness of jesus Christ, it says: