Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26

pow the very first opportunity" And
~ snsy o9 D, not talk this stubborn young preach
minds; the June days came with all their beauty.
and the brewer came. He had brand.new cur.
tt. ns crest on the door, with monograms on
the Dox-no such carriage as that stopped at the
Presbyterian church. not one--and the brethren
pegan to be little fearful. They had tied u cord
CO.. m 'ng pew, 30 that no common sinner could
ss0 IN Inc brewer and his family came into the
ennrch came along the aise. The ladies' were
n,essea beyond anything the people in the
sa 9nntains there had ever seen, such silks and
satns and Tall bonnets and everything beautiful
~ Iney plled into the pew with all these sorts OF
tMngs that fill up q pew so nicely. Well now.
%na1 should our young brother do under these
10! .l. = whole hour upon that house all the woes
tnag God pronounced against the man that puts
sne Dotte to his neighbours lips. oh. what an
y. ~ tne church and out OF it, whose votes helped
70 perpetuate the liquor traffic, and the poor
fnnkard who could not inherit the Kingdom Of
every dram-s shop. keeper, and every brew
81 with him, and then he hung the pic
s lures in the galleries of their souls, the
and that they were all guilty before God. And
ono OF the brethren told me that the ceiling Of
Inc church a, was fairly blistered 70
brethren, how did they feel, sitting in their news.
with the perspiration all oozing out, as you have
see9 a Wsi roasting before an
IT, wei, "na1 oio come out OF 1T? The
aisle, and, taking this young man by the hand.
ne ne said: You are Mr.. Esterbrook believer"
sne returned the young preacher did you
reply reply Did you know that was brewer?r
Yes" Did you preach this sermon for me2r
nsn 1t Sr yea ad replied the
age as this before; never saw such gre faith
IN the pulpit: no man has ever dared stand in
DUlnfG DAfOrQ <v1o <rr,<I 10
On, my poor wife has often said to me, Get out
! win 60 out Of it" He said, II have been in
viii give you 800 for this sermon alone"
You see, my friends, the brewer turned out to
DO man OF sense, while these official brethren
great difference. oh, it pays to do right. No
man walking on in a great reform but can feel
the HAND Of God stretched down from the skies
will about US, let US march on steadily.
Eighty years ago no man was SO abused in all
Boston as John Adams They said he was AFRO
s. his party that he
revolution. And the mothers Of Boston stilled
Their their children to sleep as did the saracen
a tbs G the cid Of Rich
ing Thomas Jefferson as the devil incar-
nate OF Virginia. Yet, by and by, when the
arches OF Faneuil Hall are draped in mourning,
son were the greatest patriots Of their time all
the people bowed and said amen. 1t mattersd
little that Adam Smith said that the revolution
was brought on by colonial shop keepers; it
does not detract from the luster Of the Metho-
dist pulpit that the English Bishop said that
John and Charles Wesley were fanatics and en-
thusiasts. Be willing to stand up for the right,
TO close hearts of sympathy and homes OF friend
ship against you, If need be; remember that in
this cause you are standing for the cause of
God, and appeal to you, as philanthrs pists
who love your fellow men, as Christians who.
love your God, as fathers who love your chill
dren, that you thoughtfully and prayerfully take
this question to yourselves and do that which
shall make you glad in the day of Eternity, when
God calls us to account.