Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18


ton at the tabernacle to-day that mali
cious falsehood had gone through the
country, saying that at q recent meeting of
the officers of the Thirteenth Regiment at
his house he had set before them four
kinds of wine. He said: III will pay
81 600 to any charitable institution it it
can be proven that one drop of wine or any
other intoxicating liquor was offered IN my
house that evening. The twenty five gem
tlemen present may be called upon for tes-
timony. Any three respectable clergymen
or lawyers or detectives may be selected;
they also to decide what charity shall have
the money. I ask the newspapers all over
the land, which have been mislead by the
falsehood, to correct it"
The opening hymn OF the service be-
Salvation o, the joyful sound,
TITS pleasure to our ears.
DR.. Talmage announced as the subject
of the sermon, "Loss and GAIN" and his
text was: "What shall it profit man, if
he shall gain the whole world, and lose his
own soul?"-Mark viii, 36.
am accustomed, Sabbath by Sabbath,
10 stand before an audience of bargain
makers. There may be men in oil occupa-
tions sitting before me, yet the vast major
ity Of them, am very we'll aware, are en-
night in the store. In many of the families
of mi congregation, across the breakfast
table and the tea table, are discussed ques-
tons of loss and gain. You are every day
asking yourself: what is the value Of
this? What is the value of that" You
woula not think of giving something of
greater value for that which is OF lesser
valua You would not think of selling
that Which cost you $40 for SIS. If you
had q property that was worth $4,000 you
would not sell it for $4,000. You are in
telligSnt in all matters of bargain making.
Are ybu as wise in the things that pertain
to the matters of the soul? Christ adapted
his Instructions to the circumstances of
thoseto whom he spoke. When he talked
to fishermen, he spoke of the Gospel net.
When he talked to the farmers. he said:
"a soFer went forth to SOW" When he
talked to the shepherds, he told the para
bic efthe lost sheep. And am not right
when tpeaking this morning to IN audience
made 10 of bargain makers that [ address
them il the words of my text. asking:
sWhatshall it profit man, if he shall
gain tie whole world, and lose his own
soul?"
pr pose. as far as possible, to estimate
and compare the value of two properties.
First have TO say that the world is a
Gods thoughts in bloom. Its rocks are
Gods thoughts in stone. Its dewdrops are
Gods thoughts in pearl. This world is
Gods child-a hayward child indeed; it
has wandered off through the heavens.
But abput 1888 years ago, one Christmas
night, God sent out sister world to call
that whnderer back, and it hung over Beth
lehem only long enough toget the prom
Use of the wanderer 8 return, and now that
lost world, with soft feet of light, comes
treading back through the heavens. The
hills, how beautiful they billow up, the
edge of the wave white with the foam of
crocuses! How beautiful the rainbow. the
archel bridge on which Heaven and earth
come and talk to each other in tears, after
the storm is over! How nimble the feet
of the lamp lighters that in few minutes
set all dome of the night ablaze with
brackets OF fire! How bright the oar of
the saffron cloud that rows across the deep
sea of Heaven How beautiful the spring,
with bridal blossoms in her hair! / Won
der who it is that beats time on a June
morning for the bird orchestra? How gen.
tie the harebell tolls its fragrance on the
air! There may be grander worlds, swarth-
Ter worlds, larger worlds than this; but
think that this is a most exquisite world-a
mignonette on the bosom of immensely
that world! am willing to take it in ex-
change. am ready now for the bargain.
1t is so beautiful world, SO sweet world,
so grand o world!"
But let us look more infinitely into the
value of this world. You will not buy
property unless you can get good title to
it. After you have looked at the property
and found out that it suits you, you send
an attorney to the public Office and he ex-
amines the book Of deeds, and the book of
mortgages, and the book of Judgments, and
the book of liens, and he decides whether
the title is good before you will have any
thing to- do with it. There might be a
splendid property, and in every way ex-
actly suited to your want; but if you can
not get good title you will not take it.
Now, am here this morning 10 say that it
is impossible to get a good title to this
world. If settle down upon it, in the
very year so settle down upon it as per
manent possession may be driven away
from it. Az, in five minutes after 1 give
up my soul for the world l may have to
part with the world; and what kind of a
title do you call that? There is only one
way in which can hold on earthly possess
sion, and that is through the senses. All
beautiful sights through the eye. but the
eye may be blotted out all captivating
sounds through he ear, but my ear may be
deafened; all lusciousness of fruits and
viands through my taste, but my taste may
be destroyed; all appreciation of culture
and of art through my mind, but may
lose my mind. What a frail hold, then, L
have upon my earthly possession!
In courts of law, if you want to get a
man off property, you must serve upon
him writ of ejectment, giving him GER
tain time to vacate the premises; but when
death comes to US and serves a writ of
eiectment, he does not give us one second
Of forewarning. He says: "Otf of this
place! You have no right any longer in
the possession" We might cry out: II
gave you 100000 FOR that property" the
plea would be of no avail. We might say:
ave have warantee deed for that prop
erty;" the plea would be of no avail. We
nigh say: 1--WE have lien on that store
house," that would do us no good. Death
is blind, and he cannotsee seal, and can
not read an indenture. So that, first and
last, want to tell you that when you pro.
pose that give up my soul for the world
you cannot give me, tbs first item of title
Having examined the title of a property
syour next question is about insurance
You would not be silly enough to buy
large warehouse that could not possibly b.
insured. You would not have anything t.
do with such property. Now, ask 20,
what assurance can you give me that THU
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