Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23

said to him: whence comes thOu?" he
was forced to answer. What means that
Scripture which says that Christ shall
bruise the serpent's head? If you have
ever killed a snake the passage ought to
be plain to you. You see this old serpent,
the devil, has crawled across the Ma
t,ons, poisoning whole generations,
thing; but after while it will be cor
nered, and kissing and writhing in rage
and with crest lifted and forkcd tongue
shot out it will make final attack on
Christ, and Christ will advance upon it,
and lifting his omnipotent foot, that
foot strong enough to crush a world,
lifting that foot right over the head Of
the reptile. will put down his heel with
| crushing power that shall leave the
monster bleeding and mashed, never to
hiss again or bite again or shake his old
rattle again. Thank God he has already
received q stunning blow. Hear you not
the rumbling of the Christian printing
presses and the whirling of the Gospel
chariot wheel? AS many souls have been
added to the Christian Church in the
eighteen centuries, and that is ratio of
increase acclamatory with gladness.
The kingdom is coming, and I am SO sure
of it that do not propose to fret and
worry because it has not already come.
may jump to get on q boat that is going
of, but do not propose to jump for
boat that is coming in. The sharp at
tacks of infidelity and sin are a good
sign that especial blessing is coming in
showers over all the earth. Flies bite
sharp Just before rain.
If we do not see the full consumma-
tion our children will see it. In the
time of the French Revolution great
procession of boys carried through the
street q banner with the inscription:
"Tremble, tyrants, we shall grow up!"
Though we may fail to do our duty there
is q rising generation being gospelized
and coming by the hundreds of thou;
sands from our Sabbath schools and
Christian homes who might properly
have on their banners "Tremble, We
powers of darkness and sin, for we are
growing up!" We may not amount to
much in ourselves, but if We put our
selves in the right place We can do great
exploits. Two put under two make only
four; but placed beside two make
twenty-five. Yet what you and most
need is power to drive back this Apol-
lyon, this Asmodeus, this Ahrimanes
from our hearts and lives. And We can
do it not by our own strength, but by
divine power afforded, for here is
passage emblazoned with encour-
agement which says: Resist the
devil and he will flee from you.
The best and the mightiest have been
tempted. Milton describes toad squat
at the ear of Eve. The sin is in surren-
dering. Do not feel so secure in your
self as to think you cannot be over
thrown. How do you account for the
fact that there are SO many old men in
Sing Sing, and Auburn, and the other
penitentiaries, serving out their pro-
tracted sentences for frauds comm tied
in mid life or advanced ages, although
their early life mad been good, and
nothing bad been suspected of them,
until at fifty or sixty years of age the
whole land was struck dumb at their
forgery or ENLIGHTENMENT. The clock in
the steeple of Old Trinity Church strik-
ing the hours did not remind the re-
time that would soon bring exposure to
and doom. The explanation is that
Mephistopheles Apollyon, Satan got in
his work at that time. The man was
not naturally bad. He was as good as any
! of you are, but Satan, with the whole bat
talions of INTERVALS, swooped upon hin
pnawares. Look out for the wiles o.
the devil, not only those of you who are
!, young, but the middle-aged and the old
Outside of God you are not safe o mo.
!, ment. But yield not to disbursement
: If we put our trust in God our best days
;. are yet to come-days of victory, days Of
: song, days of Heaven, and the best days
: of the cause of righteousness in all the
= earth are yet to come. AS the 10000 me1
= of Xenophon's army, when they came t.
: the top Of Mount Theches and saw thu
waters on which they were to sail to thei
homes, the soldiers with clapping hands
!, md waving banners altogether shouted
! The sea! the seal" Lo we to-day in ou
: march toward our heavenly home COM
: up to the top of the mountain of hol.
= anticipation and look off upon tn
= oceans of light and oceans of glory an,
- - oceans of joy; and thrilled as we hav
: never been thrilled before, We clap gu
= hands and wave our gospel ensigns AM
: cry one to another and shout up to tn
: responding and re-echoing heavens
= = "The sea! the seal"
;, The Uncut Leaf.
q One of the fossilized absurdities an,