Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-25

gift of God, but it comes III answer 10
prayer.
All over glorious is my Lord,
He must be loved and vet alored;
His worth if NIL the nations Knew
Sure the whole earth would love Fin, TOO,
remark AGAIN. that we must look to
Jesus as an example. Now, mere
copyist. Won know. is always Il failure.
! If painter 90 to portfolio or gal
lery of art, however exquisite to get his
idea of the natural world from these
pictures, he Will not succeed as Well as
the artist who starts out and dashes the
dew from the grass and sees the morn
ing lust as God built it in the clouds. or
poured it upon the mountain, orklndled
it upon the sea. People wondered why
| Turner, the famous English painter.
succeeded so Well in sketching a storm
/ upon the ocean. 1t remained wonder
until it was found out that several times
! he had been dashed to the deck in the
midst of a tempest and then looked out
upon the wrath of the sea, and coming
! home to his studio, he pictured the
I tempest 1t is not the copyist who sue
ceeds but the man who confronts the
natural world. SO if man in literary
! composition resolves that he will imi-
tate the smoothness of Addison, or the
rugged vigor of CARLYLE, or the weird
ness of Spenser, or the epigrammatic
style of Ralph Waldo Emerson he will
not succeed as we'll as that man who
cultures his own natural style. What is
true Ill this respect Is true III respect to
character. There We're men who We're
! fascinated with Lord Byron. He was
lame and Wore q very large collar. Then
there We're tens of thousands of men
who resolved that they would be just
/ like Lord Byron, and they limped and
wore large collars, but they did not have
any Of his genius You cannot success
| fully copy a man whether he is bad or
/ good You may take the very best man
that ever lived and try and live like him,
and you will make a failure. There
never was q better man than Edward
Payson. Many have read his biography,
not understanding that he was sick
man. and they thought they were grow
ing i'll grace because they were growing
like him in depression of spirit. There
! We're men to copy Cowper, the poet. a
glorious man, but sometimes afflicted
with melancholy almost to insanity.
i The copyist got Cowpers faults but none
of his virtues.
There never was hut one being fit to
copy. few centuries ago he came out
through humble surroundings, and with
a gait and manner and behavior differ
ent from anything the world had seen.
Among all classes of people he was q
perfect model. Among fisherman, he
showed how fisherman should act.
Among taxgatherers, he showed how
taxgatherers should act. Among law
yers, he showed how lawyers should
farmers should act. Among rulers, he
showed how rulers should act Critics
tried to find in his conversation or SER
mons something unwise or unkind or
inaccurate; but they never found 1t.
They watched him, oh how they watched
him! He never went into house but
they knew it, and they knew how long
he stayed, and when he came out. and
whether he had wine for dinner. SLAM
der twisted her whips and wngged her
poisoned tongue and set her traps. but
could not catch Him. Little children
rushed out to get from Him q kiss, and
old men tottered out to the street corner
to see him pass.
DO you want an illustration OF devo-
ton, behold Him whole nights in
prayer. Do you want an example in
suffering, see His path across Palestine
ample Of patience, see Him abused and
never giving one sharp retort. Do you
want an example Of industry, see Him
without one idle moment. DO you want
d specimen OF sacrifice. look at His life
of self denial, His death of ignominy,
His sepulcher of humiliation. Oh what
an example! His feet wounded, yet He
submitted to the journey. His back lac
Grated, and yet He carried the cross.
Struck. lie never struck back again
Condemned, yet He rose higher than
His calumniators, and with wounds i'll
His hands and with wounds on His brow
and wounds i'll His side, He calculated
Father, forgive them, they know not
what they do" All, my brethren. that is
the pole by which to set your compass,
that is the headland by which to steer,
that is the light by which to kindle your
lamps, that is the example that we ought
all to follow. How it would smooth out
I he ronghness in our disposition, and
the world would be impressed by the
transformation and would say: Il
know what is the matter with that man.
| he has been with Jesus and has learned
him."
Alexander was going along with his
army i'll Persia and the snow and ice
We're SO great that the army halted and
said: We can't march any further"
Then Alexander dismountcd from his
horse. took plckaX, went ahead OF his
army and struck into the ice and snow.
The soldiers said: IF he can do that,
we can do it, and they took their picks
and soon the way was cleared and the
army marched on. SO our Lord dis
mounted from his glory, and throug 9Th all
icy obstacles hews path for himself
and Il path for us, saying: Follow me!
l do not ask you to go through any
suffering, OF fight any battles where do
not lead the way! Follow mel"
Again | remark, that we are to look to
Christ as sympathizer. Is there any
body i'll the house to- day who does not
want sympathy? 1 do not know how
anybody can live without sympathy
There are those, however, who have
gone through very rough paths in life
who had no divine arm to lean on. III ow
they go along l do not exactly know.
Their fortunes took wings in some un-
fortunate investment and flew away.
The bank failed. and they buttoned up
apennlless pocket. Ruthless specula-
tors carried off the fragments of an
estate they We're twenty-five years
in getting with hard work How did
they stand it without Christ? Death