Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-12-13
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was and said: Arise; and sn,
In what short compass IN she sat
put that-"she sat up!" Oh. g My vi
there must have been aron nm - Mhat
when the apostle brought hero onis
her old friends! How the tae lam
must haye started! What clan clans %
hancs there must have been!
singing! What laughter? Sonna
through that lane! Shout II J daa
dark alley! Let all Joppa hea uo w,
cas- is resurrected! II!
lou ana have seen the sama .,
many time; not dead bod 1e
tated, put the deceased comma NV ,esu
after death in the good accom Nj Is
If man labors up to fifty yeors pi MS
serving God, and then dies. We VI VI
to think that his earthly work ID at !,
No. His influence on earth viii oe
tinue till the world ceases e. e.
rendered for Christ never s telV
Christian woman tolls for tho s ,,
ing of q church thu ough many anF pua
through many self denials, with nna
and tears, and then she dies. i tt ~
teen years since she went awov -
the spirit of God descends unon
church; hundreds of souls stand ~
confess the faith of Christ. Haip
Christian woman, who went away ~.
years ago, nothing to do With - ~
things? see the Towering out IS
noble heart. I hear the echo -
footsteps in all the songs over s;na
given, in all the prosperity ~
church. The good that seemed -
buried has come up again. Doro.s|
resurrected. e"s
After a while all these WOMB
friends of Christ will put down III
needle forever. After making earms
for others, some one will make n J
ment for them; the last robe We y
wear-the robe for the grave. Yeu :,
have heard the last cry of pain }
will have witnessed the last orphan
You will have come in worn ont n
Your last round of mercy. I do
know where you will sleep. nor vi
Your epitaph will be: but there will n
lamp burning at that tomb and nm an
of God guarding it, and through ali
long night no rude foot will disturh
dust. Sleep on, sleep on! Soft h
pleasant shadows, undisturbed reno
Sleep on! Wv
Asleep in Jesus! Blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake toween
Then one day there will be a sky ra,
ing, and whirl of wheels, and the a,
; of o pageant; armies marching. cha
clanking, banners waving, thund
booming, and that Christian woman !
arise from the dust, and she will be 81
denly surrounded surrounded by I
wanderers of the street whom she
claimed, surrounded by the wound
souls to whom she had administer
Daughter of God, so strangely $,
rounded, what means this? tine,
that reward has come, that the victory
won, that the crown is ready, that
banquet is spread. Shout it through
the crumbling earth. Sing it throu
| all the flying heavens. Dorcas is resi-
rected!
In 1855, when some of the soldi
came back from the Crimean war
London, the Queen of England distr
uted among them beautiful media
called Crimean medals. Galleries v,
erected for the two houses of Parliam,
and the royal family to sit in. Til,
was great audience to witness the d
tribution of the metals. AColonel W
had lost both feet in the battle ofInk
man was pulled in on o wheel cha
others came in limping on TIL
clutches. Then the Queen of Engla
arose before them in the name Of i
government, and uttered words of col
mendution to the officers and men, a
distributed these medals, inscribed wi
| the four great battlefields, Alma, Bal
klava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
| the Queen gave these to the wound
men and the wounded officers, the ban
of music struck upthe national air. al
the people with streaming eyes join
in the song:
! God save our gracious queen
| Long live our noble queen!
| God save the queen!
And then they shouted "Huzza! huzz
oh, it was proud day for those retul
! ing warriors! But brighter, better a
| gladden. day will come when Christ Sd
gather those who have toiled in
service, good soldiers of Jesus Chr
He shall rise before them, and in
presence of NIL the glorified of Hea'
He will say: Well done. good a
faithful servant" aud then He will
tribute the medals of eternal victo
not inscribed with works of righteo
ness which we have done, but with tn
four great battlefields, dear to earth
dear to Heaven. Bethlehem! Nazare
Gethsemane! Calvary!
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