Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-15

Su0eieu llliam lell the five hun.
drearh time. a company OF musicians
came under his window in Pa,is and SER
enaded him. They put upon his brow a
amidst all the applause and enthusiasm.
hos3lna turned to % friend and said. u
you'd give all this brilliant scene for !,
lew days OF youth end love-" Contrast
| the melancholy feeling OF Rossina. who
had everything that this world coull
give him, to the joyful experience of
Isaac Watts. whose Misfortuncs were in
Vulnerable. when he says:
| The Hill OF Zion yields
| :, a thousand sacro, sweets
| oeiore we retich the heavenly fields
of Walk the golden streets.
Then lot our songs abound.
Ana every tenr be DIV;
were marching through Immanuel's ground
10 lalfef worlds Oh high.
1t Is prosperity that kills and troubla
that saves. While the Israelites were
on ehe march, amidpt great privations
ana hardships. they behaved we'll. A.
t ter Mhile they prayed for meat, and
the Sly darkened with great tloclls of
quails, and these quails fell in great mn1-
tltudes all about them; and the Israel
ltes ate and ate, and stuffed themselves
until they died. Oh! my friends. it ia
not hardship, Or trial, or starvation TINT
| injuries the soul, but abundant supplv-
1t Is not the vulture OF trouble that eats
up the Christians life; it is the ounilsi
it is the quails!
l cannot leave you until once more I
confess my faith III the Saviour whom I
have preached. He is my oil in all. I
owe more to the grace OF God than most
men: with this ardent temperament. if
! mad gone overheard would have gone
RI klc
nothing by halves
Otto grace how great n debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
think all will be we'll Do NOT be
worried about me. I know that my Re-
deemer liveth, and if any fatality sh Guild
befall me, think should 90 straight.
!, ! nave been most unworthy, and would
De sorry to think that any one of nv
friends had been as unworthy Chris.
olan as myself. But God has helped a
great many through, and hope He will
help me through. 1t is long account
Oh shortcomings, but if He is going to
all out.
And now gives us (for 60 not alone,
your benediction. When YOU send let
tiers to q friend in n distant land. Won
say Via such city, orvia such n steamer.
when you send your good wishes to us,
send them via the throne of God. We
shall not travel out of the reach of YOUR
prayers.
There is scene where spirits dwell.
Where friend holds intercourse with friend:
Though sundeTed fnr by faith we meet
around one common mercy seat.
And now. may the blessing of God
come down upon your bodies and upon
your souls, your fathers and mothers,
your companions, your children, your
brothers and sisters and your friends!
May you be blessed in your business
and in your pleasures, in your joys and
in your sorrows, in the house and by the
way! And if, during. our separation, an
arrow from the unseen world should
strike any of US, may it only hasten on
the raptures that God has prepared for
those who love Him! utter not the
word farewell; it is too sad, too formal
word for me to speak or write. But,
considering that I have your hand
tightly clasped in both of mine, utter
kind, and affectionate and o cheerful
gOOd-by!