Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

the soft, cool, fragrant leaves, but leaV-
ing them all on, and then try on them
; that gospel switch. 1t won't hurt them,
and it will save you. Peace with God;
those two doctrines you are no Chris
tan.
Bles, he the tie that binds
~. our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship OF klndred minds
! Is 'he 10 '''A' ,'''oNe' a
From SORROW, tnl toll ana no pam pam
And ,,e rife love ana friendship reign
Through ull eternity.
But nv text goes further. 1t says:
Go up into the mountain and fetch olive
branches and pine branches. Now what
pine tree is healthy; it is aromatic; it is
evergreen. How often the physician
saws to his invalid patients: Go and
have breath of the pines! That will
invigorate YOU" Why do such thousands
of people 60 south every year? 1t is not
merely to get to warmer climate, but to
get to the influence of the pine. There
is health in it, and this pine branch of
the text suggests the healthfulness of
our holy religion; it is full of health,
health for all. health for the mind,
health for the soul.
/ l knew an aged man, who had no capt.
tai of physical health. He had had all
the diseases you could imagine; he did
not eat enough to keep child alive; he
lived on beverage of hosannas. He
lived high, for he dined every day with
the king. He was kept alive simply by
the force of our holy religion. 1t is q
healthy religion; healthy for the eye,
healthy for the hand, healthy tor the
feet, healthy for the heart, healthy for
the liver, healthy torthe spleen, healthy
| tor the whole man. III gives man such
peace, such quletness, such lndepend'
ence OF circumstances. such holy equl-
| poise. Oh that we all possessed 1t, that
/ we possessed it now. mean that 1t is
healthy If a man gets enough of 1t:
Now, there are some people who Just
get enough religion to bother them, lust
enough religion to make them sick; but
II man take a fuli' deep round lnhala-
pei arbor, he Will find it buoyant. ex-
uberant, undying, immortal health.
But this pine branch of my text also
suggests the simple fact that it is an
evergreen. What does this pine branch
care for the snow on its brow? 1t is only
a crown of glory. The winter cannot
freeze it out. This evergreen tree branch
is as beautiful in winter as it is in the
summer. And that is the Characteristic
| OF our molly fellSlon; III the SnarpeSt,
coolest winter of misfortune and disas-
ter, it is as good religion as it is in the
bright summer sunshine. Well, now
that is practical truth. For if l should
go up and down these aisles, 1 would
not find in this house fifty people who
had had no trouble. But there are some
of you who have especial trouble. God
only knows what you go through with.
Oh, how many bereavemen how many
poverties, how many prosecutions! How
many misrepresentation. And now, my
brother, you have tried everything else,
why don't you try this evergreen relig-
ion? 1t is Just as good for you now as
it was in the days of your prosperity; it
is better for you. Perhaps some of you
feel almost like Muckle Backie, the fish
he kept on working, although that very
day he buried his child. They came to
him and said: ct is indecent for YOU to
be mending that boat when this after
noon you buried your child" And the
fisherman looked up and said: "Sir, il
is very easy for you gentlefolks to stay
in the house with your handkerchiefs to
your eyesin grief; but, Sir, ought l to let
the other five children starve because
one of them is drowned? No, sir, we
maun Work, we maun work, though our
hearts beat like this hammer"
You NAV have had accumulation of
co,row n,a ,,;cfo.t,,, IN, $500 =;
tocks. they come in herds Mon Won,
soni: and vet I have to toll Won That tbis
rel;oion can console Won That il con
helm Won. that # can deliver Won if Moth.
ING else viii. DO Won tell me- that the
!, riches and the ooin Of this world cn,,
console vou2 How was Il With tha m M
who had such a fondness for money
that when he was sick he ordered
basin of GOLD nieces to he hronoht r.
him. and he mt Ills oontv hands down
amono fine GOLD nieces cool;no b;s
, hands off in them and the rattia onG
rolling Of these cold niecas Wave his
amusement and Entertainment. All. the
, gold and silver. the honors. the emoln.
ments of this world are n moor soloce
, for nerturbed shirt, yon want somes
, thing better than This world can Owe
A yonno nrince when tbe children eama
} around to NAV WITH him refnsad .S
, NAV. He said. T will NAV on1y viii
kinos. And # MIGHT he s,1nnosad that
| YOU would throw away ali other solacf
before this regal satisfaction this i'm.
perial ioy. Ye who are sons and dauoh.
) tiers of the Lord Almiehty ought to Ma,
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