Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02

p,ctor'S Congregation Not at
.nse,ea by the Beautiful weather
/, sprnstime.
mot,vn Academy of Music. on
d. hlming. April ~, after the read
y nannrnpriate passage OF scripture
an "alo IF the hymn, Glory t God on
m yalmuge announced as ms text
ig. srhe glory of Lebanon shall
to-, thee. the fir tree, the pine
H'.41n" ~, box together. to bcautlfy the
~ ~ nv sanctuary. FOLLOWING IS MS
h. in full:
to Damascus we saw the
our WI Lebanon white with snow.
'Hn,.n- from which the cedars were
.j4nyn by on teams down TO the
t'n' '.nn sea. and then Heated l n great
i",nn, and then drawn again by on
~ ~ Jerusalem to build stem
(m,,sn mighty trees in my text are
n. glory of Lebanon. lnanlmate
an The effects OF inc HfSt liins-
Enn When Eve touched the 1orhldden
eo', cns as if the sinful contact had
(an not only that tree, put as II
NJ .%.s. and us il the sap
soJ i he virus into the very soil
al'p nt:re earth rocked with the lcp-
uTI-narr that sinful touch nature with
nha innnimatc creation. as if un-
,..be damage done it. sent up the
~ 81 hricr and ncttle to wound and
pr' npnose the human race.
~ IN, pllysical earth felt the effects
A., ,~ransgrcssion. so it shall also
lt' .r,t.t az the Savior'S mission. AS
IEa, am, Tree in Paradise Il blight went
.n,.o,,,rh the entire earth, so from IL
rnlyarv another force shall speed
~ ~.",nrnctrate and check. subdue
vide. the evil. I'm the end it shall
U,,m,1 ,hat the tree of Calvary has more
- han The tree of Paradise. AS the
a,n evangelical. l think Il cores
10, '.bau.c will be effected in the at
Br%,lJ. / verify believe that the trees,
kno birds, and the rivers, and the skies
bayc a millennium. Ii mans sin af-
u III, ground, and the vegetation,
m, atmosphere. shall Christ's
he less powerful or less extensive?
aht,ess God will take the i%rregularity
For..ncss from the elements, so us to
hem congcnial to the ace yet to be
symmetrical and evangelized. The
bI shall be so lavish Of weeds and so
rofnl Of grain. Soils which now have
liar proclivites toward certain forms of
,roiuction will be delivered OF their be-
he sins. Steep mountains, plowed down
more gradual ascent. shall be girdled
docks of sheep and shocks of corn.
E.I meadow. Cattle shall eat unframed
kayerns once haunted OF wild beasts.
Breu will build play-houses in what was
a cave of serpents, and, as the Scrip
saitb, THE weaned child shall put his
on the cockatrice's dem"
what harvests shall be reaped when
her droutll, nor excessive rain. nor mil
nor infcsting insects shall arrest the
k1h. and the utmost capacity of the fields
rnduction shall be tested by an intelli-
and athletic yeomanry. Thrift and
potency characterizing the worlds in
ANTS. their dwelling places shall be
(ial and healthy and adorned. Tree
Erbor and grove around about will look
Adam and Eve had got back to Para
Great cities, now neglected and I'M
ed. shall be orderly, adorned with ar
.hral symmetry and connected with
Instant seaports by present modes OF
portation carried to their greatest per-
On, ur by new inventions yet to spring
III Of the water or drop from the air at
beck of a Morse or a Robert Fulton be-
(Mgto future generations Isaiah in my
seems to look forward to the future
iton Of the physical earth as Il condi-
Of great beauty and excellence, and
rrophesies that as the strongest and
excellent ornamental timber in Leba-
was brought down to Jerusalem and
kMctcd into the ancient temple, so all
i beautiful and excellent in the physi-
artl shall Yet contribute to the church
heing built in the world, THE glory OF
lnon shall come unto thee: the 1ir'tree;
iaa tree, and the box together, to beau
he place of my sanctuary.
beh Of this prophecy has already been
He'd, and | proceed to some practical
Erks up the contributions which the
hl world is making to the kingdom OF
and then draw some differences. The
Contribution that nature gives to the
cl is her testimony in behalf of the
OF Christianity. This is an age OF
Iund research. Nature cannot evade
; inquiries us once In chemists
Ea'ory she is put to torture and COM
u TO give up her mysteries. Hidden
haze come out of their hiding place.
earth and the heavens. since they have
ransaekcd by %geologist and botanist
astronomer, appear so different from
they once We're that they may be
the new heavens and the new
Us research and discovery will have
Fiul effect upon the religions world
must either advance or arrest Chris
", make men better or make them
be the church's honor or the
en- overthrow. Christians, aware OF
ll We early ages of discovery, were
Gus and fearful as to the progress o.
pee They feared that some natura
oeiof" unknown. would suddenly
y mi" harsh collision with Chris
y '~1Apowder and the CLEAN OF
Ns would not so much have been feared
Asioh'sts as electric batteries, voltaic
ana astronomical apparatus. 1t was
maj Moses and the prophets would
gl over by skeptical chemists and
S..Pli"fs. Some Of the followers oil
oH', alter the invention. of the tele-
reused to look through that instru-
'st what they saw would overthrow
s"ellngs of that great PHILOSOPHER.
~ .hrlstlan religion has no such APP
eASlon now.
~ on your telescopes and microscopes
n'elfoscopes-and the more the bet
ine 'rod OF nature is the God of the
"hI IN all the universe and in all the
riLa ne never once contradicted Him
is''d!l merchants endow universe
III" III them Christian professors in
nv ~ children OF Christian commune
h. - W;rmest and most enthusiastic
.hrlSt are the brarcst and most
I"9'e irlends of science. The church
,orJ Us much over every discovery as
m ~telolces. Good men have found
ri'ft IS no war between science and