The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-10-30
Sunday Services.

Sunday Services.
Rev. S. L. B. Speare of Pilgrim Congregational
Church. Minneapolis. conducted the services
Mrs. Annie l.. PomerOy, of Minneapolis. was
present and sang several solos. Rev. Speare
was for number of years chaplain of the state
prison at Charestown Mass, therefore felt some
what at home before his audience He preached
a very strong sermon that commanded the steady
attention of his hearers He took for his text
Revelation iii. q BE watchful, and strengthen the
things which remain. that are reaay to die. 1.-THE
following brief synopsis Of the sermon does not
give an adequate idea Of the whole:
"AsI coming to saltwater yesterday
looked out Of the window at the scenes along
the way. At one place l saw a farm with its dwell
ing, barn and other buildings which belong to
some man. but it would be great mistake to call
that farm and those buildings the himself
They part of the an-they are only his
perishabe property. DIR. Moody, the evangelist,
lost all his property in the great Chicago fire, and
few days later ne met by friend who be-
gan offering him sympathy on account Of his mis-
fortune. Moody replied by assuring his friend
that his loss of little consequence long
he himself had been spared.
Il have spoken thus because l wanted to call
your attention to the fact that there many. lin
this world who think that when ones property is
lost all is lost. That is the way looks at it;
he values others according to~their- wealth In
money and goods. God does not judge mans
worth in that way. l do not wish to be understood
as thinking that sanap csnpt Nay eearthly riches
and be good may iastka sight ID dodIlss Some of
the grandest men have ev er known were wealthy.
no late 10 ha0
stocks, ,bonds.v lands. ETY. and be vas, very
wealthy He MAS good man, Rut' 3d. yon sup.
ross. MAJ whenhe stand sbef4esdod hAAt GOD viii
look at those bonds and stocks? No; God will look
at him just as He will look at every man. So we
may conclude that as we cannot take our earthly
possessions to heavef with us that the only thing
worth striving to preserve is our manhood-our
mopal integrity. There wass.Jebs he bad very
bad time of it. All manner of misfortune befell
him and his friends advised him to dspair, but he
did not. When all earthly possessions were gone
he had something left-hs integrity-and we
told that his losses more than made up to
him before he Dies, vThat pfsppssaoeafeFIive but
have a stock in trade from which can draw to
abd h5 ebntrSihtg dlf afaa iona x3g may Aad
God Himself, and by the proper of our will we
can conquer salvat on in spite of all the evil pow
ers in the worids Thefe s eotirqeS stance in this
world or the ord to come 4ind ef4shich man has
not the control of his will. There are other
things possess besides affection and will, but
they are only the servants Of those two properties.
But it comes to our mind that powers may
have been enfeebled by misuse, but may draw
new strength from ABOVE Ta noseN from heaven
that wiil1ead US along Live viii -bitIaskS ferAt
Christ when on earth had but to say the word and
will raise and siren thens the sohia When a man
is down the devil tells him that all is lost that
there no more opportunities for him, but that
is lie. 1t is never too late We can do the best
that we can with what we have left and rest as
sused that God will onOti condemns Us 1foF not
doing better than we knew how. This l5fef is
only the preface Of Iife, and what eysBis Written
the contents of the book, be rubbed out
andba nev ene FbeI made wi epeYerI " ee wish 10
change the manner of our life.'
ion Ii Carl P9etzei's Piiii6soPhyaqihs
Der msrool of fellers passion vas der furtile
csousee Of alaI Der troobles 9BS lhboaR life ind
don't you forgot it.
II SD vas trooth shuctfnb NIT ttropbtD df tsome
personal oxberiences NIT suffering makes der
Aesrt fselpeety gpet. yl0atI4e alheonasa Aesttsi
Der prejooces of public opinion meier gate
ans pooty much faMe Rh1less DIT Yellerp 1vas hta
it NIT contradicktions.-Th National Weekly.
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