Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
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MnlIh ne looks after you he saws no nom,n,tn
.,ne ialrS OF Your head. Well. that is nlnn rs
avo r ,n", nn count if the head have the
.l.il' II the hairs of THE head be black t I",
!. ., ,ho', i1 ~ n or if they be laxcn there
a.t ABOUT 100000. But God knows thc nx o
u" number: The hairs of Your head ara
w ,ri hn AM Would Christ impress MS
VOL he alylne watchfulness and care. bn
speaks of the sparrows, that We're ."i ~, nc
,unee IN .hose times. They We're caught nv
iie thousands in the net. They were thin
ana scrawny. and had comparativelv M
meat on their bones. They seemed almost
valneless. whether living or dead. Wo4
argues Christ, if my Father takes care m W
.i'em VIII He not take care of YOU? Christ
Mould lave the Christian Respondent over
nus siowness of religious development TO 1o
f Grl nus sc corn iield for alesson. lie watches
t H. ,na green shoot pressing up through
.ile GODS, gradually strengthing into astalk.
ana last OF all the husk swelling ont with the
pressure of the corn: First the blade. then
tin ear, after that the full corn in the ear"
Would David set forth the freshness and
peau'y OF genuine Christian characteristic
alter the moulting season, its old feathers
shcd' ana It's wings and breast decked with
ne" down and plumes. its body as finely
leathered as that of her young ones lust be-
%Sa,nhlhg to try the speed of their wings.
Thus rejuvenated and rcplumed is the
CHRISTIANS faith and hope by every season
oil ommunion with God. Thy youth is re-
newed like the eagles" Would solomon
represent the ~annoyanccs of IL contentious
WOMAN S tongue, he points to leakage in
1ne top OF ms house on tent. where. through
out the stormy day. the water comes
through. talking upon the iloor-lrip! drip!
drip! and he says. "A continual dripping in
Il very rainy day and contentious woman
are alike Would Christ set forth the char
acter of those who make great profession of
DlntV. mn have Nh f,1if Ln .,,,, ~, ,n, %l,.-,
to barren fig trees, which nave very large
and snowy leaves, and nothing but leaves.
Would Job Illustrate deceitful friendships,
he speaks OF brooks in those climes. that
wine about in different directions, and dry
up when you want to drink ont of them:
My brethren have dealt dcceitfully as a
brook, and as the stream of brooks they
pass away David. when he would impress
us with the dependency into which he had
sunk, compares it to Il quagmire of those
regions, through which he had doubtless
trled to walk. but sunk in up to his neck,
and he cried, II sink in deep mire where
there is no standing" Would Habakkuk
set forth the capacity which God gives the
good man to walk safely amid the widest
perils, he points to the wild animal called
nndleaping from wild crag towild crag by the
peculiar make of its hoofs able calmly to
sustain itself in the most dangerous places:
The Lord God is my strength, and he will
make nv rect like hlnuS feet
Job makes all natural objects pay trib-
ute to the royalty of his book. AS YOU go
go through some chapters of Job you feel as
II 1t were u bright spring morning. and you
see the glittcring drops from the grass I'M
der your feet. You say with that patriarch,
who hath begotten the drops ofthe dew?"
And now, as you read on, you seem in the
great light upon your path, and you look up
to find it the aurora borealis, which Job de-
scrlbed SO long ago as the bright light in
the clouds and the splendor that cometh
out OF the north" AS you read on there is
darkness hurting in the heavens, md the
showers break loose till the birds fly for
hiding place and the mountain torrents in
red fury foam over the rocky shelving; and
with the same poet you eNclaim, Who can
number the clouds in wisdom, or who car
stay the bottles of Heayen?" AS you read
on yon feel yourselfcoming in frosty climes
and, in fancy, wading through the snow
you say, with that same inspired writer
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the
snow?" And while the sharp sleet drives
in your face, and the hail stings yourcheek
treasures of the hail?" In the Psalmist's
writings Ihear the voices of the sea: Deer
calleth unto deep" and the roar of forests
The Lord shaketh the wilderness o
kadesh;" and the oud peal of the blacl
tempest: The God of glory thundereth:'
and the rustic of the long silk on the well,
filled husks: The valleys are covered witt
corn:" and the cry of wild beasts: The
young lions roar after their prey:" the hun
of palm trees and cedars: The righteous
shall flourish like a palm tree: he shall grow
like a cedar in Lebanon:" the sough o
wings and the swirl of fins: Dominion
over the fowl of the air and the fish of TIL,
sea"
The truths of the gospel might nave beer
presented in, technical terms, and by tn,
| 1nnnnS of DIV daft pitinns lint 111oInr thas.
the world would not have listened or felt
How could the safety of trusting upol
Christ have been presented, were it not fol
the figure Of a rock? How could the glad
dening effect of the gospel have been Sc
forth, had not Zacharias thought of the
dawn of the morning. exc!aiming: The da,
spring from on high hath visited us to give
light to them that sit in darkness How
could the souls intense longing for Chris
have been presented so we'll as by the en-
blem of natural hunger and natural thirst
AS the lake gathers into its bosom thu
shadow of hills around, and the CLEAN o
stars above, SO, in these great deepS of di'
vine truth, all objects in nature are grandll
reflected. We walk forth i'll the spring time
and everything breathes OF Resurrection
Bright blossoms and springing grass speal
to us of tho coming up of those whom W.
have loved, when iii the white robes of theil
JOY and coronation they shall appear.
And when i'll the altumn of the year ma
turc breaches thousands OF funeral sermons
from the text, I'VE all do fade as Il leaf,
and scatters her elcgies in Our path, we can.
not help but think of sickness and the tomb
Even winter, being dead, yet spcaketh.'
The world will not be argued into the right
Tell them what religion is like. When the
mother tried to tell her dying child what
heaven was she compared it to light. But
that hurts my eyes, said the dying girl
Then the mother compared heaven to music
But any sound hurts me; l am so weak
said the dying child. Then she was told
tina Heaven was like mothers arms. oh
take me there!.' she said. If it is like
mothers arms, take me there!" The appro-
pirate smile had been found at last.
Another contribution which the natural
world is making to the kingdom of Christ is
the defense and aid which the elements are
compelled to give to the Christian person
ally. There is nc law in nature but is sworn
for the Christians defense. In JOB this
thought is presented rs Il bargain made be-
tween the inanimatc creation and III right
eous man: Thou shalt be in league with
the stones of the field" What Il grand
thought that the lightnings, and the tenn
pests. and the hail and the frosts, which
are the enemies Of unrighteousness, are all
marshaled as the Christians body guard.
They fight for him. They strike with an
arm of fire, or clutch with the fingers of ice.
Everlasting peace is declared between the
ferceSt elements of nature and good man.