Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-01-03
whole forest full; notched like the

whole forest full; notchea lik. the
fern. or silvcrcd like the asnen. or
broad like the palm: thickets in tho
tropics, oregon forests. Does he 90
forth to make flowerso lie noalEes
plenty OF them. they flame from the
hedge. they hang from tho TOP of tho
grape vine in blossoms, they roll in tho
blue wave OF the violets, they toss their
White heads into the spirea-enourh
Tor every child's hand flower, enough
to make for every brow a cbanlet.
enough with beauty to cover up the
ghastllness OF all the graves. Does he
go forth to create water? He pour, IT
out, not by the cupful, but by a river
fun, lake full, an ocean full, pouring
1t out until all the earth has enough to
drink, ana enough with which to wash.
Does Jesus. our Lord, provide re-
demption? 1t is not little salvation
ior this one, a little for that, and a
little Tor the other: but enough for all
-"Whosoever will, let him come"
Each man an ocean full for himself.
Promises for the young, promises for
the old, premises for the lowly, prom
Uses for the blind, for the halt, for the
ontcast, for the abandoned. Pardon for
all, comfort for all, mercy for all,
heaven for all; not merely cupful Of
Gospel supply, but 100 gallons. Ay,
the tears of godly repentance are all
gathered up into Gods bottle, and some
day, standing before the throne, we will
hit our cup Of delight and ask that it be
filled with the wine of heaven; and
Jesus, from that bottle of tears, will
begin to pour in the cup, and we will
cry: stop, Jesus, we do not want to
drink our own tears!' and Jesus will
say: 'know We not that the tears of
earth are the wine of heayen?" Sor-
row may endure, but JOY cometh in the
morning.
1 remark further, Jesus does not
shadow the joys of others with his own
grlefs. He might have sat down in
that wedding and said: Il have so
much trouble. SO much poverty, so much
persecution, and the cross is coming; l
shall not rejoice, and the gloom of my
face and OF my sorrows shall be cast
over all this group So said not Jesus.
lie said to himself: "Here are two per.
sons starting out in married life. Let
1t be joyful occasion. l will hide my
own griefs. 1 will kindle their joy
Ihere arc not many so wise as that.
know household where there are many
little children, where for years the
musical instrument has been kept shut
because there has been trouble in the
house. Alas for the folly! Parents
saying: "We will have no Christmas
tree this coming holiday because there
has been trouble in the house. Hush
that laughing upstairs! How can there
be any Joy when there has been SO much
trouble?'' And SO they make every
thing consistently doleful, and send
their sons and daughters to ruin with
the gloom they throw around them.
oh, my dear friends, do you not know
those children will have trouble enough
OF their own after a awhile? BE
glad they cannot appreciate all yours
Keep back the cup Of bitterness.
from your daughters lips. Whe1
your head is down in the grass of tho
tomb poverty may come to her, be
travail to her, bereavement to her
Keep back the sorrows as long as 70,
can. DO you not know that son may
after a while, have his heart broken
Stand between him and all harm. Yol
may not fight his battles long; fgh
them while you may. Throw not tn,
chill Of your own dependency over hi
soul; rather be like Jesus, who came t.
the wedding hiding his own grief ant
kindling the joys of others. So have
seen the son, on dark day, ragged ant
portentous. but after while the sun
with golden pry, heaved back the black
ness; and the sun laughed to the lake
and the lake laughed to the sun, ant
from horizon to horizon, under tn!
saffron sky, the water was turned int
wine.
learn from this miracle that Chris
IS not impatient with the Injuries O
life. 1t was not necessary that the
should have that wine. Hundreds O
people have been married without an,
wine. We do not read that any O
the other provisions fell short Whe,
Christ made the wine it was not
necessity, but positive luxury. 1 d,
not believe that he wants us to ca
hard bread and sleep on hard mat
tressas, unless we like them the best
l think, if circumstances will allow
we have right to the Injuries o
dress, the Injuries of diet and the lux
uries of residence. There is no NOR,
religion in an old coat than in a new
one. We can serve God drawn b,
golden plated harness as certainly a.
when we go a-foot. Jesus Christ will
dwell with us under fine ceiling a.
we'll as under thatched roof; anG
when you can get wine made out O:
water, drink as much of it as you can.
What is the difference between Chi
nese mud howell and an American home:
What is the difference between the
rough bear skins of the Russian boo,
and the outfit of an American gentle.
man? No difference, except that which
the Gospel of Christ. directly or indi-
rectly, has caused. When Christ shall
have vanquished all the world, 1 sup
pose every house will be a mansion,
and every garment a robe, and every
horse an arch-necked courser, and every
carriage glittering vehicle, and every
man king, and every woman queen,
and the whole earth paradise: the
glories of the natural world harmonic
ing with the glories Of the material
world, until the very bells Of the horses
shall jingle the praises of the Lord.
/ learn, further, from this miracle,
that Christ has no impotence with fes-
tai Joy, otherwise he would not have
accepted the invitation to that wedding.
He certainly would not have done that
which increased the hilarity. There
L.,