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


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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 Charlestown, 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. 2:"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 was coming to saltwater yesterday l
looked out Of the car window at the scenes along
the way. At one place saw 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 are no part of the man-they are only his
perishable property. DR.. Moody, the evangelist,
lost all his property in the great Chicago fire. and
a few days later ne was met by friend who be-
gan Offering him sympathy on account Of his mis-
fortune. Moody replied by assuring his friend
that his loss was of little consequence long as
he himself had been spared.
Il have spoken thus because 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 man looks at,it;
he values others according to--their~w wealth in
money and goods. God does not judge mans
worth in that way. l do not wish to be understood
as thinking that fnssp sSnrf f FIJI eeaAfthiy riches
and be geodlmag i66ttka SHIT ID doaSa Some of
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There was the late Gen. Fisk. he had railroad
stocks, ybonds.y lands ete.rR Re VAR ysrY
wealthy. He Mas gpod mah ypt,' s%SSdH M'
poss Atwhanha stahd sbet4 eidoa ahhl Odd 1fll
look at those bonds and stocks? No; God will look
at him just He will look at every man. So we
may conclude thai, as cannot take our earthly
possessfons to heaVef with that the only thing
worth striving to preserve is our manhood-our
mppah Integrity. There warJsbKAe way sEwEy
bad time of it. All manner of misfortune befel
him and his friends advised him to dispair but he
did not. When all earthly possessions were gone
he had something left-hs integrity-and we are
told that his losses were more than made up to
h ha. s sss1sglseia,s II we ' s
have stock in trade from which we can draw to
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God Himself. and by the proper of our will we
can conquer salvation in spite of all the evil pow
ers in the woraa. Fhs}e q 4irq4{ stance in this
world or thew r.,d4ts Which man has
not the control of his will. There are other
| things we possess besides affection and will. but
they are only the servants OF those two properties
But it comes to our mind that our powers may
have been enfeebed by misuse, but we may draw
new stFsGgf6 from ib6Yk TTd EQy& Eoh Aeaven
THAT wifl4eadsus alSrE litwA VIII -bdtlass' forAit
Christ when on earth had but to say the word and
the dead rose up, He cap speak the word that
will fase aAd sffrengt fths shohhfs Mheh q man
is down the devil tells him that all is lost. tina,
there are no more opportunities for him. but thai
| is lie 1t is never too tate. We can do the best
that we can with what we have left and rest as
sued that God will onOts csnd emB "a FoE no
doing better than we knew how. This t4tef il
Only tAe preface ri l fe, and What esssds WRITER
| as the contents of the book, can be rubbed GU
tAp6a nereneTbsI made NJ ep$IenIKee wiaad
change the manner of our lfe."
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