Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25
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-. sunday. JULY 20.

Sunday. JULY ~.
ON ONN
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r.,,s ,r wondcr-
h,1yn pi'inc ic
.,iou Power OF
Tie sick. tho Well, the
c Eifh' AM w.,co,,o
|. aud the iS"'
omen Door was the sublect OF
a. sermon. the text being Key.
a. bcbold. a door was opened i'll
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,t.en The pastor on IL cnhrch IN
ous had been driven from his
,nr.,rhing of Il pure n earnest
nmrale nm excitement dangerous
. nr% of in;qnity. This VIII often
~. If pointed preaching: Men
,,naer the sword strokes OF truth.
nnt TO be surprised that the
makes an cutlery OF pain when
rsmoyes the cataract from his
.l .isn when you see mon UNI
h. church pew and exhibiting I'M
I -emc plain u~tterance OF truth
.as IL pet sin that they are hug
.ir h%rarts. After the patient has
law that for weeks he said nothing
(nJ nnfhing it is thought to be Il
when he begins to be a little
XII 90 ! notice that spiritual IN
J. in a fair way for recovery when
Fam. somewhat lrasclble and
F,n3.r the treatment OF the truth.
|haa 50 nightly lnculpated public
bar he had been banlshed from his
lnI sent to Patmos. desolafe
XIX mile in breath. against whose
p.ts the c rose and mingled its
Il the prayers and hymnlngs OF the
ill.,,
mot but contrast the condition of
Eshed apostle with that of another
nile. Look at the apostle on Pat
The great Frenchmnn on st.
Both were suffering among desc
Il barrenness because OF oifenses
Eli Both had passed through lives
and thrilling. Both had been
and dcspised. Both We're imperial
Both had been turned OFT to die.
The infinite difference: one had
r. The p%erishablc crown OF worldly
I. The other for one e~ternally lus-
h. one had marked his path with the
skulls of his followers, the other
bduced peace and good Will among
le one had lived chiefly for self
cement and the other for the glory
It. The successes OF one We're
amid the breaking OF thousands of
md the acute. heaven-rending cry
~ md u-i~InV-hnGI whi1n }hn
Of the other made Joy in Heaven
b. angels OF God.
TART of one exile was filled with re-
md despair. while the other was
lp with thanksgiving and mex
aGle hope. Over st. Helena gath
blackncss OF darkness. clouds
by no s%unrising. but rent and
bud heming with the lightnings of
hl God, and the spray flung over
Is seemed TO hiss with the condem-
The way of the ungodly shall
But over the heavens were
and the stormy sea beneath was
b. in the roll and CLEAN of waters
3ier the throne like crystal, and the
less Of the ground under the apostle
ko,tcn as above him he saw the
life all bending under the rich glow
enly fruitage, while the hoarse blast
hiding elements around his suffer-
! was drowned in the trumpeting of
i and the harping of harps. the
b. cry Of multitudes like the voice
! waters and the hosanna of hosts
Yer like the stars.
duh spot upon which to stand and
tha glorious vision! Had Patmos
bNe tropical island arborcd with the
bca OF perpetual drowsy
oath of cinnamon and cassia. and
BED with long aiSles of geranium and
h. would not have been surprised
klenaor of the vision. But the last
|u would go to if you wanted to find
u visions would be the island of
Yet it is around such gloomy
BAT God makes the most wonderful
Pm, 1t Was looking through the
fadows Of aprison that John Bunyan
gate of the celestialcity. God there
the light from the darkness.
abode, on scraps Of old pa
Fed up about his room, the great
Fas written.
while John Calvin was Il refugee
ioody persecution and was hid in a
Ansoulcme that he conceived the
writing his immortal Institutes"
many Il time seen the sun break
]lSt the mists and kindling them
Hts and pillars OF fiery spiendor that
yen nave been a ladder for the angels
Ion. but the famous ladder which he
AIRED through Il gloomy night over
lerness. The night of trial and
lon Is the scene OF the grandest
item rock of Patmos John looked up
' mat Il door opened in heaven,
ne announcement OF such an
entrance suggests the truth that
ooklng down upon the earth and
nj 81 all occurrences. If we would
wide prospect We climb up into Il
! mountain. The higher up we are
aaer the landscape we behold. Yet
comprehensive view is limited TO
cW leasues-here Il river and there Il
III yonder a mountain peak. But
qst be the glory of the earth in the
MN who, from the door of Heaven.
atone glance all mountains and
~ pralrles and oceans; lands be-
u with tropical gorgrousneSs and
'@lons white with everlasting SHOWS:
= majestic with ccdars and Ameri-
nus solemn with unbroken forests OF
i,F!ran deserts of glistcning sand
.!1@rnesscs OF water unbrokcn bv
''i; continents covered with har-
wheat and rice and maize: the
! every zone. the whole world of
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