Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-03

speed TO MS rum. His anxiety IN
creased, until he could bear it no
longer. He knew Christian who he
thought could help him. Going to his
house, he told him his difficulty, and
Gods way of salvation was shown him.
The result was that soon he accepted
Christ, and became His most devoted
follower. - Christian Record.
Tho Country Church.
The Cumberland Presbyterian be-
lieves in holding up the country
churches:
The life-blood of the church flows in
through our country congregations.
Let them die, and the church will die.
Perhaps nineteen-twentieths of the
ministers in all the churches we're
reared in country homes. The town
air seems not suited to the development
of boys into preachers. The church
must look for her supply of pastors and
leaders to country congregations; there
fore, the organization and sustaining of
such congregations is not less important
than the founding and endowment Of
theological schools-nay, the supply of
strong and earnest young men to be
trained is even more fundamental
want than tho provisions for training
them. We dare not neglect our country
churches. Nothing is more needed than
systematic and effective plan of put
ting life into any of them that have
lost their ancient zeal and vigor;
and we should follow the western
tide Of immigration and the develop
ment of new communities everywhere,
organizing new churches among the
homes that are springing up in the
country. Greater results are possible
at smaller cost in the country than in
the city. A thousand dollars spent in
building plain church in some modest
village or country neighborhood will
often prove greater blessing than ten
times that sum expended in some FASH
ionable center.
A Home Without Religion.
Can it be home, child's home,
without religion? 1t may be house,
beautiful. enriched with art, knowledge
and music; but without religion, with
out thoughts about God, without
prayer, penitence, sweet Sabbath, faith,
love, and the seeking after life of
holiness-it cannot be home. This
needs no argument. It needs much
emphatic repetition, and it needs deep
belief. All children are naturally re-
ligious. They have wonder, awe, rev.
erence, trust, tenderness, the keenest
sense OF sin and love. No learning"
comes so naturally to child as the
learning of God. The talk of children
about God is as the talk of wise men.
There must be religion if there is to be
home. We who are asking that all
education shall be religious are. of all
people, bound to see that our children
find their first faith, their first prayer,
their frsS thought of God at home.
When the schoolmaster gets our boys
he ought to find that there is one ele-
mentary thing in their education we'll
begun-religion. To send q boy or q
girl into the new world" of school
without prayer, faith, love, reverence,
aud some experience towards God, is to
send those most precious to us into
their first day in the world and in life
as untitled for that world and for that
life as a heather child.-Reu. G. s.
Re0ney.
Watch Always.
heard of q young lady whose par
emit, had died while she was an infant,
who had been kindly cared for by q
dear friend of the family.
Before she was old enough to know
him his business took him to Europe.
Regularly he wrote to her through ell
the wears OF his absence, and never
failed to send her money for ali her
wants. Finally word came that during
q certain week he would return and
visit her. He did not fix the day nor
hour. She received several invitations
to take pleasant 'trips with her friends
during that week. One of those was of
90 pleasant nature that she could not
resist accepting it. During her trip he
came, inquired rs to her absence, and
!, loft, Returnink, she found this note:
sMy life has been . struggle for you;
might you not have waited one week for
me?" More she never heard, and her
life. of plenty became one IF want.
Jesus has not fixed the day or hour of